If you Google "porn addiction" you'll be presented with a plethora of articles on the topic, and various suggestions for beating an addiction to pornography. Of course, some medical personnel -- and the contentious DSM-5 -- do not yet characterize compulsive porn-watching as an actual addiction, but others are less cautious. ...

          The last article discussed various ways of staying well when you’re enjoying the surroundings we live in.  This article gives you some ideas for treating problems if they arise.     ·         Discourage those annoying mosquitoes and other biting insects by increasing garlic in your diet or by taking a supplement, ...

Based on a staff recommendation at  Regular Meeting of Council on June 22, 2015, and in response to years of  safety concerns brought to Council by many residents,  Rossland City Council has recently reduced the city’s local road speed limit from 40 km/hr. to 30 km/hr. in order to increase street safety for all residents.  ...

Is the climate crisis creating a global consciousness shift? By David Suzuki When an assassin killed Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria in 1914, no one called it the start of the First World War. That happened years later, after the implications, consequences and scale of the response could be assessed. It’s often the way....

Great news for Rossland taxpayers!  The City has been successful in obtaining two grants that will help with the cost of the major Washington Street infrastructure upgrades, scheduled for next year.   The Government of Canada will provide up to $1,090,850 through the Small Communities Fund for the project.  The Province of ...

The Kootenay Permaculture Institute in partnership with Selkirk College is offering the 14th annual Permaculture Design Course in Winlaw, August 16-29, 2015. Permaculture is a holistic approach to land-use planning. The permaculture concept originated in Australia in the late 70s and now many people, organizations and companies...

Members of the Health and Hospital Committee of the LCCDTS were just some of the community members on hand to welcome seven new medical trainees to the Lower Columbia recently. The medical students and residents are part of two growing programs that are expected to have a positive, long term impact on recruiting new doctors...

Summer is the season when property owners notice bats in their buildings. They may find guano on the deck, hear bats in the walls, or smell a build-up of guano. The Kootenay Community Bat Project, funded by the Columbia Basin Trust, has received numerous calls with these issues. In many cases, landowners are happy to leave ...

New programs are introducing medical students and young doctors to the joys and challenges of practicing medicine in rural areas.  The advantages go both ways:  the medical students and new doctors get training in managing real-life situations with the facilities and support available in small communities; and the communities...

Now that it’s summer with such intense sunshine this year, many of us are taking advantage of the weather & are outside as much as possible.  Whether it’s walking in the woods, mountain biking, road riding, golfing, fishing, swimming or tennis, it’s better to prevent common problems and be ready for incidents as they...