Kandice Mueller is a Registered Dietitian with the Interior Health Authority. March is Nutrition Month, a time for Canadians to consider the important role food plays in our lives. This Nutrition Month 2018, dietitians across Interior Health are looking to help you unlock the potential of food.  Food fuels us, providing the...

BC Renal Agency is taking the opportunity of World Kidney Day to remind British Columbians to assess their kidney health—because one in 10 have kidney disease, many without knowing. Often called the “silent” disease, kidney disease has virtually no symptoms in its early stages. BC Renal Agency will host a Facebook Live on...

First, a bit of background.  ICBC is in dire financial straits. Back in 2016, ICBC applied to the BC Utilities Commission for permission to raise its rates by 4.9%.  This publication posted an article by Dermod Travis of Integrity BC on ICBC’s request. Travis unpicked the rationale for the proposed increase in rates, delved...

The Liver Clinic located in the Kootenay Lake Hospital has new equipment generously funded through the KLH Foundation, that has already made a big difference for hundreds of patients in the Kootenays. “Having the fibroscan here benefits East/West Kootenay patients as we are able to provide point of care testing that allows ...

Interior Health’s Board Chair Doug Cochrane announced today that president and CEO Chris Mazurkewich has provided the board of directors with his letter of resignation, expressing his decision to retire at the end of October. “Chris Mazurkewich has spent nearly three decades working to build a strong, sustainable health system...

A new smartphone app is set to turn B.C. bystanders into potential life-savers when a sudden cardiac arrest occurs in a public place. BC Emergency Health Services (BCEHS) launched the free PulsePoint application today throughout the province. It provides vital information in the case of cardiac arrest, where minutes count in...

The Village of New Denver and its surrounding residents may have been given a reprieve when Interior Health changed its decision to curtail emergency department hours at the Slocan Community Health Centre (SCHC). But residents realize this fight isn’t over. IH has said talks will resume in the spring about cutting hours at ...

Interior Health is asking the public to be extra vigilant if using drugs after BC Coroners Service Monday morning confirmed an additional two deaths in region that are also suspected drug overdoses. Friday, in a media release Friday, IH said the authority was urging residents using or considering using drugs to reconsider or...

BC bats may be threatened by disease, and researchers are asking for the public to help. White Nose Syndrome (WNS), a fungal disease responsible for the death of millions of bats in eastern North America, has moved to the west coast. Confirmed in Washington State in 2016 and 2017, the presence of the fungus is very worrisome...

Thanks to quick-thinking activism in the community of New Denver, the emergency department at the Slocan Community Health Centre (SCHC) will remain open 24/7 at least until the spring. Shockwaves were sent through the valley after a press release issued by the Interior Health Authority (IH) on January 17th stated that the...