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...
Have you heard about hand expressing milk in pregnancy (also known as “antenatal milk expression”)? It can help to get breastfeeding off to a good start and is an option for most low-risk pregnanc...
Northern Health’s Virtual Primary and Community Care Clinic (VPCCC) was created in the early days of the pandemic, when it was known as the COVID-19 Online Clinic and Information Line. It was quickl...
Many people think of British Columbia as having a temperate climate, meaning that during the summer months, we have milder temperatures on average. However, over the past few years, Extreme Heat Emerg...
Over the past few years, escape rooms, where players work as a team to discover clues, solve puzzles, and accomplish tasks in order to “escape” in a limited time, have become very popular. In a...
Last week, people across Canada celebrated the Year of the Garden 2022 with National Garden Day on June 18. This year’s theme is “Live the Garden Life,” and it encourages you to celebrate everyt...
