The staff and residents at Gateway Residential Care Facility in Prince George and Vanderhoof’s Stuart Nechako Manor have something good growing. Topsoil (background) In 2020, after the start o...
Alzheimer’s, dementia, whatever you call it: It sucks. Both for the person who has it and for the people who love them. It was only a couple years ago my family joked about my mother’s forgetfu...
Northern Health is looking for community partners with ideas for projects that will improve the health of those living, working, learning, and playing in Northern BC! The latest opportunity to apply f...
Making Terraceview Lodge feel like home How do you define “home”? One definition was suggested by Northern Health Occupational Therapist Cheryl Block: “It’s the place where you make a genui...
Wildfire evacuee, Stan Northcott, celebrates 100th birthday Despite being evacuated to Vanderhoof due to wildfires, Fort St. James resident Stan Northcott was able to enjoy a party for his 100th bi...
I'm approaching my 40th birthday. From where I stand now it seems impossible to me, that as kids we celebrated my parents 40th birthdays with black balloons, a cane, candy jellybean “pill” bottles...
Finally, a worthwhile reason to drink coffee! Alzheimer’s disease. It’s a pretty scary topic for most of us, yet it's also a very real part of life for so many of us. It’s estimated that 70,0...
