Health – The Rocky Mountain Goat News

McBride boil water advisory ongoing

May 23, 2020 The Goat

A year ago engineers finished installing a new water intake system for the Village of McBride, replacing an old above ground concrete intake that was beyond its useful life.
While the new system aims to settle out sediments suspended in Dominion Creek before it enters the water treatment plant, a challenging spring runoff is forcing the community to initiate a boil water advisory. […]

Trust the doctor: MLA

May 15, 2020 The Goat

COVID-19 has had an enormous impact on our lives and the economy, although the virus has had a limited impact in Northern BC. On Monday there were just 7 laboratory-confirmed […]

Combating anxiety and depression in times of uncertainty

May 11, 2020 The Goat

By Fran Yanor, Local Journalism Initiative,
For someone who was already anxious or depressive, the uncertainty brought on by the pandemic could be debilitating without counteractive strategies for calm… […]

Visitors heed request to isolate, for the most part

April 27, 2020 The Goat

By Andru McCracken Mayor Eugene Runtz said his community’s appeals for visitors and snowmobilers to stay away have worked, for the most part. “The odd ones are still coming,” said Runtz. The village gave notice […]

TeleHealth a boon for remote & rural communities

April 24, 2020 The Goat

By Fran Yanor, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter Some rural doctors have been toiling for a decade to achieve what the COVID-19 pandemic delivered in weeks. Within a month of the pandemic hitting B.C., social distancing […]

You asked: Why the lack of media reporting of active COVID-19 cases vs overall numbers?

April 20, 2020 The Goat

Ken Starchuk emailed the Goat in early April and wanted to know why the Province and the media report the total positive COVID-19 cases and the recovered cases separately. Ken asked: It looks like 58% […]

Local in-school programs support essential workers

April 14, 2020 Fran Yanor

By Fran Yanor, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter Valemount Elementary and McBride Centennial School will restart meal programs and begin providing on-site instruction to children of local front line workers this week. The in-class care is not […]

Carefree tourists concern citizen

April 13, 2020 The Goat

By Andru McCracken When Nita Tinsley saw a group of snowmobilers disregarding social distancing rules in Valemount her first call was to RCMP, but to no avail. RCMP said they couldn’t intervene. Tinsley said the […]

Donating masks

April 12, 2020 The Goat

Risks of identifying COVID-active communities: health officials

April 7, 2020 The Goat

By Fran Yanor, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter Unless there is a facility outbreak or a risk to the community, Northern Health won’t reveal the location of confirmed COVID-19 cases, said Chief Medical Officer Dr. Raina Fumerton. […]

Curb on meetings, developer in limbo

April 3, 2020 The Goat

By Andru McCracken The COVID-19 pandemic is causing all sorts of changes in the way we do business, including local government. Case in point, the Village of McBride had scheduled a large public hearing in […]