Name: Colette Mayne (she/her/hers)
Job Title: Mental Health and Substance Use (MHSU) Clinician
Years of Service: 7
Worksite: Kelowna Mental Health and Substance Use
Community:  Kelowna
Ancestral Territory: Syilx Nation

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

Emergency services will be unavailable from 5 a.m. to 10 a.m. on Thursday, July 4. Patients can access care at Penticton Regional Hospital during this time.

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

B.C. is experiencing higher annual summer temperatures and more extremely hot days. Everyone can benefit from planning and preparing for extreme heat.

Kaslo and area residents are advised of temporary changes to emergency department hours at Kaslo Primary Health Centre due to limited availability of nursing staff.

Effective immediately, emergency department services will be unavailable until 1 p.m. today, Tuesday, July 2.  Emergency department services will resume at 1 p.m. to 5 p.m.

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

Seniors in Kelowna will have more care options with the redevelopment of the long-term care facility at Mission Creek Landing, which will bring 140 new publicly funded long-term care beds to the Central Okanagan.

Seniors living in Kelowna and throughout the Central Okanagan will have access to new and improved long-term care as Interior Health prepares to build a new care community at the Cottonwoods Care Centre.

Welcome to the Meet Your Recruiter series, where we bring you closer to the dedicated professionals behind Interior Health's recruitment team. In this series, you'll have the opportunity to get to know the recruiters who play a vital role in attracting and selecting talented individuals to join our dynamic health-care team.

Name: Donna Jeri-Leon (she/her/hers)
Job Title: Specialist, Clinical Recruitment
Years of Service: 26
Worksite: Community Health & Services Centre (Remote)
Community: Kelowna
Ancestral Territory: Syilx/Okanagan

Climate change is a global issue affecting social, economic and environmental factors that determine our health: clean air, safe drinking water, secure and safe places to live, and income and livelihood. Climate change is also strongly linked to health inequities: communities and populations that are most vulnerable to the impacts of climate change are often those that contribute least to the problem.