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Take a 100 meal journey: make small changes, one meal at a time
March 06, 2016 - 1:14 PM

Eating well can boost your health and help you feel your best. When it comes to making healthier choices Interior Health’s Registered Dietitians recommend starting with small changes – one meal at a time.

March is Nutrition Month and over the next month Interior Health Registered Dietitians will be joining forces with the Dietitians of Canada to encourage Canadians to take the “100 Meal Journey” by making small changes to their eating, one meal at a time.
Healthy eating at work – just make it, take it
March 03, 2015 - 1:28 PM

Rushed mornings, no time for a lunch break, food-filled meetings, shift work and limited time to prepare meals ? there’s no doubt that workday challenges can make it difficult to eat well. However, the benefits make it worth the effort. Eating well at work can boost concentration, productivity, and vitality. It can also reduce missed days of work by helping to improve overall health.
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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

Take a 100 meal journey: make small changes, one meal at a time