News Items tag as: Kelowna walk-in clinics

Why doctors are walking out on walk-in clinics in Kelowna
January 18, 2017 - 11:30 AM

KELOWNA - With the steady decline of walk-in clinics in the B.C. interior, the big question on everyone’s mind, is why.
Rutland is losing their only walk-in clinic this summer
May 12, 2016 - 1:36 PM

KELOWNA - Rutland’s only walk-in clinic is closing this summer after more than 20 years in the community.
Walk-in clinic wait times go online in Kelowna
April 28, 2016 - 10:30 AM

KELOWNA – Three walk-in clinics in the Kelowna area have begun posting wait times on a new B.C. based website designed to help patients get the care they need faster and with less hassle.
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Chefs mourn for Okanagan's peaches but adapt to stone fruit wipeout
Chef Gus Stieffenhofer-Brandson says that when it comes to a fat Okanagan peach, there are "endless possibilities" for a fruit that signifies summer. Maybe a salad? “They play so nicely together with nice blackcurrant leaf o

Kelowna woman loses legal fight with housing co-op over medical cannabis
A Kelowna woman who wanted to smoke medical marijuana in her unit has lost a legal battle against her housing cooperative. According to a June 26 BC Civil Resolution Tribunal decision, Natausha Couture argued the Okanagan Housing Cooperativ

Prospective Kelowna homebuyers backed out of deal, ordered to pay over $300K
It was too late to back out when prospective homebuyers in Kelowna were refused a mortgage last year. The bank said the home wasn't worth the agreed upon $1.1 million and wouldn't lend the money. Although the bank appeared to be cor

Why doctors are walking out on walk-in clinics in Kelowna