Name: Kelly Monks (she/her/hers)
Job Title: Registered Nurse, Emergency
Length of Service: Six months
Worksite: Kelowna General Hospital
Community: Kelowna
Ancestral Territory: syilx
Interior Health (IH) provides health services to close to 900,000 people across the Interior region of B.C. But it takes more than health-care services to keep people healthy—it also takes well-run, safe facilities.
Heating, cooling and ventilation (HVAC) systems quietly safeguard patient safety, comfort and air quality every day.
By managing the way our buildings use and generate energy, we can reduce greenhouse gas emissions, lower utility costs, and create healthier spaces for patients and staff while reducing the impact we have on the environment.
100 Mile House and area residents are advised of temporary changes to emergency department hours at 100 Mile House District General Hospital.
Emergency services will be unavailable from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. on Wednesday, Nov. 26, 2025. Patients can access care at Cariboo Memorial Hospital in Williams Lake during this time.
Despite living with kidney disease and having needed life-sustaining hemodialysis treatments for the past eight years, Leno Benetton, who just turned 97, is living a full life as British Columbia’s oldest dialysis patient.
100 Mile House and area residents are advised that further temporary changes to emergency department hours at 100 Mile House District General Hospital have been extended due to travel impacts on medical staff.
New Denver and area residents are advised of temporary changes to emergency department hours at Slocan Community Health Centre.
Emergency services will be unavailable from 8 a.m. until 8 p.m. on Saturday, Nov. 22, 2025. Patients can access care at Arrow Lakes Hospital in Nakusp during this time. Emergency services are expected to resume as scheduled at 8 a.m. on Sunday, Nov. 23, 2025.
Please see the attached document to learn more about the look, contamination, and risk associated with the current drug alert.
Summary:
Seniors in the south Okanagan will soon have access to more long-term care as Kaigo Senior Living, in partnership with the Province, breaks ground on a new long-term care home in Penticton.
Everyone experiences changes as they get older that can increase the risk of falls and fall-related injuries. Even when a fall doesn’t lead to injury or hospitalization, it can impact a person’s confidence and discourage them from doing the very things that can prevent falls.
The good news is there are small changes you can make to prevent falls that will help you remain active and independent as you age.
Jenna Young, improvement consultant for Falls and Injury Prevention at Interior Health (IH), reminds us that preventing falls takes teamwork.
Name: Dr. Roseann Larstone (she/her/hers)
Job Title: Corporate Director, Indigenous Cultural Safety and Anti-Racism Education
Length of Service: Five months
Worksite: Kelowna Community Health and Service Centre
Community: Vernon
Ancestral Territory: syilx
