Tag: nakusp

• Nakusp residents snatch up pills because of radiation fears

  Nakusp residents have drained the local health care store’s supply of a “Potassium & Iodine” pill out of fear of radiation from Japan reaching here, but B.C.’s Health Officer and Nakusp pharmacists are warning against taking those drugs at all. And especially if the pill isn’t recommended by the government. Re-Awakening Health Care in Nakusp…

  wildgingerwriting

  August 11, 2015

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• Health authorities have been using controversial bonus points system for years now

  (This story was originally written in February and March of 2011 while I was the reporter at the Arrow Lakes News. It’s a story I’m particularly proud of and an important issue many people still don’t know about. Link: http://www.arrowlakesnews.com/news/117590813.html) The recently revealed scoring system for capital health projects isn’t new at all and has…

  wildgingerwriting

  December 3, 2013

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