IHA apologizes to Kaslo over process in ER changes
Interior Health Authority CEO Dr. Robert Halpenny apologized to Kaslo residents for the lack of community consultation in the reduction of emergency room hours at Victorian Community Health Centre. Several members of the newly formed seven member Negotiating Solutions Team met with Halpenny Monday (September 24), to discuss their concerns over the lack of community […]
COMMENT: Eat GMO Sweet Corn? I’d rather eat bugs!
A damning new peer reviewed study, ‘Long term toxicity of a Roundup herbicide and a Roundup-tolerant genetically modified maize ‘is calling into question not only the safety of genetically modified (GM) food but the stringency of government regulations and assessments. For the first time, a long term and comprehensive study...
Victorian Community Health Centre negotiating team meets with IHA Monday
Kaslo Mayor Greg Lay and Regional District of Central Kootenay Director Andy Shadrack, Electoral Area D, have scheduled meetings Monday in Victoria with Interior Health Authority CEO Dr Robert Halpenny in efforts to save emergency room hours at the Victorian Community Health Centre. “I hope to get an agreement that (IHA) is going to negotiate […]
Kaslo residents asking for six months extension to find solutions to reduction in ER hours
A group of concerned Kaslo citizens have asked Interior Health Authority (IHA)and CEO Dr. Robert Halpenny to give them six months to come up with a plan to save some of their emergency room hours at the Victorian Community Health Centre. Last week the IHA announced they would be reducing the ER hours at the […]
RCMP investigating vandalized Greenwood water reservoir
The residents of Greenwood are reeling after the potential contamination of their drinking water was announced on Monday, Sept. 17. “There is a level of stress in the community, especially for some of the older folks,” said Greenwood mayor Nipper Kettle. “Who ever did this — it is ludicrous. It is unthinkable who would do […]
Critics say reduction of Kaslo ER hours a definite step in wrong direction
A reduction in hours at the Victorian Community Health Centre emergency room is a permanent and necessary change according to the Interior Health Authority (IHA). Last week the IHA met with more than 400 North Kootenay Lake residents to hear their views on the new hours, which takes affect November 2. The ER, which serves […]
BREAKING NEWS: Greenwood water potentially contaminated
Greenwood residents are being warned not to use their tap water for anything but flushing their toilets until Interior Health Authority (IHA) has ruled out a possible contamination. Today, Monday Sept. 17, a City of Greenwood crew member discovered the lock on the access hatch to the community's reservoir had been removed by...
Strike action delayed at Nelson recreation complex
The Regional District of Central Kootenay (RDCK) and CUPE Local 2262 have agreed to put any potential job action on hold until 4 p.m. on Sept. 21, the regional district announced today. “We will continue to meet with union representatives over the next nine days to discuss safety and operational protocols for the Nelson and […]
Former Nelson doctor elected new president for Canadian Medical Association
Dr. Anna Reid, the former chief of staff and the emergency and intensive care unit physician at the Kootenay Lake Hospital, was recently appointed as president of the Canadian Medical Association (CMA). The well-travelled and impassioned physician plans to bring a unique rural perspective to the new role as the CMA spokesperson and advocate for […]
OP/ED: Sick, stupid and sterile
In September 1962 – 50 years ago this month – a book was published which changed the way we looked at the post-World War Two chemical revolution. Rachel Carson’s Silent Spring – a clarion call about the perils of pesticides – is largely credited with launching the modern day environmental movement. Soon after its publication,...
