Nine Selkirk College Nursing Program students have arrived in Guatemala to promote health, develop skills and continue a partnership that has touched many lives for almost a decade. The Selkirk College-Guatemala International Nursing Experience practicum has been sending students to the Central American country since 2005. ...

Grand Forks locals have a chance to help former resident, 25-year-old Rose Schwarz as she battles for her health and life. Schwarz has been fighting for her own well-being for the last 11 year, since she was 14-years-old. During that time, her health has gotten continuously worse. Now she can only eat through a feeding tube...

The current measles outbreak in parts of our province is a powerful reminder of the importance of immunization. When immunization rates drop, whole communities can be at risk. An immunization rate of 95 per cent is needed to help protect vulnerable people in the community. If the majority of people are vaccinated for a disease,...

In Grand Forks, Laranna Androsoff is known as the Aboriginal Family Support Worker at Boundary Family and Individual Services Society (BFISS) and as Trinity’s mom. But earlier this month she got wider recognition for the latter. Androsoff was invited to speak at the 2014 Global Summit on Childhood in Vancouver. There she sat...

Health Canada has issued a recall notice Friday of marijuana for medical purposes from Greenleaf Medicinals in British Columbia following an inspection. The pot in question is Purple Kush, Batch PK-10-20-13. Greenleaf Medicinals is based in Nanaimo. Health Canada said on its website the recall is due to issues with the company’s...

April 7, 2014, is Child Abuse Prevention Day in B.C., a time to recognize that everyone has a responsibility to keep kids safe and healthy. Child abuse is one of the most serious problems facing society. Each year, the Ministry of Children and Family Development receives approximately 30,000 calls from concerned citizens that...

While new regulations around medical marijuana production came into effect on April 1, a court injunction (recently appealed by the federal government) has granted growers with licenses under the own system to keep producing their own medicine until a legal challenge against the federal government’s new law is heard The move...

Spring has finally sprung. And so have the small bugs that feed on the blood of humans and animals and can sometimes transmit disease, known as "ticks." The warmer, spring-like weather, means people will be hiking, walking, cleaning yard and generally spending more time outdoors —  as well as the ticks. “Ticks are most often...

Dear Minister, My constituents are very concerned about the future of health care in our country.  They are asking the federal government to commit to a renewed Health Accord in 2014 and to work with the provinces and territories on health care innovation so Canadians can continue to receive the care they need. Health care ...

An official with the Ministry of Environment said the unknown substance that spilled into West Arm of Kootenay Lake near the Prestige Inn Lakeside Resort Monday afternoon came from the Nelson Curling Club. “(The substance) was runoff from paint transfer at the Nelson Curling Rink,” Veron Novosad, Environmental Emergency...