Health

Interior Health residents are getting the message – locally grown food is better for your health, the environment and the local economy. Attendance is up at farmers’ markets, gardens are becoming more popular and people are paying attention to where their food is grown. Now that winter is on the way, can we still eat locally?

After waking up last Saturday morning to a brilliant blue sky after all that new snow on Friday, I couldn’t help but jump out of bed and go for a cross-country ski up at Paulson.

I still hadn’t had enough of that sunshine, so, I went for a back-country ski on Sunday afternoon up at the pass. I felt like I had been sunshine-starved for a few weeks.

It’s hard to look forward to winter if you don’t like the snow sports and are affected by the grey low-hanging clouds and fog. However, if you can’t get outside there is an effective solution.

The Japanese have long had the edge on healthy living,

Another popular route to longer, healthy living found in Japan is to drink water immediately after waking up every morning.

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The high-profile sponsorship of a BC cancer research charity event by the world's biggest oil pipeline builder raises serious questions about the ethics of fundraising - and threatens to backfire for both organizations involved.