There’s a glimmer of hope in the Kaslo Victorian Community Health Centre saga. The Victorian Community Health Centre Emergency Room hours were scheduled to change to weekday, daytime hours of operation on Monday, January 6, 2014. However, there’s been a new proposal made by a group of physicians. Doctors informed Interior Health officials the group […]

There's a new and exciting resource available to Aboriginal people throughout the region, according to Kris Taks, executive director of the Circle of Indigenous Nations Society “The Circle of Indigenous Nations Society (C.O.I.N.S) formed in September 2012 and formally registered as a non-profit society in March 2013,” Taks ...

Food is one of the most basic necessities of life, yet it is something that more and more Canadians and Nelson area residents are finding harder to afford. A recent study by Food Banks Canada entitled HungerCount 2013 revealed that since the “Great Recession” hit in 2008, nearly 200,000 more Canadians are using food banks […]

Non-profits and charities have a new way to raise money for causes that benefit society, as the B.C. government relaxes the rules around auctioning liquor. Following through on an earlier commitment, the B.C. government is allowing privately-donated liquor, such as a vintage bottle of wine or a rare bottle of scotch from an...

Health Minister Terry Lake highlighted the importance of CPR Awareness Month Thursday by taking part in a demonstration on basic CPR and how to use a defibrillator. Sudden cardiac arrest occurs when the heart stops beating and breathing stops. It strikes suddenly and affects people of all ages. Fewer than 12 per cent of people […]

An institution established 40 years ago to protect farmland in British Columbia could soon be disbanded by the provincial government, which may have major implications for the food security of West Kootenay residents, according to one local expert. Established in 1973, the Agricultural Land Reserve (ALR) is an area of about 47,000 square kilometres of […]

By Suzy Hamilton, The Nelson Daily Like the other 300 residents who attended Tuesday’s Kaslo Village Council  meeting, Maggie Winters is not happy about Interior Health’s decision to reduce Kaslo’s emergency room hours to weekdays, 9 am to 5 pm. “But at least a decision takes some of the uncertainty away,” said the spokesperson for […]

There were cars and people filling the parking lot of the Prestige Inn Lakeside Resort Wednesday. The beehive of activity wasn't because of a convention but the first flu shot clinic of the season as close to 1,000 people were expected to roll up the shirt sleeve and get poked by an Interior Health nurse. IHA staff said there...

Liquor, or changes to government regulations, definitely was a hot-button topic for the BC public as more than 76,255 people logged into the Liquor Policy Review website to voice their opinions. Parliamentary Secretary John Yap said the consultation process saw an nprecedented level of engagement with the public, stakeholders...

Landing on dirt and grass is no longer necessary for helicopters when they land at the Grand Forks hospital. The Boundary Hospital officially opened it’s Heliport on Monday, to a small crowd of local stakeholders and onlookers. “Paramedics are already happy they don’t have to push through the dirt,” said Ingrid Hampf, Acute...