All Health & Wellness articles

The owner of Arq Mountain Centre in Cranbrook, B.C., discusses the challenges of entrepreneurship, and the thriving climbing community he has fostered.

Cyndi Weltz discusses the journey of Life Balance, its impact, and future goals in addressing the health needs of local women.

Dr. Tyler Phillipson reflects on his vision for holistic patient care at Active Balance in Nelson.

The annual Business Excellence awards were held on October 27th at Key City Theatre.

Kristina Kotila discusses the serenity of running a mobile massage business in Golden, B.C.

The guide offers tools, tips, and perspectives on how primary care providers can pursue low carbon, high-quality healthcare that heals the planet

From a much-needed long-term care facility to new commercial and residential builds, Nelson is seeing record growth

Check out this list of businesses for sale across the Columbia Valley and Kootenay regions.

Pivot Point Acupuncture has proven to be a welcome addition to the community of Salmo

Kimberley’s businesses and remarkable individuals help the community to become B.C.’s best small town.

Community-powered local food is at the heart of the Local Store in Fernie, B.C.

Bear Spring Eco Retreat offers urbanites an escape from big-city living and a chance to decompress close to nature.

Marie-Michelle Lafontaine let nothing break her stride when she started Glacier PhysioLab in Golden, B.C. - and now she’s added bike-fitting to her services

Based in Nelson, B.C., Melinda Nealis and Kayla Carley are the mother-and-daughter duo behind Replenish—The Kootenay Refill Store

Jared Williams, manager of Northstar Bicycle Co. in Cranbrook, B.C., has adapted his love of bicycles and coffee into a popular Kootenay Business

Erin Robertson and Dennis Lavoie are the urban farmers behind this new startup superfood business

Ovry is a brand of affordable, high-quality pregnancy and ovulation tests available for online purchase.

14 Kimberley businesses and individuals garnered praise for their excellence this year

Here’s a new idea from Backwoods Sauna in Salmo, B.C.: A rental and mobile wood-fired sauna

The annual Golden Community Excellence Awards recognized greatness and good work.

It was an evening of online celebration and virtual toasts to the winners of the 2020 Trail Business Excellence Awards.

Sonya Pope, owner and instructor of Life Essentials First Aid in Nelson, B.C., is an ambassador for water safety and basic first aid skills

Kootenay companies innovate to help Canada become self-sufficient in PPE during the COVID-19 pandemic

Pandemic bad haircuts and lessons learned by Kellie Wolf, owner of Wolfy’s Hair Den in Kimberley

This year plant a Pandemic Garden to help the dual crises of coronavirus and climate change

Mal Paterson, owner of Seedz Crackers in Cranbrook, B.C., discusses why her snack is compelling for people with food allergies

Four Kootenay distilleries are turning an alcoholic byproduct into a critically short commodity: Hand sanitizer for FREE!

The Den, a new fitness centre in Cranbrook, empowers people of all ages to embrace their best self

Nikki Luxton, owner of Studio Bronze in Castlegar, B.C., provides tanning after work and on weekends

Daniel Messett, vice president and co-owner of Rest Assured Kootenay Floats in Castlegar, B.C., is looking to sail into the sunset

Darla Sparrow, owner and founder of Mandala Birth in Kimberley, B.C., has expanded her business as a doula

The Castlegar Sleep Centre provides patients with consultations and sleep diagnostic services

The Rural Evidence Review survey aims to better understand and provide rural health care planning in British Columbia

A joint research study with the University of Calgary has confirmed that sourdough pasta can be part of a beneficial diet

Her HQ is a unique women-centred co-working and personal growth space in downtown Castlegar

Leeza Zurwick, owner of Happy Gut in Castlegar, B.C., will be on CBC’s Dragons’ Den on November 21, 2019

Shade Sails Canada is making waves and lots of shade sails in Revelstoke

Kimberley’s Chelsea Boyd Gibson came back home to run two businesses, Meadowsweet Photography and Meadowsweet Yoga & Wellness.

Angel Flight East Kootenay is a non-profit charity dedicated to flying patients to medical appointments in Kelowna

Anna Lamb works with her family to make their Cranbrook gym welcoming and customer-oriented.

Morgan Jmaiff’s new business offers locals Canadian-owned brands, locally-made vendors and access to eco-friendly companies.

Lynn Hiscoe seeks to empower lives through her new business based in the Creston Valley

Katherine Spring started her company, Arch Allure Microblading, from scratch and has been warmly welcomed by the Cranbrook community

With a thriving family and a thriving business, Karey Pion provides Soco Soaps to more than 40 markets in Canada, including hometown Fernie

The Cranbrook Society for Community Living has been busy - a new move, a new logo, a new website and a retirement

Shawna L’Heureux, owner of Zen Mountain Float + Wellness in Kimberley, is an expert in all things skin. She’s also one of Kootenay Business’s 2019 Influential

Presentation focused on inequities in health care around the world

Judy Banfield of Nelson has long been a source of support and influence for people at their most vulnerable times: infancy, youth, parenthood and advanced age.

Root 93 Dental Centre provides more access to dental care in the Columbia Valley

Columbia Basin Trust increases its support for farmers’ markets coupon program