Clearwater and area residents are advised of temporary changes to emergency department hours at Dr. Helmcken Memorial Hospital.

Emergency services will be unavailable from 5 p.m. on Saturday, April 26 to 8 p.m. to Sunday, April 27, 2025. Patients can access emergency care at Royal Inland Hospital in Kamloops during this time. 

All other inpatient services will continue at Dr. Helmcken Memorial Hospital.  

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 Friday, April 25 to 8 a.m. on Saturday, April 26, 2025. Patients can access emergency care at Royal Inland Hospital in Kamloops during this time. 

Today, people in the interior of British Columbia are benefiting from increased access to magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) exams and shorter wait times with the opening of two new, state-of-the-art MRI machines and an expanded medical imaging department at Kelowna General Hospital (KGH).

Name: Hilary Brotherhood (she/her/hers)
Job Title: Urologist
Years of Service: 5
Worksite: Kootenay Boundary Regional Hospital
Community: Trail, B.C. 
Ancestral Territory: syilx territory

Interior Health (IH) today announced that Susan Brown, President & Chief Executive Officer (CEO), has informed the Board of Directors of her decision to retire by the end of 2025, concluding 14 years with the organization, seven as CEO.

Andrea* walks into the pharmacy sporting casual clothes and sneakers, a purse slung over her shoulder. Small jewellery studs dot her face, and her warm, friendly face is framed by a short bob.

For the past two years, Andrea has been coming to this pharmacy two to three times a week to have her fentanyl patches changed by a registered nurse. Since she started the fentanyl patch program—under a broader program known as prescribed safer supply—she’s gone from living in a tent city in Kelowna to full-time employment, owning a car and renting a place of her own.

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 Wednesday, April 23 to 8 a.m. on Thursday, April 24, 2025. Patients can access emergency care at Royal Inland Hospital in Kamloops during this time. 

Have you ever wondered how vaccines get safely from the manufacturer to pharmacies, health centres and clinics, and into your arm?

It’s okay if you haven’t—that’s the job of Jodi Fayant, Krista Pitts and Courtenay Uhrich.

“I think about vaccines 24/7—you can ask my family!” chuckles Jodi. “I love and respect vaccines. I consider them ‘my babies.”

Oliver and area residents are advised of temporary changes to emergency department hours at South Okanagan General Hospital.

Emergency services will be unavailable from 8 p.m. on Tuesday, April 22 to 7 a.m. on Wednesday, April 23, 2025. Patients can access emergency care in Penticton Regional Hospital during this time.

All other inpatient services will continue at South Okanagan General Hospital.