School Safety: The old and the new
Special Constable Fred Greene gives the facts about school safety in today’s world. As I walked into the Prince George RCMP detachment to discuss school safety with Special Constable Fred Greene,...
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Active school travel planning for improved health and better grades
The transition from summer to autumn, with back to school and back to regular routines, is always a busy time. Hopefully you’ve managed to find time for outdoor activity, taking advantage of the eve...
Help your Community Health Star shine!
All over Northern BC, in every community, there’s someone who’s pumping health and wellness back into their community. This could look like many different things: they’re raising awareness for m...
Breastfeeding: It can look different!
There are multiple ways to give your baby your breast milk Tailor-made to meet the nutritional needs of her baby, a mother’s milk supplies unique immune factors, stem cells, hormones, and enzymes...
Tandem breastfeeding: Strengthening family connections
Baby news! Our family is growing, and soon, we’ll be welcoming our second baby. This special news has our preschooler very excited – this is the same little girl, Jovie, who helped me to learn abo...
Human milk banking: Getting breast milk to the babies that need it most
Did you know that there are four human milk banks in Canada? We are lucky to have one in BC: the BC Women’s Provincial Milk Bank, in Vancouver. This milk bank provides screened, pasteurized donor br...