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In 1885, Wilhelm Röntgen discovered X-rays - and saw his skeleton. He began to work in private in case he ruined his reputation with such fantastical claims. Discoveries from Henri Becquerel and Marie Curie further uncovered ionizing radiation and the role it could play in health diagnostics and treatment. And just like today, misinformation and quackery spread alongside these advances in physics.

I was born and raised in Kelowna, the heart of B.C.’s Okanagan valley, which is well known for beautiful vistas and its wine industry.

People travel from all over the world to experience the vast selection of award-winning wineries in B.C.’s premier grape growing region. As a result, the region’s wine tourism industry brings in millions of dollars a year in revenue and provides thousands of full-time jobs as well as seasonal employment.

Name: Mike Adams (he/him/his)
Job Title: Team Leader, Healthy Community Development
Years of Service: 30
Worksite: Vernon Health Centre​​​​​​​
Community: Head of Okanagan Lake, briefly known in time as Vernon
Ancestral Territory: Syilx Okanagan
Advice to live by: 

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It is now recognized nationally, marked by the colour orange. But Orange Shirt Day has deep-seated meaning for Kukpi7 (Chief) Willie Sellars of the Williams Lake First Nation (WLFN) – because its roots are entwined with the horrific history of the St. Joseph Mission (SJM) and Canada’s dark legacy of residential schools.

Name: Madison Waddington (she/her/hers)
Job Title: Ultrasound Technologist
Years of Service: 10
Worksite: Royal Inland Hospital
Community: Kamloops
Ancestral Territory: Secwepemc / Shuswap Interior Salish
Advice to live by: Live your life to the fullest; we are not guaranteed tomorrow.

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People who rely on Kootenay Boundary Regional Hospital (KBRH) in Trail are advised that the main entrance will be closed from 6 a.m. Saturday, Oct. 1 to 7 a.m. Tuesday, Oct. 4 for minor remediation work to the concrete at this location.

To allow for the construction, patients and visitors will temporarily be directed to the ambulance bay entrance at KBRH. Signage will be in place to direct people to this temporary alternate entrance.

A whole new language has been introduced to our daily conversations, thanks to the COVID-19 pandemic. Words and phrases like variants, mRNA vaccines, and rapid antigen testing have become commonplace as we have learned about coronavirus and how to keep ourselves safe and healthy from the disease.

And now a new set of words has entered the local lingo – monovalent and bivalent vaccines. So what exactly do those words mean?

More people living in Ashcroft and surrounding communities have increased access to team-based health care with a new urgent and primary care centre (UPCC) opening Sept. 27, 2022.

The UPCC is at the same location as the old Ashcroft Hospital & Community Health Care Centre at 700 Ash-Cache Creek Highway.