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While there has been bits of relief at times over the past few days, wildfire smoke continues to be a part of our daily lives in the BC Interior right now. Of course, wildfire smoke exposure can affect both short-term and long-term health, and people can’t always stay inside to avoid the poor outdoor air quality. As a result, the Canadian Red Cross has stepped up to offer free N95 respirator masks…
As wildfires continue to impact air quality across the West Kootenay, the City of Castlegar is offering free N95 masks through several local facilities and organizations. Short-term smoke exposure can cause headaches, irritated eyes, sore throat, coughing, wheezing and worsen existing heart and lung conditions. In the long term, smoke exposure can contribute to the development of chronic diseases,…
A thousand kilometres from the infernos gorging on northern Ontario’s boreal forests, Erin O’Connor watched the sky above Canada’s biggest city turn an “almost post-apocalyptic” orange as it filled with light-scattering particles of soot and ash. Stepping outside the halls of Toronto General hospital, where air filters were keeping patients safe from the worst of the fumes, she was struck by a…
Hot temperatures and wildfire smoke have prompted a yellow air quality warning from Metro Vancouver. The regional district issued the warning Thursday afternoon for residents of the east side of Metro Vancouver and the Fraser Valley. Environment Canada has also issued a heat warning for much of the province. The Brunswick Complex of wildfires near Boston Bar, as well as wildfires in the southern…
A COVID-19 outbreak on the second-floor surgical unit at Kootenay Boundary Regional Hospital in Trail has been declared over. Interior Health said the outbreak ended Wednesday, July 15, after 12 patient cases were associated with the outbreak. The causative agent was identified as COVID-19. The outbreak was declared July 6 after the first case was identified July 1.
Toronto, ON (July 10, 2026) — A new brain imaging study led by researchers at the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH), published in eBioMedicine , provides the strongest evidence to date that long COVID is associated with injury to dopamine-releasing neurons in the brain—a finding that may explain symptoms such as lack of motivation due to fatigue, slowed movement, and memory…
Mild COVID-19 can cause severe and long-lasting eye problems, according to a study from Linköping University, Sweden. The study also explains why it has been…
Linsey Marr, an environmental engineer, stood next to a pair of clear plastic boxes packed with tubes, nozzles and electronics, an odd-looking prototype that one day might serve to protect children in day care from airborne pathogens. A nozzle filled the right-hand box with a faint silvery mist. A pump pulled some of that air into the left-hand box, where a sampler trapped floating particles and…
My daughter has been living with COVID for almost two years. She suffers day after day, without access to proper treatment. She endures overwhelming fatigue, brain fog, severe insomnia, trigeminal neuralgia and a disorder of the autonomic nervous system where her heart accelerates abnormally when she stands, causing dizziness, intense fatigue and faintness. She spends almost 20 hours a day in bed.…
Long COVID may be affecting far more Americans than current estimates suggest, with a study published last week in JAMA Network Open estimating that roughly one in six people infected with SARS-CoV-2 develop the condition, and nearly 90% go on to experience chronic health problems. For the study, a team led by researchers at Massachusetts General Hospital analyzed health record data from 457,950…
