Health

WILDFIRES – Home health services to resume in Clinton on Aug. 16

August 15, 2026 // 0 Comments

Interior Health (IH) Home Health services will resume in the Clinton area Sunday, Aug. 16, 2026, following the lifting of a local evacuation order but the Clinton Health [Continue]

HEALTHCARE – Interior Health ‘continues to work’ on maternity care

December 17, 2025 // 0 Comments

Interior Health said today (Dec. 17, 2025) it continues to work with partners to stabilize existing services and design a future model of maternity care for Kamloops and [Continue]

HEALTHCARE – Seven obstetrician-gynecologists resign hospital privileges

October 14, 2025 // 9 Comments

Seven obstetrician-gynecologists have resigned their in-hospital privileges at Royal Inland Hospital, citing unsafe workloads, chronic staff shortages and a lack of [Continue]

HEALTHCARE – Stamer, Milobar blast NDP over local cardiac-care gap

August 12, 2025 // 2 Comments

Kamloops-Centre MLA and Critic for Finance Peter Milobar and Kamloops-North Thompson MLA Ward Stamer are calling out the NDP government for leaving cardiac patients in the [Continue]

FIRE – Improper disposal of rechargeable batteries causing fires

March 12, 2025 // 0 Comments

After three fires at Emterra Recycling Plant in Kamloops in recent weeks, the City and Recycle BC are reminding residents that batteries do not belong in garbage or recycling [Continue]

ADDICTION AWARENESS – Love in the Time of Fentanyl is about real people

September 1, 2022 // 1 Comment

By JACOB ROTHENBURGER Contributor, ArmchairMayor.ca People living with opioid addiction are not faceless. They are real people with real histories who are worthy of [Continue]