Welcome to 2018 Breastfeeding Week
Happy Breastfeeding Week! This week is celebrated annually in Canada from October 1-7 to promote the importance of breastfeeding, and it’s an opportune time to highlight breastfeeding as the foun...
Health awareness
In photos: A look at BC wildfires
(Above) Aerial view of a wildfire 5km east of Tete Jaune Cache (Near McBride). If you see a haze, smell smoke or know of a wildfire in your area, check the current air quality advisories in your area ...
Dealing with the smoke: Protecting ourselves and our families
Most of us take clean air for granted. That is.... until the sky turns gray with smoke or we wake up to an eerie Armageddon-like morning while the sun hides behind a thick layer of cloud. At those tim...
It’s over: Baseball is breaking up with smokeless tobacco
I remember as a child looking at the bulging cheeks of a baseball player during the World Series. The player was spitting just before he wound up waiting for the pitch. It seemed strange to me that an...
World No Tobacco Day: Five facts you need to know
May 31 is World No Tobacco Day! Interested in learning how quitting commercial tobacco can improve your health? Check out these five facts: Quitting improves your health right away. ...
Feel like you’re losing your best friend?
Most tobacco users do want to quit and many have tried without success. The majority of us know that tobacco use is the leading cause of preventable death and increases the risk of heart disease, l...
Supporting each other: mother-to-mother support for breastfeeding
On Mother’s Day, we celebrate the mothers in our lives. While we recognize the important roles they play in the lives of their children and families, today I want to reflect on how mothers also supp...
