The Grand Forks valley has been waking up to intense levels of smoke over the past week. The good news is there are no local fires, but the bad news is the poor air quality is from ongoing fires in Russia. The West Kootenays has three active fires, all believed to be caused by lightening strikes, said Fionna Tollovsen fire ...

With the B.C. Day weekend right around the corner the BC Coroners Service is urging the public to be extra careful around lakes, rivers and streams as the provincial body investigates eight recent deaths. These deaths involved individuals from ages 12 to 75 and occurred in a variety of circumstances. The BC Coroners Service hiigh […]

Be Healthy Outdoors — Part 2 Problematically ·       Discourage those annoying mosquitoes and other biting insects by increasing garlic in your diet or by taking a supplement, such as a Vitamin B1 complex.  I usually have people take 1/d.  I often make up a homeopathic to minimize the reaction to bug bites.  Another useful tool […]

Good news for residents of the City of Nelson. The water quality advisory has been rescinded. Effective Monday (July 30) City of Nelson staff, in consultation with the Interior Health Authority officials, has rescinded the advisirt that was issued earlier this month, July 16. During the past two weeks the advisory was in place residents […]

Residents in Krestova are outraged and concerned an application of bio solids from the Zellstoff Celgar pulp mill in Castlegar to a neighbouring property will contaminate their ground water and threaten their health. “I feel we’re just being used as a dump site,” said Nick Kootnikoff whose well is within the 30-meter legal limit of […]

Heavy rainfall and increased snowmelt have created widespread flooding across the Kootenay Boundary region. In a written press release, Interior Health is advising residents impacted by flooding and power outages to take steps to ensure their food and water are safe, particularly when returning to an area evacuated due to flooding. Floodwaters are often very […]

The community of Nakusp will do nearly anything to protect their medical services at the Arrow Lakes Hospital, even buy a house. Over the past five years the number of physicians in the community, which serves upwards of 5,000 people in the region, has dropped from three full-time and one part-time physician to one full-time […]

To the Editor: The BC Special Committee on Cosmetic Pesticides released its report in May which contained 17 recommendations to the government.  Although these recommendations did not include an outright ban on lawn and garden pesticides, it’s important to note that the BC Government has not made a decision (and the Special...

  Food and Water Safety after Flooding Heavy rainfall and increased snowmelt have created widespread flooding across the Kootenay Boundary region. Interior Health is advising residents impacted by flooding and power outages to take steps to ensure their food and water are safe, particularly when returning to an area evacuated due to flooding. Floodwaters are […]

A $500,000 donation by Kaslo resident Mabel Manning for the Victorian Community Health Centre will continue to sit idle until at least the 2013 budget season. The bequeathment was made a few years ago and continues to be held by lawyers until a project has been identified for the small care centre, said Greg Lay, […]