Environment Canada has issued a Special Air Quality Statement for regions in southeastern BC, including the West Kootenay cities of Nelson, Castlegar and Trail as the impact of wildfires will be seen during the next 24-48 hours. The regions of BC include: East Columbia including Golden. Elk Valley including Elko, Fernie,...

Interior Health (IH) clinics are now scheduled for children between the ages of six months and four years old with a COVID-19 vaccine specifically formulated for this age group. All people over the age of six months can now receive protection against the COVID-19 virus. “Vaccination against COVID-19 is still the best way to...

An Open Letter to all British Columbians: As British Columbians, we all rely on certain core services being available at the most critical moments of our lives. Because when they aren’t, an urgent situation can become catastrophic. We are taught from a young age that, when there’s an emergency, we should reach for the nearest...

Interior Health said in a media release Monday advising Slocan Valley residents of a temporary change to the emergency department hours at Slocan Community Health Centre in New Denver beginning today, Monday, July 25, 2022. Interior Health said that until further notice, emergency department hours will be 8 a.m. to 8 p.m....

Hot and dry weather is forecast for many regions of B.C. and rising temperatures may put vulnerable seniors at risk.  Currently, forecasted temperatures are not expected to rise to the level of an extreme heat emergency, however, they are forecast to be higher than normal and will create heat wave conditions in certain areas...

Interior Health’s Digital Health Support Desk enables patients, caregivers and their families to have a better health-care experience when accessing IH virtual and digital tools. On Friday, July 15, that experience was enhanced with the addition of public technical support for online lab appointment bookings to the toll-free...

Interior Health said in an emailed statement released an advisory as below for the region. Interior Health said an advisory is intended to make our partners aware of a new or novel findings for the area and when present risk is unknown.  Interior Heath Harm Reduction Team would like to make our community partners aware of...

The BC College of Nurses and Midwives posted Friday regarding the outcome of an investigation into a Castlegar nurse. "On July 15, 2022 a panel of the Inquiry Committee approved a Consent Agreement between BCCNM and Sarah Jones of Castlegar, to address professional misconduct that occurred in 2021 arising from the use of her...

Politicians, community partners and the public joined hands Friday afternoon across the street from the site of the new Nelson Health Campus to officially announced the construction of 75 new publicly funded long-term care beds. The new facility will be built at the same location of the recently demolished Mount St....

Approximately 208,000 eligible infants and children in British Columbia between six months and four years of age will soon be able to receive vaccine protection against COVID-19. Following Health Canada’s approval of the Moderna vaccine, and the National Advisory Committee on Immunization’s (NACI) recommendation on its use,...