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HE SAID SHE SAID: Public outcry pushes for sustainability, but council digs in its core service heels

by Andrew Bennett on 09 May 2013
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HE SAID SHE SAID: Public outcry pushes for sustainability, but council digs in its core service heels

Following council’s five hour debate on the entire budget on May 1, council was forced to pause the financial plan blitz for twenty minutes on May 6 to hear nine members of the public oppose the only major cut: approximately $20,000 axed from the Sustainability Commission (SC), terminating their paid coordinator with no transition plan in place.

The May 1 meeting was open to the public but was not publicized, so only the Telegraph and the library manager were there to witness the debate, recorded in six articles:

Sustainability Commission funding in flames as museum budget nearly doubles for 2013

by Andrew Bennett on 04 May 2013
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Sustainability Commission funding in flames as museum budget nearly doubles for 2013

Funding to community groups was cut by four per cent (about $14,000) relative to 2012 levels overall at Wednesday evening's committee of the whole (COW), with the Sustainability Commission taking the main hit as funding for the SC manager disappeared—ostensibly to bring the role "in house" to the city—while the city granted a $20,000 increase to the museum budget.

Local food bank running out of food

by Contributor on 25 Apr 2013
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Local food bank running out of food

Unless things turn around the once-a-week food bank at Trail United Church will soon become a once-a-month operation. Food bank coordinators Marylynn Rakuson and Eleanor Harper have seen donations drop off and numbers of clients increase far beyond their ability to manage.

Protect yourself, protect others, get immunized

by Contributor on 22 Apr 2013
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Interior Health

In the last 50 years, immunization has saved more lives in Canada than any other health intervention.    April 20 to 27 isNational Immunization Awareness Week, and this year, Interior Health would like to remind you that we can all play an important role in stopping the spread of vaccine preventable diseases. 

Health gap in B.C. widening, says Health Council

by Contributor on 18 Apr 2013
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Health gap in B.C. widening, says Health Council

People in the least well‐off areas of British Columbia are dying sooner than those in better‐off areas, according to new figures from the Health Officers Council of BC. Overall life expectancy in BC has improved, but in less affluent areas of the province life expectancy has remained much the same or even declined.

In an update to their 2008 report on health inequality in the province, the Health Officers Council showed the gap in life expectancy between Local Health Areas (LHAs) with the highest socio‐economic status (SES) and those with the lowest SES has widened dramatically.

Out of Left Field: She promises gluten-free recipes, then just yatters on and on ....

by Kyra Hoggan on 14 Apr 2013
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Out of Left Field: She promises gluten-free recipes, then just yatters on and on ....

I'm sorry I didn't get this posted in time to make Sunday dinner – I'll aim to post Sunday mornings from now on, but ...well, it's Sunday morning, so don't watch the clock. Cartoons end when they end, man.

The reason for my tardiness is that I couldn't settle on a recipe – I kept deciding on one, then thinking of another and changing my mind, then remembering that rib recipe that was so fabulous, then ...

Finally, I settled on starting off with some tips and tricks to making the diet easier, with recipes to follow.

Provincial "Sick Care" downloads action on health—real health—to municipalities

by Andrew Bennett on 12 Apr 2013
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Provincial "Sick Care" downloads action on health—real health—to municipalities

As council prepares to consider a smoking ban in city-owned public places, Monday's regular meeting included a delegation from the Healthy Communities Initiative (HCI) and one from the Canadian Cancer Society and Interior Health.

Out of Left Field: Do YOU want to learn to cook gluten-, dairy- and soy-free?

by Kyra Hoggan on 07 Apr 2013
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Out of Left Field: Do YOU want to learn to cook gluten-, dairy- and soy-free?

My son and I have been gluten-, dairy- and soy-free all his almost-15 years of life. I don't mind admitting, when I first went gluten-free, I almost starved. I was scared to eat anything – I'm on the extreme end of the continuum in terms of celiac disease, and I was terrified of the pain and sores and mental/emotional incapacitation (if I find myself struggling with debilitating depression, I need only look back on what I've been eating to find the culprit – it's almost always a food issue).

COMMENT: Five oil spills in one week: 'accidents' or business as usual?

by Damien Gillis on 04 Apr 2013
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COMMENT: Five oil spills in one week: 'accidents' or business as usual?

UPDATE: Since publication of this story this morning, yet another oil spill has come across the wire - a CP Rail spill from a derailment in northern Ontario - raising the total of spills this past week to SIX.

Radon gas danger to residents may cause platform problems for provincial candidates

by Kyra Hoggan on 03 Apr 2013
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Radon gas danger to residents may cause platform problems for provincial candidates

An issue that came before council last night could prove contentious enough to end up a platform issue in the upcoming provincial election, according to councillor Deb McIntosh.

This after a presentation, at council's regular meeting, by Dana Schmidt, of the Donna Schmidt Memorial Lung Cancer Prevention Society.

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