Recent News
 In a media release Thursday, Avalanche Canada, in partnership with Parks Canada, said it is issuing a Special Public Avalanche Warning for recreational backcountry users across numerous forecast regions in BC and Alberta — including the Kootenay/Boundary regions. Avalanche Canada said... |
 As the COVID-19 Omicron variant continues to loom large with cases rising in the Kootenay region, the Kootenay Lake School District No. 8 board has decided to direct Superintendent Trish Smillie to create and implement a Proof of Vaccination Procedure for all staff and contractors. This... |
Regional News
In a media release Thursday, Interior Health said that Slocan Valley residents are advised of the temporarily adjustment of emergency department hours at Slocan Community Health Centre in New Denver beginning today, Jan. 20, 2022.
Interior Health said that until further notice, emergency department hours will be 8 a.m. to 8 p.m.
One of the city’s schools could be under investigation by public health.
Based on a review of attendance patterns, it has been determined that Rosemont School has met a potential activity signal — a new term coined to refer to a threshold based on school attendance — according to a letter sent out by the school.
This week, 200,000 rapid antigen test kits are being shipped to the kindergarten-to-Grade 12 (K-12) sector for use by staff, teachers and administrators with symptoms of COVID-19.
Rapid antigen tests are an additional tool that can be used to support the continuity of learning in schools with the aim to reduce transmission of COVID-19.
The number of teaching and non-teaching...
by Jennifer Lyle, CEO, Alzheimer Society of B.C.
Amid the surge in cases of the COVID-19 variant Omicron, the Province of B.C. reinstated visitation restrictions for long-term care at the beginning of the new year. Under the current restrictions, residents are theoretically eligible to designate someone as their essential visitor; someone who can see them at...
