Please see the attached document to learn more about the look, contamination, and risk associated with the current drug alert.

As the weather cools down and flu season ramps up, taking a few extra precautions can make all the difference in staying healthy. Influenza and other respiratory illnesses spread easily, especially in workplaces, schools and health-care settings.

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