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Respiratory illness could spike with schools re-opening
END OF SEASON CLEANUP
Three confirmed B.C. cases of enterovirus D68
enterovirus-related spike in respiratory illness at this point, is because of the B.C. teachers’ strike. BY SHERI REGNIER “Interestingly, the potential reaTimes Staff son it is not spreading aggressively As interconnected as our world in B.C. right now is that the people is today, it’s only a matter of time who have been unwell enough to before a severe respiratory illness need hospitalization where they get crosses borders from the U.S. and specific testing for this, have generAlberta into our province, says Dr. ally been children.” Lee MacKay. The virus is most The bug, known as likely to cause respira“Coming in with EV-D68, is an enterotory distress in the very a runny nose isn’t young, the elderly or virus and often the culprit behind the something we can those with compromusual fever, runny do too much about ised immune systems. nose and coughing of “Usually with a virus ... But if the child the common cold. like this the kids are It’s been popping is having difficulty back in school,” said up in various com- breathing then it’s MacKay. “There’s munities across North runny noses and time to go into America for a few poor hand washing at weeks, but this year, times,” he explained. the ER or your D68 effects are severe “People are coughfamily doctor.” enough to warrant ing on each other so DR. LEE MACKAY hospitalization, espeit tends to spread very cially among children quickly, and those who with a history of asthare most susceptible ma. will get quite unwell.” Dr. MacKay is on the frontline That could change when classes of care, as a general practitioner in potentially begin next week, but Nelson and chair of the Kootenay MacKay said he’s already seen two Boundary Division of Family people that he suspected were Practise. infected with D68 because of the He says the reason the prov- severity of illness. ince might not have experienced an See ADULT, Page 3
TRAIL CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
Meeting offers ideas, discussion BY LIZ BEVAN Times Staff
Air travel access and the local impact of industry in the north were on the agenda at Tuesday’s regional Chamber of Commerce meeting in Cranbrook. Along with the Trail and District Chamber of Commerce, representatives from chambers in Rossland, Castlegar, Nelson, Cranbrook, Fernie, Sparwood, Elkford, Radium and Golden attended the meeting. Trail’s executive director Norm
Casler, had a seat at the table and he says the number one benefit of a regional meeting is being able to use other chambers as a sounding board. “We can get together as a region and collaborate and talk about strengthening our network as a whole,” he said. “It is an opportunity to have a round table discussion about what is working and what is not working for other chambers. See AIR, Page 3
LIZ BEVAN PHOTO
Marie Boily from Columbia Gardens Nursery empties out seedling containers Wednesday to signal the end of this year's growing season. The soil and materials collected from the cleaning may be reused later if it is growing quality.
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