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Increased Occurrence of Whooping Cough in Kootenay Boundary
TMTV/BCTV Kootenays Aug 2, 2006 --In the past week, approximately 50 cases of Pertussis (Whooping Cough) have been diagnosed in Kootenay Boundary. Pertussis is a contagious bacterial disease of the lungs and throat that is spread by an infected person coughing or sneezing. It can be treated with antibiotics, but is best controlled through vaccinations that are part of regular childhood immunizations. Dr. Horne, Medical Health Officer with Interior Health, encourages parents to have their children vaccinated as part of regular childhood immunizations given at two months, four months, six months, eighteen months, five years of age and 15 years of age.
Pertussis starts like a common cold, with sneezing, runny nose, low-grade fever and a mild cough. Over the next week or two the cough gets worse, leading to severe coughing spells that often end with a whoop (which is where the name whooping cough comes from). The cough can make a person gag or spit out mucous, and make it hard to take a breath. The cough can last up to a month or two, and is worse at night. Babies less than six months old, teenagers and adults often do not make the whooping sound. If left untreated, Pertussis can lead to more serious health complications.
People who have had face-to-face exposure for five minutes or more, or shared confined air space with a person who has pertussis for an hour or more, are at increased risk of developing pertussis. Infection in pregnant women and infants can lead to severe disease in infants and newborns. Antibiotics following exposure can sometimes prevent infection. Public Health will identify and contact the following groups of people who have been exposed to a person with pertussis and recommend they visit their doctor for preventative antibiotics:
Other persons who have been exposed should consult their doctor if they develop illness consistent with pertussis.
Dr. Horne adds that “although vaccination is not completely effective in preventing the disease, those who have been immunized may have illness which is less severe.”
FIRES IN KASLO AND LARDEAU AREAS NOT THREATENING STRUCTURES
CASTLEGAR B.C.–July 30 -TMTV/BCTV Kootenays -The Forest Service is taking action on two fires in the Kaslo area and two fires in the Lardeau (north Kootenay Lake) area. The fires are currently not a threat to any structures or communities, though they are very visible.
Fire N70432 (Lardeau-Davis
Creek) was started by lightning and has grown to 70 hectares.
This fire is at a high elevation and officials are actively
monitoring it to ensure that appropriate actions are taken.
Also in the Lardeau area is Fire 70278 (north side of Davis
Creek) which was started by lightning and is currently eight
hectares in size. This fire is no threat to any structures and is
burning in a steep ravine, making it unsafe to fight. Forest
Service officials are closely monitoring the fire and it will be
fought if it crosses safety thresholds.
In the Kaslo area, Fire N70442 (Mount Kaslo) is three hectares in
size and is burning at a high elevation. This fire is threatening
a radio transmitter and air tankers are working to protect the
radio equipment. There are no other structures threatened by this
fire.
Fire N70441 (Healy Creek), near Trout Lake, is currently 0.5
hectares. The fire is burning at a high elevation and currently
two three-person Initial Attack Crews and one helicopter continue
to work on it.
Though these fires are not currently a threat to any structures
or communities, smoke and flame may be highly visible. Anyone
having trouble breathing because of the smoke is encouraged to
visit a medical professional.
ENVIRONMENTAL GROUPS SIGN DECLARATION
FOR THE PROTECTION OF BC'S INLAND RAINFOREST REGION
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Kootenays July 28 --Twelve environmental
organizations in the southern and central Interior of BC say that
the area is losing many species of plants and wildlife that are
dependent upon old-growth forest and wilderness. The groups have
signed a declaration that says the major cause is habitat loss
due to logging, roads and hydroelectric development. The
declaration calls upon the federal and provincial governments to
cease logging all old-growth forest over 140 years of age.
"This is a reasonable request," says Gary Diers, a
spokesperson for Purcell Alliance for Wilderness. "The
public needs to know that after 40 years of industrial
clearcutting, we have very little old-growth forest left in this
part of BC. There is very little old-growth protected in
our parks, and most of it is high elevation, which leaves
unprotected the large ancient trees at low and mid elevations on
which so many species depend."
"The mountain caribou and many species of plants and animals
that need old-growth forest to survive will be wiped out if the
government allows old-growth logging to continue," says Rick
Zammuto, of the Save-The-Cedar League.
Chris Blake, Project Manager for the Quesnel River Watershed
Alliance, adds "if we protect the habitat of a large
species, like the mountain caribou, we are actually protecting
many more species that depend on that ecosystem."
And Elisabeth von Ah, speaking out for Kids for Caribou,
continues: "Today in a globalized world, where forest and
mineral resources fall prey to powerful multinational interests,
environmental protection must also be a global concern.
Working together with local residents, foreign visitors can also
demand a stop to the destruction of the ancient forests. Mountain
caribou and many more species are in danger of extinction if the
undisturbed old-growth forests on which they depend are not
immediately protected from further exploitation, using global
economic and political pressure."
Larry Stamm, Executive Director of the Fraser Headwaters
Alliance, adds, "If these policies are implemented they
would also go a long way towards preventing the wholesale
destruction of the water, soil, and timber resources so important
to the rural communities of the area, and give us some time to
reinvent our local economies in a sustainable and human-friendly
manner."
The declaration says that federal and provincial programs to save
the mountain caribou have been inadequate. "The chief
problem with the current recovery process is that the government
has been dragging it out for years while the logging of mountain
caribou habitat is going on," says Colleen McCrory,
Executive Director of the Valhalla Wilderness Society.
"This talk-and-log process is a sham. Logging
old-growth forest reduces mountain caribou numbers, it just does
it more slowly than if the animals were shot or killed by
predators. The government doesn't get to claim it is trying
to save caribou while in fact it is allowing its habitat to be
destroyed."
"Respected scientists and conservationists have spent years
getting to this point. Now it is time for government and industry
to listen to, and act on, our recommendations", said Andy
Miller, Endangered Species Biologist with Western Canada
Wilderness Committee.
The signatories to the Declaration are the Applied Ecological
Stewardship Council,
Argenta Creek Concerned Water Users, Fraser Headwaters Alliance,
Friends of the Lardeau, the Granby Wilderness Society, Kids for
Caribou, Perry Ridge Water Users Association, Purcell Alliance
for Wilderness, Quesnel River Watershed Alliance, Save-The-Cedar
League, Western Canada Wilderness Committee, and the Valhalla
Wilderness Society.
"We call this the Grassroots Environmental Declaration for
British Columbia's Inland Rainforest Region," says Colleen
McCrory. The region includes the Cariboo and Columbia
Mountains and the headwaters of the Fraser River in east central
and southeastern BC.
The Declaration sets forth the minimum requirements for a program
that sincerely means to save endangered species. They
include substantially more forested protected areas and wildlife
travel corridors, a dramatic reduction in the allowable annual
cut, habitat recovery for areas that have already been logged,
and elimination of motorized recreation from critical habitat of
species at risk.
ARMED ROBBERY AT CREDIT UNION
The take down - TMTV Video Photos
Nelson B.C.–TMTV/BCTV Kootenays–July26--An armed robbery at the Kootenay Savings Credit Union at Playmour Junction resulted in the arrest of 20 year old male.
The RCMP responded to a robbery alarm around 10am Wednesday morning. Reports were that a male had entered the bank and was armed with a handgun, he demanded cash and got away with an undisclosed amount of cash and a stolen vehicle.
The stolen vehicle was found abandoned a short distance away at an Elementary School.
RCMP and Nelson City Police quickly set up road blocks throughout the area and a short time after the robbery a male suspect was caught in a second vehicle at the Pass Creek bridge.
The cash and weapon - TMTV Video Photo
The male is facing numerous charges and will appear in Nelson Provincial Court July 27th.
FIRE ON KOOTENAY LAKE
Mike Nesbitt Photo
TMTV/BCTV Kootenays - July 24 -If there was going to be any fires this weekend the forest service and local fire departments were glad it was not on shore. This boat caught fire around 10:00PM Sunday night 6 miles north of Nelson on Kootenay Lake. The lone occupant was not injured in the mishap but the boat was completely destroyed. The North Shore Fire Department responded to the call but was unable to reach the fire and they had to let it burn it self out. The RCMP are investigating.
Holy Smoke raided, owner busted
NELSON, BC - Holy Smoke Culture Shop was raided by Nelson City
Police on Saturday, July 15, just months before celebrating their
10th anniversary. Forty eight year old co-owner and well
respected longtime community member Paul DeFelice was arrested
outside of Holy Smoke shortly after leaving for the night.
The police arrest warrant for DeFelice included two counts of
trafficking a substance over a month ago. He was also charged
with possession of a substance after his arrest. No other
warrants have been issued at this time.
DeFelice was held while the NCP executed a search warrant on the
Holy Smoke business premises. He was then released on a promise
to appear and on the condition that he would not go within 50
meters of Holy Smoke.
DeFelice and the Holy Smoke plan on vigorously defending against
the charges and feel that the police resources would be better
spent fighting crimes that have a victim. I'm pretty sure there
are some unsolved murders, robberies, and missing people out
there that could benefit from the kind of attention the police
are giving us, said DeFelice.
Holy Smoke was raided previously by the NCP in 1997 on the day of
their 1st anniversary, Oct. 15. That case ended in the evidence
being thrown out and the charges dropped.
DeFelice's first court appearance is scheduled for October 3 at
the Nelson Court House.
PLANE CRASH AT NELSON BC'S AIRPORT
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TMTV/BCTV KOOTENAYS JULY 18 --Close call for 4 passengers and the pilot coming from Calgary to Nelson BC Tuesday Morning when the plane they were riding in made a hard landing at Nelson's airport. The plane stopped just short of the Kootenays River. No one was hurt in the crash.
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