BC government
Interior Health funds local food security projects
Improving local food systems at the grassroots level.
Interior Health.
Interior Health has recently invested $75,000 to build community food security in communities throughout the Interior region. The Community Food Action Initiative (CFAI) provides single and multi-year grants to support a variety of projects that will increase a community’s ability to influence and contribute to the positive growth and development of their local food system. A local food system strengthens the health of a community, while a healthy community contributes to improving the health of the individuals living in that community. It’s a win-win for everyone.
Interior Health gets new CEO
January 21, 2010 by ShuNews
Filed under BC government, BC news, Business, Medicine
Interior Health Board announces new CEO.
Interior Health.
Norman Embree, Board Chairman for Interior Health, today announced that Dr. Robert Halpenny has been appointed as the new Chief Executive Officer for Interior Health effective immediately.
Dr. Halpenny joined Interior Health in January 2007 as the Senior Medical Director. In that capacity, he was responsible for coordinating and directing medical staff and providing leadership for the medical directors and clinical issues throughout Interior Health. He has also acted as Interim CEO at Interior Health since January 1, 2010.
Super Natural British Columbia
January 20, 2010 by Lynn Knell
Filed under Arts, BC government, Business, Nature, Travel, Videos
The BC Liberal government, in an attempt to focus the attention of the world on our beautiful province, has enlisted the aid of some big names in the entertainment world to produce a 30-second video which will be begin airing on Canadian TV beginning Monday, and in the US on NBC in February, thereby putting British Columbia into one of the world’s most lucrative television markets.
Trumpy report suggests ‘community-based solutions’ for smaller rural ambulance services
January 19, 2010 by Lynn Knell
Filed under BC government, BC news, Business, Medicine, Safety
Industrial Inquiry Commission issues report on the BC Ambulance Service.
In November of 2009, An Industrial Inquiry Commission under the BC Labor Relations Code, appointed Chris Trumpy as Industrial Inquiry Commissioner, to head up an examination of the BC Ambulance Service. Mr. Trumpy has finished his research and delivered his report, dated January 10, 2010, to the Minister of Labor, the Hon.Murray Coell, who has forwarded it to the Minister of Health, Kevin Falcon. The report is non-binding and allows for further consideration by government to help improve service delivery and the structure of collective bargaining for the Emergency and Health Services Commission and CUPE Local 873.
Salmon Arm, Kelowna, Kamloops all finalists in GamesTown 2010
January 8, 2010 by Lynn Knell
Filed under BC government, Business, Headlines, Kamloops news, Kelowna news, Local government, Recreation, Salmon Arm news
Salmon Arm, together with Kelowna and Kamloops, is among the 10 GamesTown 2010 finalists. This photo by James Rowe was the grand winner in Salmon Arm's photo contest. (Photo courtesy City of Salmon Arm)
After counting nearly 200,000 ballots, the BC Minister of State for the Olympics and ActNow, Mary McNeil, has announced that British Columbians have chosen 10 communities around the province to be finalists in the contest for the title of GamesTown 2010.
Congratulations to the top 10 communities of Houston, Princeton, Smithers, Quesnel, Salmon Arm, Dawson Creek, Prince George, Kamloops, Kelowna and Coquitlam.
Snowmobilers agree code of conduct for caribou
January 7, 2010 by ShuNews
Filed under BC government, Environment, Nature, Recreation, Revelstoke news
Sledders support mountain caribou recovery.
Ministry of Environment.
Snowmobile clubs in the Thompson, Kootenay and Cariboo regions of British Columbia have signed stewardship management agreements with the Province that will support the recovery of the mountain caribou population, announced Environment Minister Barry Penner.
“The new agreements give snowmobiling enthusiasts access to some beautiful mountain terrain for winter recreation yet provide protection to mountain caribou and their habitat,” said Penner. “We have worked in partnership with snowmobile associations to strike a balance to ensure mountain caribou have the space they need.”
Check your driving knowledge
January 4, 2010 by Tim Schewe
Filed under BC government, Feature stories, Safety, Technology
Behind the Wheel –
Update your driving skills and knowledge.
How long has it been since you read the manual that new drivers study to prepare for their first driver’s license? Why bother you say? You’ve been driving for years and know it all. I wish I could say that!
Let’s start with a visit to ICBC’s web site and give the practice knowledge test a try. 25 questions shouldn’t take you too long, after all, you are an experienced driver. Getting all the answers correct first try should be simple. Hmm…
2009 highlights for BC agriculture
December 29, 2009 by ShuNews
Filed under BC government, Business, Feature stories, Food
Hon. Steve Thomson, MLA for Kelowna-Mission and BC Minister of Agriculture and Lands (Photo courtesy BC government)
by Hon. Steve Thomson,
Minister of Agriculture and Lands.
As another year winds to a close, I would like to extend my best wishes this holiday season and share some of the highlights in my first few months as Minister of Agriculture and Lands.
“We will show the world a modern, forward-thinking province” — Campbell
December 25, 2009 by ShuNews
Filed under BC government, Business, Environment, Feature stories
“We will show the world a modern, forward-thinking province and a people with an eye to the future; a province that is leading North America in embracing the opportunities of the growing green economy.”
By Gordon Campbell,
Premier of British Columbia.
After a year like 2009, it’s hard to imagine what 2010 might bring. We have all felt the effects of the financial turmoil. For some families, 2009 will be remembered as an extremely difficult and challenging time. Most were worried and some lost their jobs. It was, by any measure, a trying year for everyone. And while there are inklings of hope on the horizon, everyone is naturally tentative and reserved about our prospects for the future. One thing we all feel is that it will be different from the past.
A modern-day ferry tale
December 18, 2009 by Lynn Knell
Filed under BC government, Business, Feature stories, Travel
The first of three Pacific fast ferries being transferred to Abu Dhabi has been loaded aboard a heavy-lift vessel at Port Metro Vancouver in preparation for shipment to the Middle East. (Photo courtesy Bill Bennett MLA)
ShuNews received from the office of MLA for Kootenay East, Bill Bennett, some rather spectacular photos of the first of the three Fast-Cat Ferries of the 1990’s scandal being loaded onto an enormous carrier in preparation for its journey to its new home in Abu Dhabi in the United Arab Emirates. Looking at them brings back lots of memories and we thought that a little trip down Memory Lane would be an appropriate, although belated, send-off.
— More fast ferry photos (courtesy of Bill Bennet MLA) — Pacific Voyager, one of the three catamaran ferries recently purchased by Abu Dhabi Mar, a United Arab Emirates company that builds yachts and remodels vessels, was loaded onto the Dockwise vessel Swift at an anchorage near Deep Cove on Saturday, August 22, 2009. In order to load the vessel, the Swift took on water ballast, allowing it to sink deep enough for the 1,500-tonne catamaran to be floated aboard onto customized cradles. The water was then pumped out and the vessel secured for its 45-day voyage to Abu Dhabi. The Swift and its cargo left port for its destination on Wednesday, August 26th.
