Impact on scheduled surgical procedures: IHA
Interior Health (IH) is working in partnership with the Ministry of Health and the BC Centre for Disease Control (BCCDC) to respond to COVID-19. Along with other agencies and health authorities, IH has pandemic plans in place and is prepared to adjust capacity as required. As part of this planning, and following direction...
COVID-19 UPDATE: City closes playgrounds, postpones CIP meeting
UPDATE: The City of Rossland has closed all playgrounds, because the virus can live for days on hard surfaces. Playing fields will remain open, but only if people using them comply with the two-metre "social distancing" requirement. Non-compliance will bring closure for all. The CIty has also postponed the Committee-of-the-Whole...
BC Declares Public Health Emergency; Bars, Clubs ordered to be closed
From the Rossland Telegraph On March 17, 2020, British Columbia’s Public Health Officer declared a public health emergency in BC to help control the spread of the novel coronavirus COVID-19. Health Minister Adrian Dix and Public Health Officer Dr. Bonnie Henry held a news conference Monday afternoon to make statement and ...
IHA: COVID-19 and your pets
It's not clear yet if, or whether, our beloved pets will be carriers of COVID-19, so Interior Health has offered some basic guidelines for pet owners in the following release: Every Person Matters is a saying we have here at Interior Health. And we take it pretty seriously. Although we don’t provide health-care services to ...
COVID-19 shuts down Silver City Days
Federal and Provincial Government Health Officials strongly recommend social distancing and the cancellation of large events to help prevent the spread of COVID-19. Therefore, the City of Trail and the Silver City Days Planning Committee have decided to cancel Silver City Days, scheduled for May 6 -10, 2020. “We understand...
Op/Ed: An imagined look back at the COVID-19 crisis
There are many things that could happen as we face the Covid-19 pandemic. Here is an imagined vision of the future that is possible, though not likely unless people take the appropriate actions. I have imagined a path to a positive outcome. How do you think it will play out? Let’s imagine this future and how it happened: It’s...
BC has 11 new cases of COVID-19 today, for total of 64
Adrian Dix, Minister of Health, and Dr. Bonnie Henry, B.C.'s provincial health officer, have issued the following joint statement regarding updates on the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) response in British Columbia: “We are announcing 11 new cases of COVID-19, for a total of 64 cases in British Columbia. The individuals are all...
Seven new COVID-19 cases in BC
Adrian Dix, Minister of Health, and Dr. Bonnie Henry, B.C.'s provincial health officer, have issued the following joint statement regarding updates on the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) response in British Columbia: “We are announcing seven new cases of COVID-19, for a total of 46 cases in British Columbia. The individuals are...
City of Trail given Community Wellness and Harm Reduction Grant
The City of Trail is one of 24 communities that were awarded Community Wellness and Harm Reduction Grants. Funded projects will be active from March 2020 to February 2021. The Community Wellness and Harm Reduction Grant was launched to support community partnerships on focused, action-oriented harm reduction projects or initiatives, tailored to meet local needs. […]
New urgent and primary care centre opens in Castlegar
People living in Castlegar will soon have better access to team-based urgent and primary care with the opening of a new urgent and primary care centre (UPCC). “Castlegar has about 2,000 people who do not have a regular primary care provider. This needs to change,” said Katrine Conroy, Minister of Children and Family Development...
