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, June 20 to 8 a.m. Saturday, June 21, 2025. Patients can access care at Royal Inland Hospital in Kamloops during this time.
All other inpatient services will continue at Lillooet Hospital.
Name: Jade Chaboyer-Kondra
Job Title: Lead, Indigenous Engagement
Length of Service: 7 years
Worksite: Work from home in syilx territory (West Kelowna)
Community: West Kelowna
Ancestral Territory: syilx
The Interior region is home to many local wineries, breweries, cideries and distilleries—but is also home to some of the highest drinking rates in the province.
If you find yourself uncomfortable with your relationship to alcohol, we offer a detox program that can be done discreetly from your own home.
A visitor to B.C. has been confirmed to have measles and traveled within Interior Health while infectious. There are no measles cases in Interior Health at this time.
Interior Health is following up directly with individuals who are known to have been exposed to complete contact tracing. The risk to the broader public is considered low.
If you were at the following location during the time listed below, you may have been exposed to measles:
People living in and around Kamloops now have more access to team-based primary care through the new Supporting Team Excellence with Patients Society (STEPS) North Shore Community Health Centre (CHC) at 202B-780 Windsor Ave.
“The STEPS North Shore Community Health Centre brings us closer to our goal of providing everyone in B.C. the high-quality health care they need, when and where they need it,” said Josie Osborne, Minister of Health. “This centre is expected to facilitate more than 30,000 patient visits each year in a culturally safe, trauma-informed environment.”
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 p.m. on Monday, June 16 to 8 a.m. Tuesday, June 17, 2025. Patients can access care at Royal Inland Hospital in Kamloops during this time.
All other inpatient services will continue at Lillooet Hospital.
Interior Health (IH) president and CEO Susan Brown has issued the following statement on commitment to Kelowna General Hospital (KGH):
“As CEO of Interior Health, I have the privilege of working with thousands of remarkable professionals across a vast and complex system and I am deeply proud of the incredible work our teams do every day to serve our communities.
Starting your first nursing job can feel overwhelming: a whirlwind of new faces, routines and responsibilities, and the high-stakes reality of patient care. At Interior Health (IH), we recognize that the transition from student to professional nurse is one of the most pivotal—and challenging—moments in a nursing career.
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 Sunday, June 15 to 8 a.m. Monday, June 16, 2025. Patients can access care at Royal Inland Hospital in Kamloops during this time.
All other inpatient services will continue at Lillooet Hospital.
