Health awareness

Bright packaging, celebrity endorsers, and viral marketing – these are some of the reasons energy drinks create quite a buzz! According to the 2023 BC Adolescent Health Survey, the number of teens u...

Emilia Moulechkova

“Deaths due to drug toxicity are preventable, and I urge our political leaders at all levels to collaborate on a thoughtful, comprehensive plan that puts people first. This crisis, driven primarily ...

Hawkfeather Peterson

Northern Health is excited to have GetCheckedOnline launch in Dawson Creek. This is the first Northern Health community to be a part of GetCheckedOnline, which is celebrating its 10th anniversary in 2...

Audrey Devito

International Self-Care Day is July 24, 2024. We asked NH staff how they practice self-care and why it’s important to them – this is what they said:Why is self-care important to you?Many staff mem...

Rebecca Sketchley

The goal of World No Commercial Tobacco Day (WNCTD) 2024 is to protect children from the influence of the tobacco industry. Children can be hurt by the tobacco industry in two main ways:By being the t...

Lindsay Willoner

This story was co-written by Paula Tait and Randi Parsons.Northerners are learning to live with wildfire smoke. Each year, spring and summer bring lingering smoke for weeks (and sometimes months) in m...

Paula Tait

Karenza Chui moved to Prince George with her family from England when she was 39 years old. After turning 40, she found out she was eligible for breast screening every two years with a screening mammo...

Holly Hughes