With all the rain, the last thing on holidayers minds is mosquitoes. But like taxes, those pesky small, midge-like flies promise to be back sooner than later — some even carrying the West Nile virus, a disease that is spread from infected birds to humans through mosquito bites.  Any activity that prevents mosquitoes from biting […]

The Trail Health & Environment Committee (THEC) will hold a one-time children’s blood testing clinic this fall to confirm lead levels for children aged six months to 36 months living in Warfield, Oasis, Casino and Waneta in order to determine if its Family Health and Home and Garden services should be expanded to those ...

As Hippocrates said, food is your best medicine--or in the modern day version, you are what you eat   But, with a busy lifestyle that most of us have these days, I was asked  to write an article on how do we cook and feed ourselves healthily?  Let’s review the key components of a healthy meal. 1.       There should be...

A proposal by a North Shore couple to change zoning bylaw in order to grow medical marijuana is now in the hands of the Regional District of Central Kootenay Board. Area F Director Ron Mickel chaired the public hearing Monday evening at the RDCK board meeting room on Lakeside Drive that heard from North Shore […]

It’s been 50 years since Canada’s former Minister of National Health and Welfare, Judy LaMarsh told the House of Commons that “smoking is a contributory cause of lung cancer.” This statement marked the start of a decades-long anti-smoking campaign that continues across the country to this day. “We’ve come a long way,” said Canadian Cancer Society health […]

Unless you are a magazine publisher, you’ve probably never heard of the Canada Magazine Fund. Administered by Heritage Canada, the CMF was established 24 years ago to “contribute towards the production of high-quality magazines showcasing the diverse work of a wide cross-section of Canadian creators” and to build “capacity to help ensure the continued growth […]

Residents of are going to be without emergency care after the Interior Health Authority announced the closing of the Victorian Community Health Centre Emergency Department for most of the last week of June and into July. “Kaslo and area residents are advised that due to limited physician availability the Victorian Community Health Centre Emergency Department […]

Research by the Canadian Red Cross shows the majority of Canadian parents do not understand what is needed to safeguard children in, on and around the water, even though drowning is the second leading cause of preventable death for children under the age of 10. Statistics reveal 90 percent of children killed due to drowning […]

By Suzy Hamilton, The Nelson Daily Residents will be without emergency care in Kaslo this weekend. Interior Health has announced that the emergency department at the Victorian Community Health Centre in Kaslo will be closed Friday evening May 31, until Monday morning, June 3. “I’m not too surprised,” said Kaslo Mayor Greg Lay, who was […]

Get out of the four-wheeler and get on the two-wheeler — don’t forget the helmet — because for those keeping score at home, this week — beginning Monday — across BC is Bike to Work Week. The purpose of the event is to encourage bicycle commuting. The event began in the mid-90s and in 2008, […]