Interior Health is seeing an increase in pertussis cases, also known as whooping cough, and would like to remind parents about the importance of making sure their children’s immunizations are up to date. Pertussis activity is being seen across the region with the majority of cases currently in the Central Okanagan.   “Infants under […]

Four high-priority health-care sites will be safer thanks to collaboration between the Ministry of Health and the BC Nurses’ Union (BCNU). As part of the ministry’s Violence Prevention Action Plan, the ministry and BCNU will jointly provide $2 million to fund violence prevention actions at sites that deal with some of the province’s most complex […]

Dear editor. I’m a long term care aid in our small community for almost ten years now. I was recently assaulted at work on July 17 2015. I’m hoping that people will read this and try to get a better understanding of the threat of violence to care staff on a daily basis. I was kicked […]