Healthcare

NATIONAL PULSE – Half of Canadians don’t have GP or struggle to see one

February 6, 2026 // 1 Comment

One-in-eight say they’ve been looking for more than a year or have given up on finding a family doctor By ANGUS REID INSTITUTE Feb. 5, 2026 – Once a source of pride for [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]

CHARBONNEAU – The shortage is of family practitioners, not doctors

June 19, 2025 // 2 Comments

CANADA HAS MORE doctors than ever before but fewer of us (including me) have a family doctor. How can that be? What are they doing if not treating the 6.5 million Canadians [Continue]

JOHNSON – Proposal for City owned healthcare clinic is a smart idea

April 21, 2025 // 6 Comments

THERE’S AN INTERESTING motion going to Kamloops Council on May 6. Its being forwarded by Coun. Kelly Hall, and this one just may be the smartest idea we will have heard [Continue]

IN THE SHADOW OF THE HILLS – The cost of waiting for healthcare

March 8, 2025 // 10 Comments

PRELUDE: This editorial is part of a book series I co-authored with my senior undergraduate students last year, titled In the Shadow of the Hills: Socioeconomic Struggles in [Continue]