Keremeos and area residents are advised of a temporary change to the emergency department hours at the South Similkameen Health Centre due to limited physician availability.
Clearwater and area residents are advised of temporary changes to emergency department hours at Dr. Helmcken Memorial Hospital.
Emergency services will be unavailable from 7 a.m. on Sunday, Sept. 13 to 8 a.m. on Monday, Sept. 14, 2026. Patients can access emergency care at Royal Inland Hospital in Kamloops during this time.
All other inpatient services will continue at Dr. Helmcken Memorial Hospital.
Please see the attached document to learn more about the look, contamination, and risk associated with the current drug alert.
Lillooet and area residents are advised of temporary changes to emergency department hours at Lillooet Hospital and Health Centre.
Emergency services will be unavailable from 7 a.m. on Friday, Sept. 11 to 8 a.m. Saturday, Sept. 12, 2026. Patients can access emergency care at Royal Inland Hospital in Kamloops during this time.
All other inpatient services will continue at Lillooet Hospital.
Baby Talk is a series of free, drop-in, parenting classes for those with infants 0-12 months. These groups are open to mothers, fathers, partners, guardians and grandparents. This is an opportunity to receive information, share experiences, ask questions and build connections.
This session is called Autumn Wellness.
Baby Talk is a series of free, drop-in, parenting classes for those with infants 0-12 months. These groups are open to mothers, fathers, partners, guardians and grandparents. This is an opportunity to receive information, share experiences, ask questions and build connections.
This session is called Injury Prevention.
Baby Talk is a series of free, drop-in, parenting classes for those with infants 0-12 months. These groups are open to mothers, fathers, partners, guardians and grandparents. This is an opportunity to receive information, share experiences, ask questions and build connections.
This session is called Postpartum Resilience & Self Care.
This story is part three of a four-part series titled “What Worked for Me.”
Content warning: This content includes themes related to substance use harms.
At 16 years old, Chris Turner’s life changed in an instant.
“When I was 16, I broke my neck and I ended up in the hospital,” he recalls. “I crushed my C6 vertebrae, and I was prescribed Percocet, and that started my path of addiction.”
Keremeos and area residents are advised of temporary changes to emergency department hours at South Similkameen Health Centre.