Interior Health is making temporary changes to the South Similkameen Health Centre hours.

Starting Nov. 17, the Similkameen Health Centre will be open for emergency services on Monday, Wednesday and Friday, between 8 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. instead of its regular Monday to Saturday schedule.

This change follows discussions with current physicians to provide predictable health services to the public on set days and support physicians in providing primary care to their patients during periods when they are not providing emergency services at the centre.

With the cooler months here, many of us are spending more time indoors. We keep doors and windows shut tight to keep the cold out and turn the heat on.

We may be warm and cozy, but the combination of closed doors and windows, and higher indoor heat, may be drawing in more of a harmful gas: radon.

We have launched a new event calendar on our website at https://www.interiorhealth.ca/event-calendar. Check out the calendar to view health-related events happening throughout the Interior region, from the Thompson Cariboo Shuswap to the East Kootenay, and everywhere in between.  

Here are five reasons you'll want to bookmark IH's new event calendar.

Name: Ilka Stoyanova Chobanova (she/her/hers) 
Job Title: Registered Nurse, Peripherally Inserted Central Catheter (PICC)
Length of Service: 18 years 

Grade 9 students from across the Southern Interior region joined Interior Health (IH) on Nov. 5 for Take Our Kids to Work Day 2025—and what a turnout it was!

This year saw record participation with students exploring more than 30 departments in over 10 communities.

From patient care to administration and everything in between, IH teams opened their doors to give students a hands-on look at the many exciting and meaningful careers in health care.

Name: Erica Lynn McDivitt
Job Title: Interim Clinical Educator for Radiology
Length of Service: 21 Years                     
Worksite: Royal Inland Hospital
Community: Kamloops

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

When Marianne Danzalan left the Philippines to start a new chapter in Canada, she carried with her not only her experience as a physiotherapist but also a dream: to continue helping people move, heal and live better lives.

Five years later, that dream has become reality. In October, Marianne began her new role as a licensed physiotherapist with Interior Health (IH) at Nicola Valley Hospital and Health Centre in Merritt, B.C.

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

Interior Health (IH) is asking young artists to share their thoughts and experience in its annual youth poster contest, Beyond the Buzz 2.0: Youth Voices on Substance Use, for a chance to win a gift card of $150 of their choice.