British Columbians not prepared for storm-related power outages
A new BC Hydro report finds despite experiencing the most damaging winter storm in BC Hydro’s history last year, many British Columbians remain unprepared for storm-related power outages. The report entitled, ‘Weathering the storm: Many British Columbians not prepared for increasingly severe winter storms’ looks at the...
Hospital Access Changes (with updated site map)
Here's a message from Interior Health for everyone who needs to go to the Kootenay Boundary Regional Hospital: Patients and visitors are advised that the access route to Kootenay Boundary Regional Hospital (KBRH) is changing. The walkway that runs around the construction zone will be adjusted effective Nov. 25. Signage will...
Students Learn to Save Lives with CPR, Defibrillator training
Recently, teachers from School District No. 51 Boundary will be trained as instructors to empower students with CPR and defibrillator skills, as well as heart health knowledge, through the award-winning ACT High School CPR and Defibrillator Training Program. This training will result in more than 85 students from Boundary...
Province will act to discourage vaping
The Province will restrict vapour product access, flavours, nicotine content, packaging and advertising, and intends to increase taxes on vapour products, to protect youth from risks associated with vaping. “Some vaping manufacturers are using flavours and advertising to entice and normalize vaping for youth – introducing a...
Roads can be slick on higher elevation highways
Drivers should be mindful of the changing conditions on highway roads after a truck skidded out of control Wednesday on Highway 3, Blueberry Paulson. Every day thousands of people are on BC roads driving for either work or personal necessity. Driving skills are pushed to the limit when winter weather – fog, rain, snow and ...
New fire engine arrives at Kootenay Boundary Fire Rescue
The Regional District of Kootenay Boundary has a new fire engine, again. “When we lost our last new engine in the summer of 2018 to an acid spill on Highway 22, we received a fair payout from ICBC. We knew the only upside to that unfortunate event was that we had an opportunity to tweak some aspects of this new engine,” said...
Column: From the Hill -- a message from our re-elected MP
I want to start by saying that it’s a great honour and privilege to be re-elected as the Member of Parliament for South Okanagan-West Kootenay. I’ll continue to work hard to live up to the responsibility of that position. It was a hard-fought campaign, and the landscape of Canadian politics has shifted somewhat. We have a...
Province moves to do away with time changes -- at some future date
The Province has introduced the interpretation amendment act to allow for a future move to permanent daylight saving time (DST) after 93% of British Columbian respondents indicated support for the change in a record-breaking public engagement. “British Columbians have said loud and clear that they want to do away with the...
Mushroom poisoning on the rise in B.C.
With 2019 on track to be a record year for mushroom poisoning calls, the BC Centre for Disease Control’s (BCCDC) Drug and Poison Information Centre is urging British Columbians to use extreme caution when foraging or consuming wild mushrooms. Poison Control received 201 mushroom poisoning calls as of September 30, 2019, well...
Cannings returns to Ottawa by the narrowest of margin
Dick Cannings is heading back to Ottawa for a second term as MP for South Okanagan-West Kootenay. Cannings narrowly edged Helena Konanz of the Conservative Party by less than 800 votes to retain the seat he won four years ago. Cannings, who thanked volunteers and workers during a victory speech in Penticton Monday night, took...
