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.
Spring is in the air, and for many of us in the Interior, it’s time to roll up our sleeves and dive into spring cleaning.
Before sweeping, dusting and decluttering, however, there’s something else that could be in the air that’s important to be aware of: hantavirus.
Join the East Kootenay Regional Hospital Clinical Research Program for an evening of conversation including:
This is part one of our two-part series on resources and supports available to older adults who want to age well in place in their homes, and options for when there are too many risks to being at home.
Oliver and area residents are advised of temporary changes to emergency department hours at South Okanagan General Hospital.
Emergency services will be unavailable from 7 p.m. on Saturday, May 2 until 7 a.m. on Sunday, May 3, 2026. Patients can access emergency care at Penticton Regional Hospital during this time.
All other inpatient services will continue at South Okanagan General Hospital.
Name: Dr. Elena Karissa Schroeder (she/her/hers)
Job Title: Hospitalist
Length of Service: 5 years
Worksite: East Kootenay Regional Hospital
Community: Cranbrook
Ancestral Territory: Ktunaxa
Favourite Quote / Advice to Live By: “Physicians go into medicine to help others. Physicians go into leadership with the same intentions—to help others.”
Your child’s first word is a delightful milestone and one that’s often recorded and long remembered.
But did you know before—and long after—baby’s first word there are a lot of other speech and language milestones your baby will reach? In the first year of life, babies have so much to tell you and are such good communicators, even if they’re not talking yet.
Not all children develop at the same pace, however. If your instincts are telling you something is amiss, listen to them and reach out to a speech-language pathologist at Interior Health (IH).
We will gather in a circle and take turns reading the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples. The reading and discussion will be guided by two volunteer facilitators. We will provide the reading material.
