Breathe easier during smoky skies
The province is currently inundated with numerous wildfires. Not only are fires a serious safety risk, but the smoke from these fires can be harmful to our health (especially to unborn children, child...
BC wildfires
Reflecting on the Wildfires of Summer 2017
Reflecting one year after the wildfires One year after the wildfires that changed the summer for many people across BC, Northern Health is taking the time to reflect on some lessons learned from th...
Wildfire smoke: Many tobacco users finding it hard to breathe!
I spoke with a friend who smokes cigarettes earlier this week and she said that she wasn’t able to leave the house over the weekend due to the forest fire smoke in the air. Wildfire smoke is a mi...
