The Boon Docs: No Trespassing
About the Boon Docs: The Boon Docs is a comic about practicing medicine in a small town. It's about raising chickens and having sheep instead of a lawnmower. It's about being nice to your neigh...
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Fort St. John Hospital and other NH facilities win outstanding awards in lab services
Medical Lab Technologists Matthew Coburn, Laurel Coburn (related by marriage), and Carlee Bryson with Fort St. John Hospital’s three awards. Congratulations to Fort St. John Hospital staff for re...
Dietitian pro tips: The 4th edition
2019 has been a big year for dietitians, with the release of the new Canada’s Food Guide; we recently shared what Northern Health dietitians had to say about this new and improved guide. During t...
IMAGINE grant: Discover Daycare
It’s no secret that active outdoor play is important for children In a recent paper on the benefits of outdoor active play, the Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario and their partners state t...
Four-person show in Hudson’s Hope
Think it can’t be done? Think again. One doctor, one nurse, one combination lab/X-ray technician and one assistant are managing 1,200 patients in the community of Hudson’s Hope. They do it all....
In focus: Allie Stephen, CBORD Quality Improvement Dietitian, Prince George
After interning with Northern Health in June 2018, Allie Stephen, originally from Ottawa, worked in many different areas of nutrition. I recently talked to her about why she loves being a dietitian an...
