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Town in a valley with fall tree colours

2020-2021 Community Wellness Awards – Deadline extended

Northern Health (NH) and First Nations Health Authority (FNHA) have extended the 2020/2021 call for Wellness Grant applications for First Nations, Inuit, and Métis communities, organizations, and health centers to January 19, 2021. These grants, a partnership by the two health authorities to support communities working together to improve health and well-being in Northern BC, are offering up to a maximum of $5,000. Projects must support community-based initiatives that focus on holistic health and wellness and one of the following priorities:

Three nurse immunizers stand behind two long-term care residents in wheelchairs.

Terrace administers its first COVID-19 vaccines

Mills Memorial Hospital in Terrace has received its first shipment of the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine, and held its first vaccination clinics for high risk health care workers and long-term care residents. A number of staff who work in Acute care departments caring for COVID-19 patients were immunized on Saturday, as were 20 long-term care residents from Terraceview Lodge.