Household food insecurity (HFI) exists when factors outside a family’s or an individual’s control limit their access to enough foods that promote their wellbeing. In 2012, the Northern Health regi...
In April, Northern Health staff teamed up to unpack, assemble, clean, and replace 120 split rail beds at Peace Villa in Fort St. John. Many of the old beds were able to be reused – they were donated...
Because of climate change, Northern BC is experiencing hotter average summer temperatures and many extremely hot days. While we can’t control the weather, there are steps we can take to make our ...
After his journey from registered nurse to a leadership role at the Stikine Health Centre in Dease Lake, Brady Irving is making yet another massive leap and heading to the Northern Ontario School of M...
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...
