Barriers exist in accessing primary health care
Doctors invited residents from Vernon, Salmon Arm, Lumby, Sicamous, Sorrento and surrounding areas to answer a short survey, which included questions about whether or not you have a family doctor, or visit walk-in clinics or emergency rooms; how important it is for you to have a family doctor and what, if any, barriers exist in accessing primary health care.
Anyone who knows Bob Evans knows he has a passion for comic books and superheroes. Evans had recently released his first self-produced comic book, True North.
The Sicamous Eagles were on the hunt for a new goaltender. Kris Joyce was taken out early in a game against the 100 Mile House Wranglers in what general manager Wayne March called a deliberate attempt to injure. In another contest against the Kelowna Chiefs, back-up goalie Chris Turner received a concussion from a kick to the head.
Sicamous council’s proposed grant funding cuts raised the ire of at least one community organization, the Eagle Valley Arts Council (EVAC). In response, EVAC president Carla Krens questioned where council’s priorities are. Grant requests for the year totalled more than $64,000, while only $37,650 was budgeted for grants funding.
Literacy Alliance of the Shuswap (LASS) outreach co-ordinator. Jennifer Findlay began a letter-writing campaign for ongoing program funding. She had hoped that after last year’s struggle to restore provincial funding for literacy co-ordinators, the issue would have been resolved.
More than 500 drivers wound up making an unexpected stop in Sicamous during an RCMP commercial vehicle check.