Health

Resident group garnering signatures to oppose pesticide use in city parks/play spaces

by Kyra Hoggan on 22 May 2013
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Resident group garnering signatures to oppose pesticide use in city parks/play spaces

A group of local residents is using three Facebook pages, an online petition, and several hard copy petitions to try to pressure the City of Castlegar to ban pesticide use in city parks and play areas.

Elise Bourgeois, a mother of three who lives right next to Millennium Park, said she opposes any kind of spraying at all.

UPDATE: CFIA responds to reasons for changing the meaning of 'local'

by Bruce Fuhr on 21 May 2013
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The Kootenay Co-op is a proud supporters of buying from producers in the region. — The Nelson Daily photo

The Canadian Food Inspection Agency responded to a story in The Nelson Daily Tuesday regarding changes made to the meaning of “local food” in labeling in grocery stores.

Elena Koutsavakis Media Relations for the Canadian Food Inspection Agency apologized for not confirming The Nelson Daily received an email from the federal agency Tuesday afternoon.

Concerns over the changes by the CFIA were raised by Kootenay Co-op in Nelson.

RCMP urge parents to drop off prescriptions

by Contributor on 13 May 2013
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RCMP urge parents to drop off prescriptions

The BC RCMP is asking parents and grandparents to be aware of a growing problem of prescription drug abuse among youth.

According to a 2009 study, one fifth of students in grades 7-12 have used at least one prescription drug without a doctor’s prescription. Oftentimes these medications were stolen from a medicine cabinet or a pharmacy, or obtained through a fake prescription or drug trafficker.

That’s why the RCMP in BC is supporting the first ever National Prescription Drop Off Week May 11 to 17.

RDCK issues 'boil water advisory' for Fauquier

by Nelson Daily staff on 12 May 2013
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RDCK issues 'boil water advisory' for Fauquier

Recent tests showing poor water quality has forced the Regional District Central Kootenay (RDCK) to issue a Boil Water Notice for users on the Fauquier Water System.

Recent testing shows that current water quality is now poor due to increased seasonal turbidity (cloudiness).

"The RDCK and Interior Health recommend that all customers drink boiled water or a safe alternative until further notice," the RDCK press release said.

Three of four provincial parties break silence on health

by Nelson Daily staff on 08 May 2013
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Three of four provincial parties break silence on health

The BC Heart and Stroke Foundation announced results from a survey of the four provincials parties on the eve of the Tuesday, May 14 vote.

In March 2013, the Heart and Stroke Foundation, BC & Yukon sent a survey to British Columbia’s major political parties and incumbent Independent MLAs on 10 key policy priorities and principles that impact heart disease and stroke. 

Nanaimo cuts place patients at risk says BCNU

by Contributor on 02 May 2013
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Nanaimo cuts place patients at risk says BCNU

Nurses on Vancouver Island are demanding an immediate halt to a plan to cut nurses at Nanaimo Regional General Hospital because it puts patients’ safety at risk.
 
The Vancouver Island Health Authority scheme would eliminate a total of 26 nurses – both Registered Nurses and Licensed Practical Nurses – from teams providing bedside care on medical, surgical, transition and rehab units at NRGH. It would replace them with 31 unlicensed care-aides. Management is also proposing to eliminate 15 nursing positions that are currently vacant on the units.

Protect yourself, protect others, get immunized

by Contributor on 22 Apr 2013
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Interior Health

In the last 50 years, immunization has saved more lives in Canada than any other health intervention.    April 20 to 27 isNational Immunization Awareness Week, and this year, Interior Health would like to remind you that we can all play an important role in stopping the spread of vaccine preventable diseases. 

Health gap in B.C. widening, says Health Council

by Contributor on 18 Apr 2013
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Health gap in B.C. widening, says Health Council

People in the least well‐off areas of British Columbia are dying sooner than those in better‐off areas, according to new figures from the Health Officers Council of BC. Overall life expectancy in BC has improved, but in less affluent areas of the province life expectancy has remained much the same or even declined.

In an update to their 2008 report on health inequality in the province, the Health Officers Council showed the gap in life expectancy between Local Health Areas (LHAs) with the highest socio‐economic status (SES) and those with the lowest SES has widened dramatically.

Out of Left Field: She promises gluten-free recipes, then just yatters on and on ....

by Kyra Hoggan on 14 Apr 2013
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Out of Left Field: She promises gluten-free recipes, then just yatters on and on ....

I'm sorry I didn't get this posted in time to make Sunday dinner – I'll aim to post Sunday mornings from now on, but ...well, it's Sunday morning, so don't watch the clock. Cartoons end when they end, man.

The reason for my tardiness is that I couldn't settle on a recipe – I kept deciding on one, then thinking of another and changing my mind, then remembering that rib recipe that was so fabulous, then ...

Finally, I settled on starting off with some tips and tricks to making the diet easier, with recipes to follow.

Medical Journals Spotlight Kootenay Lake Hospital: Standards in emergency medical care needed

by Nelson Daily staff on 11 Apr 2013
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Former Kootenay Lake Hospital ER doctor, Richard Fleet, says Nelson residents are still at risk 11 years after the cuts.

By Suzy Hamilton, The Nelson Daily

Nelson fell from fourth to last place in its failure to rescue critically ill patients in a 2011 report by the Fraser Institute. 

And the doctor citing the Fraser Institute’s Hospital Report Card (www.hospitalreportcards.ca), which used data from 2009, says Nelson residents are still at risk 11 years after the cuts to Kootenay Lake Hospital services were made by Interior Health in 2002.

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