Why you should buy food only from approved vendors

3 minutes

Interior Health (IH) is reminding residents to protect themselves and their families by purchasing food only from approved food businesses.

In 2025, IH received 60 complaints about unapproved food vendors—a number that continues to rise.

More people are turning to home-based food businesses to earn extra income or test out a new business idea with minimal personal investment.

“Life is just getting more expensive,” notes IH Environmental Health Officer (EHO) Marion Masson. “Some people are selling food as a secondary source of income.”

Why U.S. medical lab professionals are looking to work in Canada

4 minutes

Throughout her health-care career, Interior Health (IH) Laboratory Services Program Director Joanne Isber has worked in both Canada and the U.S.

Joanne started her career as a medical lab technologist (MLT) in Ontario, then moved to Georgia where she spent 15 years working as a clinical lab scientist. In 2008, she returned to Canada and joined IH Laboratory Services as a manager and professional practice lead.

Tk'emlúps te Secwépemc grad offers midwifery care close to home

4 minutes

Sage Thomas of Tk'emlúps te Secwe̓pemc is making history in Kamloops as the only registered Indigenous midwife in British Columbia currently serving her home community.

As a newly graduated maternity care provider, Sage says she feels a real sense of accomplishment and is excited for what the future holds.

“I have found my passion,” she shares.

UPDATE: Nelson Community Health Services Centre

2 minutes

The Nelson Community Health Services Centre remains temporarily closed due to water damage that occurred in the afternoon of Dec. 30. Interior Health does not have a confirmed date for re-opening of the health services centre at this time.

Services provided at the centre are being reestablished at alternate locations, including unused space at the neighbouring Nelson Fairview Gardens, which was not impacted.