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...
Three new BC cases of Coronavirus, bringing total to 12
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) in British Columbia: “We are announcing three new cases of COVID-19 in B.C, for a total of 12 cases in British Columbia. All of these new cases...
Vancouver City Council supports free prescription birth control
On Tuesday, March 3, 2020, Vancouver City Council unanimously passed a motion calling on the Provincial Government to make all prescription contraception available at no cost under the BC Medical Services Plan. “Unless prescription contraception is free, people who don’t have much money won’t have the same access to it as...
Ninth case of coronavirus confirmed 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) in British Columbia: “We are announcing one new case of COVID-19 in B.C., for a total of nine cases in British Columbia. The individual affected...
