BE THE BEST YOU CAN BE.
Since the weather is warming up nicely and we’re already running and biking on the trails, I thought this would be a good time to talk about what to eat and use to enhance performance. This artricle and the next one will summarize and highlight foods and key ingredients that have research to back them, since there is a lot ...
Council to contemplate ban on smoking in city parks
A Castlegar city councillor is contending that changing social mores and attitudes around smoking are helping to pave the way for a potential new bylaw banning smoking in all city parks. Councillor Florio Vassilakakis said he thinks there is an appetite for this kind of bylaw. “If you had asked me 20 or 25 years ago, I would...
Getting to Silverton and Taking Personal Action Against Climate Change
Some West Kootenay environmentalists have decided to join the audience converging on Silverton, B.C. to attend the Convergence Writers’ Weekend May 13 to 14 without using a fleet of greenhouse-gas-emitting internal combustion-driven vehicles. Members and supporters of Kootenays for a Pipeline-Free B.C....
New Therapy Centre Opens in Trail
Movin’ Mountains Therapy Centre is up and running on Laburnum Drive in Trail, with a focus on innovative, therapeutic programming for children and youth of all abilities. Born from a recognition that families in the Kootenays require more Physiotherapy and Occupational Therapy services, Movin’ Mountains is set on the premise...
Whooping Cough Still a Threat: IHA says 'Don't Wait -- Vaccinate'
Interior Health is reminding parents and caregivers to make sure their children’s immunizations are up to date. This timely reminder comes as pertussis cases continue to occur in several Interior Health communities. Pertussis, also known as whooping cough, is a serious infection of the lungs and throat. Pertussis can affect...
!0 Ways to Take the Bulge Out of Your Bathing Suit
Since the weather is shifting into spring early this year with the daffodils and tulips popping out of the earth, it is a great time to consider spring cleaning your body. Take some time to focus inside and let go of built-up toxins, metabolites, hormones and breakdown products. There are lots of fresh fruit and vegetables ...
Opinion: Life and Death and Intolerable Pain. Bill C-14 Flubs it.
A woman named Kay Carter arranged for her own death. She was suffering constant pain and knew that it would never get any better -- her neurodegenerative condition might eventually bring death, but not "foreseeably." The pain it caused was unmanageable. Pain had rendered her life so unbearable that she just wanted it...
Kootenay Lake Hospital chimes celebrate new life
The next time you hear gentle wind chimes ringing through the halls of Kootenay Lake Hospital, it means a new life has entered the community. Electronic Birth Chimes have been installed in labour and delivery at KLH. This allows parents of newborns to announce their new arrival over the hospital paging system. The purpose of...
Telehealth a Game Changer for Our Region?
Have you ever had to drive to Trail, Nelson or farther to see a physician specialist? Would you be interested in trying other options that wouldn’t require you to travel? If the answer is yes, doctors would like to hear from you. Kootenay Boundary residents who have seen specialists in the last two years are being asked to...
Provincial health officer declares public health emergency due to rise in overdoses
A significant increase in drug-related overdoses and deaths has prompted provincial health officer Dr. Perry Kendall to declare a public health emergency. This is the first time the provincial health officer has served notice under the Public Health Act to exercise emergency powers. B.C. is the first province to take this...
