Health

Spring and summer in the Shuswap are seasons of vigilance for the Rocky Mountain wood tick, which in our area may carry a disease called tick paralysis. You can meet up with one of these lovely critters Full story

Thompson-Okanagan tourism industry leaders and stakeholders have a treat in store for them at the upcoming 2010 Thompson-Okanagan Tourism (TOTA) Summit in November. They will get an up-close and very Full story

Improving local food systems at the grassroots level. Interior Health. Interior Health has recently invested $75,000 to build community food security in communities throughout the Interior region. Full story

In a press release dated October 8, 2009, BC Health Minister Kevin Falcon laid out new room rates for residents in long-term care facilities across the province, increases of up to 29%, equating in fees Full story

Local class builds brain power. Are you exercising your brain enough? Maybe you’ve noticed your memory is slipping; you recognize faces but you can’t recall names as easily as you once did. Lost your Full story

There is something about gardening that is grounding and centering, that puts us more closely in touch with our inner self and helps us more easily connect with the goodness in everyone and everything. Full story

by Helga Boker. An open letter to Premier Gordon Campbell by the Columbia House Family Council in Invermere about the devastating impact of residential care rate increases. Dear Mr. Campbell, We Full story

World-wide pandemic declared with all normal seasonal-flu-like symptoms being put down to swine flu. Each and every year humans are subjected to flu, vomiting bugs, colds and ‘flu like’ illnesses- Full story

We are probably all familiar with the plight of many in the developing world who cannot afford to buy locally grown food that is produced for export. Little did we realize a few decades ago that one day Full story

It’s time to change the clocks again this weekend – forward, this time – and since we are likely going to lose some snooze, we may be shuffling around in a bit of a daze for the next week or so. Full story

Bill C-6, also known as the Canada Consumer Product Safety Act, would replace Part I of the 40-year-old Hazardous Products Act. Liberal Senator Joseph Day of New Brunswick, who leads Full story

A November 27 article on the Russian-language news site Новости России (newsru.com) reports that a deputy in the Dumas has called for Russia to withdraw from the WHO if an investigation into Full story

Is your school-aged child experiencing some unexplained health symptoms? Perhaps he or she was basically healthy until recently, when the child began to experience headaches, dizziness, nosebleeds, heart Full story

Macdonald defends farmers’ market coupon project. BC Liberals cut funding that provided fresh produce to low-income families. In his response to the budget speech yesterday, Columbia River – Revelstoke Full story

It looks like the mainstream media are finally on WHO’s case, calling for an accounting of what some call a fraudulent pandemic. Bloomberg.com questions whether the whole WHO pandemic was overblown for Full story

Canadians may have a reputation for complacency and lack of protest, but we do have other ways of getting our views across. This video (source unknown) shows you how to make your own vaccine, just like Full story