This is part two in our three-part series that explores food literacy in schools in the Interior Health region.
Every Friday at Senpaq’cin School (pronounced Sen-Pok-Chin) in Oliver, students from kindergarten to Grade 7 take part in Fire Fridays, a land-based learning program that connects syilx language, culture and food sovereignty.
Name: Olivia Duncan (she/her/hers)
Job Title: Long-Term Care Coordinator
Length of Service: 18
Worksite: Mountain View Lodge
Community: Lillooet
Ancestral Territory: Northern St'at'mic
Interior Health (IH), in collaboration with the Ministry of Health, is engaging with partners to better support overnight emergency care through a mix of virtual and on-site staffing, which is expected to enable more consistent access by reducing unplanned service interruptions. Engagement is underway with physicians, staff, Indigenous and local governments to better understand perspectives and integrate them into the planning for the pilots planned at community hospitals in Clearwater, Nakusp, Lillooet, and Princeton.
School District 73 (Kamloops-Thompson) has welcomed a new group of students eager to explore health-care careers into its Health Sciences Academy (HSA).
Merritt and area residents are advised of temporary changes to emergency department hours at Nicola Valley Hospital.
Emergency services will be unavailable from 8 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 18, 2025, to 7 a.m. on Sunday, Oct. 19, 2025. Patients can access care at Royal Inland Hospital in Kamloops during this time.
All other inpatient services will continue at Nicola Valley Hospital.
100 Mile House and area residents are advised of temporary changes to emergency department hours at 100 Mile District General Hospital.
The Interior Health (IH) Legal Substances team and the YOUTHWISE Advisory Group are excited to launch IH’s annual youth poster contest, Beyond the Buzz 2.0: Youth Voices on Substance Use for the chance to win a gift card worth $150 of the winners choice.
Name: Emily Davidson (she/her/hers)
Job Title: Licensed Practical Nurse
Length of Service: 9
Worksite: Kelowna General Hospital
Community: Kelowna
Ancestral Territory: syilx
Merritt and area residents are advised of temporary changes to emergency department hours at Nicola Valley Hospital.
Emergency services will be unavailable from 6 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 15 to 7 a.m., Thursday, Oct. 16, 2025. Patients can access care at Royal Inland Hospital in Kamloops during this time.
All other inpatient services will continue at Nicola Valley Hospital.
This is part one in a series exploring the connection between housing and health in the Interior Health region.
In Canada, access to safe, affordable housing is one of the strongest predictors of health. Research shows people without stable housing face additional health impacts and more barriers to care.
