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Overdose response measures roll out in emergency departments
Interior Health has begun implementing measures in emergency departments to improve overdose surveillance and arm those at risk with naloxone, a life-saving drug that can reduce the risk of brain damage or death, from future opioid overdoses. Emergency departments in Castlegar, Kamloops, Kaslo, Kelowna, Nakusp, New Denver and Vernon are the first sites to provide […]
Making a splash on Main Street
For their Social Justice class project, students Gavin Buttar, 17, Bailey Smith 17, Paige Riley 17 and Ahmad Al Lwisi, have put on an Art show “We are ALL Human” to raise money to help Syrian families come to Canada to live in a safe place. They have painted their own original art works, collected […]
Photo by Val Friesen
Bitter root, or as the local indigenous people called it, Spatlum. Latin name: Lewisia rediviva. Also called rock roses locally. It’s the lucky hiker who sees it in the dry hills in the Oliver area for its brief flowering season. A jewel of a flower, and historically the roots were an important food source for […]
Another carrot being offered
The B.C. government has announced a new “rural education enhancement fund” designed to allow local school districts to keep rural schools open that were expected to be closed. Districts will have to apply for provincial funds with an estimate of savings they would realize from closing a school. Education Miniser Mike Bernier said the expected […]
Oops – no monkeys in this barrel
On May 31, 2016, North Okanagan RCMP received information regarding a large blue plastic industrial barrel on a forest service road in the area of the Kingfisher Forest Service Road. Officers attended the area and were able to locate the barrel in question. When opened, officers discovered it was full of packaged marijuana. The contents consisted of 24 packages […]