Sports News
by Dr. Brenda Gill on Monday Jun 21 2010
This column should help give you ways to minimize your exposure to heavy metals. Also, if you work where exposure is a possibility, this will give you ways to protect yourself on an ongoing basis.
Some of the symptoms of heavy metal exposure are diarrhea, abdominal cramping, nausea, vomiting, anemia, slow healing acne, high blood pressure, kidney damage (elevated BUN, creatinine),...
by Dr. Brenda Gill on Monday Jun 07 2010
Since the weather’s not the best for the usual plethora of outside activities, it’s a great time to focus inside and clear the body. When the weather finally clears, your system will be detoxified and primed for superior performance! As well, there are lots of fresh fruit and vegetables around now, so, it’s time to get going on a rejuvenating cleanse.
It’s always important that we try...
by Contributor on Thursday May 27 2010
Phoenix Mountain Alpine Ski Society is getting ready move a building donated by Ross and Elaine Glanville.
We will use it as a new first aid and ski patrol building. The Glanvilles, Regional District of Kootenay Boundary area’s C, D, and E all have donated monies totaling $14,000.00 towards the move, new foundations, interior and exterior renovations," says Treasurer Don Colclough.
... by Contributor on Sunday May 23 2010
Grand Forks once again welcomes Maitreyi, Yogacharini from India this June. Practical mystic and the founder of Arkaya, Maitreyi is returning to offer her Yoga Bija program - level one of her Foundation Course (which is also the first stage of the 200 hour teacher training.) She has taught a wide variety of people, from Buddhist monks in Sri Lanka, prisoners in Sweden, yoga teachers in...
by Harvey Oberfeld on Monday May 17 2010
Is it my imagination or are the NHL refs favoring the U.S. teams when they play Canadian teams? This radical thought crossed my mind last year during the playoffs: it just seemed to me that whenever I watched a Canadian team in the NHL playoffs come up against ANY U.S. contender, the refs were tougher on the Canadian teams when calling penalties.
That feeling has returned to me this...
by Kyra Hoggan on Thursday May 13 2010
Our region is about to get 'raided' by extreme sports fans, as a six-day, 500-kilometre adventure race invades the West Kootenay. Raid the North Extreme has hosted intense, non-stop wilderness races through some of Canada's most challenging landscape, from Newfoundland and the Queen Charlotte Islands to Revelstoke and Whitehorse, and chief adventure officer Geoff Langford says the competitors...
by Michele Dean on Wednesday Apr 21 2010
“To get a job done, give the task to a busy woman.” This quote certainly applies to Joan Thomas, operations manager at Gaia Green Products Ltd. and the recently elected President of the Grand Forks International Baseball Tournament (GFI). Thomas is excited about the months ahead for baseball lovers in the Boundary and beyond.
“This year marks the 30-year anniversary for the GFI,” Thomas...
by Dr. Brenda Gill on Monday Mar 22 2010
Asthma is an increased response of the airways to certain stimuli that are irritants/allergies or sensitivities to that person. This causes broncho-constriction, which means narrowing of the breathing passageways, which can lead to shortness of breath, wheezing or a chronic cough and in some cases can be life-threatening.
Therefore, the goal is to strengthen the immune system, so...
