Joanne MacDonald is a communications consultant for Northern Health. Prior to joining Northern Health, Joanne worked in the journalism and communications fields in the Lower Mainland, Whitehorse, and Ottawa. Based on Vancouver Island, she keeps active by taking aerobics and Zumba classes, and exercising her family's Airedale terrier.
How often do you walk, cycle, or wheel to get to work or school? With warm weather arriving across Northern BC, now’s the time to opt for active modes of transportation instead of driving your car e...
Across the Northern Health region, many residents who have lived through BC’s wildfires have learned firsthand that advanced emergency planning can not only keep you safe when disasters strike, but ...
“In Canada, vaccines have saved more lives than any other medical intervention in the past 50 years.” — ImmunizeBC Pat Strim says one of the best ways you can stay healthy and protected from ...
Telemedicine technologies such as real-time videoconference consultations are enabling rural health practitioners to deliver improved emergency health care in the Robson Valley. Dr. Ray Markham, a ...
