Stroke is the third-leading cause of death and a leading cause of disability in Canada. Treatment is complex and time sensitive. In light of this, Interior Health urges residents to know the signs of stroke and get help as quickly as possible. “The importance of early recognition can’t be overstated,” says Dr. Todd Collier,...

Constant delays for the Kootenay Lake Hospital ER Redevelopment Project had Nelson-Creston MLA Michelle Mungall questioning Minister of Health Michael de Jong in the provincial legislature earlier this month. The $15.3 million renovations, which includes expansion of the Emergency Room and diagnostic imaging department with a new CT scanner suite, began with an announcement in […]

For a dialysis patient, healthy veins are a life line. But sometimes when Renal staff plan to create a permanent vascular access (called  an AV fistula) to facilitate the necessary blood flow for hemodialysis, they find a patient’s veins have been damaged from previous IVs or lab work. Renal staff have been working with...

If you could ensure women in the Kootenay Boundary access to mammography with less radiation, better results and the capacity for non-surgical biopsies would you even question the potential? It’s a clear win situation for the Kootenay Boundary Regional Hospital Foundation in their quest to purchase digital mammogram equipment....

The successful Kootenay Community Bat Project (KCBP) is gearing up for another year of identifying local bat species, providing educational programs and workshops, and assisting landowners with bat issues. Of the sixteen species of bats in BC, half of them are considered vulnerable or threatened and an additional species, the...

A few days of warmer temperatures led to a shift from accumulating snowpack to melting resulting in rising river levels across the Southern Interior this week, putting the Kootenay / Boundary regions on flood alert. The high stream advisory was posted by the B.C. River Forecast Centre on Thursday as they anticipate continued...

Here are some exciting things you can do!  Keeping the body as alkaline as we can is important, so, it can detoxify all the breakdown products and move them out through the feces and urine. One of the ways to keep the system alkaline is to eat dark green leafy veggies and other veggies (other […]

By Blair Hickman in ProPublica. The recent brouhaha over pink slime (and other lovely mass meat production processes) is only the beginning. Here’s our roundup of some standout reporting about the food on your plate. This is a multifaceted, perennial topic. If you think we missed any, we’re happy to hear suggestions. Please...

Many people recognize that invasive plants are a concern in the Central Kootenay but the question is “where do we begin?” The Central Kootenay Invasive Plant Committee (CKIPC) is attempting to answer that question through a strategic planning process. Land managers from non-profit societies, government agencies, utility companies, consulting firms and others met in Trail […]

The concept of ‘Food Sovereignty’, was developed by La Via Campesina as the best way to promote social justice and human dignity.  La Via Campesina is an independent, non-partisan body of local and international organizations from 70 countries, including Africa, Asia, Europe and the Americas, representing 200 million small ...