On the first weekend of April 2022, the parking lot outside the Tumbler Ridge Health Centre was full. A teaching faculty of six experienced rural colleagues from across BC had come to Tumbler Ridge to...
As COVID-19 restrictions have eased across British Columbia, many are wondering what they can personally do to protect themselves, and the health of those around them. Northern Health board member ...
If you can’t speak for yourself, Advance Care Planning takes the guesswork out of your care Advanced care planning (ACP) tools are very important in health care. When put in place correctly, they...
Northern Health is working hard to keep Northerners healthy and safe. As COVID-19 restrictions are lifted, you may wonder what tools you still have to protect yourself. Over the past few years, weâ...
Derek MacDonald, a heavy duty mechanic at the mine in Tumbler Ridge, shares why he got the vaccine: "I got it because my parents are aging and I didn’t want to bring it [the COVID-19 virus]...
Dr. Charles Helm cannot believe his luck. More than three decades after moving to Tumbler Ridge, he’s still making new and exciting discoveries about British Columbia’s youngest community—discov...
The third annual 3D Conference – Drugs, Dinos, and Dinner (now 3D1P for the one pig (1P) that was roasted) was held in Tumbler Ridge from May 31-June 2, 2019. Nearly 70 physicians, pharmacists, and ...
