Sports

This is the time of year where we are exposed to increased dust and moulds as the snow melts away.  Some of you may experience symptoms of increased sneezing, nasal or sinus congestion, usually worse in the morning: irritated eyes, increased post-nasal drip and subsequent sore or irritated throat or some combination of these.  This week we will discuss some of the treatments that will help your sensitivities.

A. Mould Allergies

This week, Dr. Gill offers up a few recipes for you Gluten-free gluttons out there.

I find the hardest foods to find that take good are nutritious snacks, so, try these! They are great as a travel snack, sports snack or a treat with herbal tea!

Raw Energy Balls (2 dozen balls)

1 cup raw almonds
1 cup medjool dates- pitted
¼ cup currants
¼ tsp cinnamon
¼ tsp cardamom
¼ cup almond butter
¼ cup sunflower seeds

 Christine DeRosa, Kim McKinnon, and Joanna Heikkila's classes at RSS have just completed their Olympic unit. According to DeRosa, "The students are getting into the Olympic spirit.  We have already completed research projects, built snow inukshuks, tried curling and ice skating.  We have many more activities planned over the next two weeks and will culminate with an Olympic themed "Amazing Race" on March 1." Check out the Telegraph's photo gallery of the students' activities. Thanks to Ms.

Canada’s Ivan Babikov fought his way into the top-10 in a 15-kilometre skate-ski World Cup race at the Canmore Nordic Centre on Friday afternoon. George Grey, of Rossland, B.C., also had a solid race as the only other Canadian cracking into the top-20. The 2006 Olympian, who won a Canadian team time trial last week, finished in 17th spot at 35:04.0.

Babikov, known as a “Bull Dog,” for his pain tolerance, powered his way up the grueling hills of the five-kilometre skate-ski loop to finish as the top Canadian in 10th spot with a time of 34 minutes 47.7 seconds.

The last article focused on the testing for gluten/gliadin problems.  This week we will discuss treatment options.

1.      The first step to feeling better is to eliminate all the foods that the body finds to be an irritant.  This is essential, otherwise symptoms will come and go and it will be almost impossible to pinpoint the foods that are the strongest.  This will minimize any inflammation from being produced in the intestines to the foods.

Hey Rossland,

Another few weeks have passed, and a lot has happened in my world.  I just returned home from the first part of the World Cup Circuit, and for me, the first races of the season.  It was a bit of a roller coaster ride, so I’ve returned home with some mixed emotions. 

Snowboarder Ian Lockey travels the world competing in his sport but February 6 & 7 he will perform at his local hill, Red Mountain.

“I have mixed feelings about competing at home,” Ian commented. “While I like not having to travel, competing in front of friends and family puts the pressure on.”

Ian adapted well to the pressure this past weekend on the Canadian Adaptive Snowboard Tour at Big White, winning gold on both days of competition.

As with most small mountain towns in BC, Rossland sits squarely in and is surrounded by prime real estate when it comes to our big black friends in the forest. While certainly not desired, it’s not entirely uncommon to see the occasional black bear strolling through town. Rossland has been perhaps lucky over the past number of years to have not had any major bear/human interactions to have resulted in injuries. One probable cause contributing to that and to reducing bear/human interactions in general has been the hard work of the Bear Aware society.

Out There is a column for the Telegraph that focuses on adventures outside of the Mountain Kingdom [editor's note: is there anything beyond Wedding Cake corner and the Nancy Green Junction? We've all heard the rumours, but I thought they were just rural myths...] Without sounding too Star Trek-like, our mission is to seek out new life and boldly go where probably lots of people have gone before, and maybe a few spots where they haven’t. This week Andrew Zwicker stays fairly close to home and checks in for a visit with Big Red Cats..