Via Rail confirmed on its website that an elderly woman died Saturday of flu-like symptoms on a  train travelling from Vancouver to Toronto. The website said at approximately 5 a.m. Saturday, Train 2, which was travelling between Vancouver and Toronto, was delayed several hours near Parry Sound, Ontario, due to a medical...

In anticipation of heavy volumes at area Emergency Departments over the holiday season, Interior Health is reminding the public to take a few simple steps to avoid unnecessary trips to the hospital. For non-urgent care during office hours, call your family doctor or the doctor on call for the practice or clinic. Consider going...

Coun. Kathy Wallace took a moment at the Oct. 22 regular council meeting in Rossland to reflect on "definite problems" that exist in rural health care, problems she identified as "another symptom in our province of small, rural areas not fitting the grid pattern of larger urban areas." Wallace is Rossland's appointed director...

Imagine living in a community where you can walk or ride your bike safely, where the air is fresh and clean, and where healthy food and opportunities for physical activity are easily accessible and affordable for all. Through the Healthy Communities Initiative, Interior Health aims to make this vision a reality.                    ...

In light of the recent temporary suspension of Novartis vaccine products (Agriflu and Fluad), Interior Health wishes to advise the public that our public flu clinics will continue as scheduled using our primary vaccine product Vaxigrip. Novartis products comprise less than 10% of the vaccine supply in Interior Health. Interior...

The mold beneath the activity room at Hume Elementary School found earlier this year is set to be removed starting this week. The remediation job went out to tender earlier this month and one company had applied by the deadline, Thursday, Oct. 18 said Larry Brown, School District 8 director of operations. The job should be ...

Now that it’s fall, and this year already some cold nights, it’s time to start thinking about making your elderberry tincture.  This is perfect timing, since it seems like the first round of flu has happened with the kids going back to school.  Elderberries are an incredibly strong bioflavinoid and anti-oxidant.  Many of you...

Some people close their eyes. Others bite down on their teeth while some, well, some just . . . hit me with your best — flu — shot. In Nelson, the Prestige Inn was a beehive of activity as close to a 1,000 people attended the first Flu Clinic sponsored by Interior Health. "We'll get about 900 people coming though here today,"...

 "Today, a headline in the Globe and Mail states, "Alberta Beef Plant Resumes Partial Operations". Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz had the following to say in response to this false report. This is false - the XL plant will not be allowed to reopen until the Canadian Food Inspection Agency has confirmed that it is safe....

Vancouver- British Columbia's Federal Liberal Council of Riding Association Presidents endorsed a policy resolution to legalize and regulate cannabis in Canada, as approved by Liberal Party delegates from across Canada at the Party's 2012 Biennial Policy Conference in Ottawa. The Council held their quarterly meeting Saturday...