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Cardiac education series improves heart health for rural communities
November 30, 2017 - 3:03 PM

Doreen Byers was on the front nine of the golf course at Salmon Arm in June and she was getting weaker…and weaker…and weaker. She realized something was terribly wrong.
UBC study finds family-friendly overpasses are needed to help grizzly bears
November 24, 2017 - 11:25 AM

Researchers have determined how female grizzly bears keep their cubs safe while crossing the Trans-Canada Highway.
Vernon Students and Families Choose Active Transportation to School
November 16, 2017 - 3:34 PM

During the month of October the City of Vernon partnered with four elementary schools to celebrate International Walk and Wheel to School Month (iWalk/iWheel), an annual global event that promotes the benefits of active travel to school. Students who walked, biked, or scootered to school won prizes at celebration stations hosted at Ellison Elementary, Harwood Elementary, Okanagan Landing Elementary, and Ecole Beairsto Elementary.
Talk — don’t text — in times of stress, says UBC Okanagan research
May 15, 2017 - 10:40 AM

A UBC Okanagan researcher suggests it’s best to stop texting and instead make face-to-face contact when someone reaches out in need of support.
Even when given pedometers, university students don’t make time to exercise
March 07, 2017 - 11:08 AM

The physical and mental health of many first-year university students takes a sharp decline, even when they are given pedometers to encourage exercise, UBC research has determined.
Squilax-Anglemont road resurfacing now completed
November 29, 2016 - 9:42 AM

CHASE - Work is now finished on improvements to 29 kilometres of Squilax-Anglemont Road from Shuswap Lake Provincial Park to St. Ives Road.
Campaign reminds British Columbians alcohol and boating don't mix
May 16, 2016 - 1:30 PM

VANCOUVER - As the first long weekend of the summer season arrives, BC Liquor Stores and The Community Against Preventable Injuries (Preventable) are joining forces to remind British Columbians about how dangerous prevailing attitudes around mixing alcohol with boating can be.
UBC Okanagan researchers improving cancer treatment and outcomes
May 07, 2016 - 7:00 PM

KELOWNA - A new program at UBC's Okanagan campus may change the way radiation affects cancer patients and how they feel during treatment.
Emergency Preparedness Week – Is Your Family Ready?
May 01, 2016 - 7:30 AM

CENTRAL OKANAGAN - What are you doing today? May 1 is the first day of Emergency Preparedness Week across the country. It would be a good opportunity for your family to update or make a plan for how you’d deal with a large scale emergency.

Experience has shown it’s only a matter of time until you or someone you know will be impacted by an emergency. Last year, wildfires forced several hundred property owners from their homes in the Joe Rich and north Westside Road areas.
It’s not too late to get a flu shot
December 14, 2015 - 12:00 PM

THOMPSON-OKANAGAN - As people come together to celebrate the holiday season, influenza or the flu can spread quickly so Interior Health is reminding the public that it is not too late to get your flu shot.

Influenza symptoms often include sudden high fever, headache, general body aches and pains, fatigue and weakness, a runny, stuffy nose, sneezing, and sore throat. In some cases, influenza can lead to more severe illness such as pneumonia and even death.
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iN RESPONSE: Readers have their say
Following are emailed reader responses to stories or letters to the editor for the third week of April 2024. They have been edited slightly for readability. Got something you want to add? Send an email to editor Marshall Jones at mjo

Fruit packers near Kelowna fined another $78,000
A fruit packing plant in the Ellison area east of Kelowna was hit with another $78,368 in fines for discharging effluent into a failed septic field. That’s now more than $110,000 in fines since 2022 for the same issue at Sandher Fruit

Manitoba government plans to lift ban on homegrown recreational cannabis
WINNIPEG - The Manitoba government is planning to end its ban on homegrown recreational cannabis — a move that would leave Quebec as the only province with such a restriction. "We're just allowing Manitobans to have the same

Kamloops council to expand tax exemptions for new rental builds
Developers have more land to choose from if they want to cut costs on new rental buildings in Kamloops. The City is looking to expand a tax exemption program to span massive swaths of Kamloops in order to encourage development. Previously r

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