Walk with your Doc: Tumbler Ridge
Walk with your doc During the Walk with Your Doc event, Tumbler Ridge was the furthest Northern community to participate. With a practicing physician, three nurses, and various other members of the...
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"3D": Drugs, Dinos, and Dinner - Another unique conference in Tumbler Ridge
By Dr. Charles Helm and Heather Gummow The second “3D conference” – Drugs, Dinos and Dinner – was held in Tumbler Ridge from May 25–27. Nearly 70 physicians, pharmacists, paramedics ...
Tough Enough to Wear Pink in the Kispiox Valley
If you’ve been to a rodeo in the recent past, you may have noticed some cowboys and cowgirls dressed in pink. And if you found yourself at the Kispiox Valley Rodeo last summer, you definitely would ...
Join the Winter Walk Day Movement – It’s not just for kids!
I start to get antsy this time of year. Warm sunny days tease me, making me “think spring,” but they tend to be quickly followed up by another blast from the deep freeze many of us Northerners lov...
Preventing injury with IMAGINE grants
This article was co-authored by Mandy Levesque and Denise Foucher. With the recent launch of the IMAGINE Community Grants offering funding up to $5,000, the time is right to take action to promote ...
The Great Northern Scavenger Hunt – Off to a strong start!
The entries have been pouring in to the Great Northern Scavenger Hunt, and we already have a winner! Congratulations are in order - the “1st across the line” winner with the first entry in the ...
Get Your Game On!
You know what; I’m pretty excited for the last two weeks of September. Not only is Northern Health’s Great Northern Scavenger Hunt taking place, but the world cup of hockey is taking pl...