Especially with the damp and now the cold weather this year, I’ll be expecting phone calls from parents with sick children (or themselves if they were dipping into the candy too much) about a week after Hallowe’en. I see many colds and flus due to the increased amount of sugar. As I stated in a past article, 1 tsp of sugar ...

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Now that it’s fall with definitely colder nights this year with a few frosts already, it’s time to start thinking about making your elderberry tincture. It’s perfect timing, since the plant has had colder weather to send all those nutrients into the berries and the first round of flu has happened with the kids going back to...

The press release reads like a broken record to residents in and around Kaslo as Interior Health announces another round of closures to Victorian Community Health Centre Emergency Department due to limited physician/staffing availability. “Kaslo and area residents are advised that due to limited physician availability the Victorian Community Health Centre Emergency Department will be […]

Editor, The Nelson Daily The Interior Health Authority’s decision to reduce Emergency services to Kalso will only result in hardship to the members of that community, and those members who live in outlying communities which are serviced by Kaslo.  Contrary to The Ministry of Health’s strategic goal #3 which speaks to accessibility of timely, safe, […]

Interior Health has announced the latest round of closures of the Victorian Community Health Centre Emergency Department due to limited physician/staffing availability. The closure began Friday (October 4), running until Wednesday (October 9). Due to limited physician availability the Victorian Community Health Centre Emergency Department will be closed:  5 p.m. Friday, Oct. 4 to 8 […]

The list of recalled items from Gort’s Gouda Cheese Farm of Salmon Arm has expanded to 15 after the Canadian Food Inspection Agency added Gort's Gouda Cheese Farm brand Mild Gouda. The additional recall came after CFIA said the product may contain E. coli. Cheese at the Salmon Arm farm has been linked to the death of one elder...

People who want to have a drink on the beach or enjoy a family lunch with drinks with children can now voice their choice through a new website launched by the B.C. Government. Parliamentary Secretary for Liquor Reform John Yap launched the new Liquor Policy Review website - www.gov.bc.ca/liquorpolicyreview - while touring ...

Thousands of people across the province who are concerned about genetically engineered (GE, also often called GM or genetically modified) foods and crops are rallying to support a resolution calling for a GE Free BC that will be debated at the Vancouver AGM of the Union of BC Municipalities (UBCM).“This is a monumental...

From 6:47 p.m. August 7 to 9:53 p.m. on Aug. 8, Kootenay Boundary Regional Hospital welcomed seven new babies into the world, according to IHA communications officer Karl Hardt, who added four of the babies were from Castlegar, one from Trail, one from Grand Forks and one from Greenwood. "In a maternity unit that averages...