Pandemic’s toll on mental health: What the surveys are saying
The COVID-19 pandemic has unleashed a mental health crisis in Canada, with surveys revealing that a 77% of adults reporting significant declines.
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Category: Health
Free seniors health assessment offered at the YMCA
The YMCA of Southern Interior BC is hosting a free seniors health assessment at no cost to...
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Trends: New payment model for doctors in BC
BC family doctors can opt out of fee-for-service where $ reflect the number of patients they see in a day
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Activity coaches lead aging adults in Y’s Choose to Move program
Helping adults experience optimal health as they age is a top priority at the Y.
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Food prices trends upwards in BC
I think a big takeaway from the past year is the fact our food supply chain is resilient
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Launch: Eye mask eases tension from prolonged exposure to screens
Eye mask eases tension from prolonged exposure to screens
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Support our seniors
Post pandemic living In January, Christa Koehler was involved in a serious car accident. With...
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Take up a new sport
Post pandemic living The winter blues propelled Nicole Mitchell to try something new. “I had to...
Read More Mental health matters
The long-kept, closely guarded secret, “everyone isn’t fine,” is out of the bottle. The stigma surrounding mental health awareness and treatment will be buried for good.
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Fall back into an active routine with Kelowna Recreation
Kelowna’s 2021 Fall Activity & Program Guide is now online, featuring recreation and cultural...
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Survey reports more binge drinking among Canadian Moms
How’s Mom doing during the pandemic? Not good, according to a series of surveys by Canada’s Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH). She’s anxious, depressed and binge drinking.
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Okanagan resort responds to COVID-19 with a message of health
UPDATE: Over the past weeks, the team at Sparkling Hill Resort has been following the developments...
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- Wine & Food
- Sipping through the Okanagan
Romanced by Italy at the Red Barn
I’m transfixed as the chrome-wrapped tanks capture the sunshine streaming through the winery’s windows, creating an iridescence rainbow of purples and blues. The intoxication of the colours continues as I glance down at the Rosé wine in my glass, a soft hue of peachy pink.
What’s a vineyard? Starting out at Wild Goose
“My dad saw a southern slope and said it would be a perfect place to grow Riesling. Riesling needs all the sunshine it can get.”
