Tag Archives: Health

Sometimes it’s hard to stop doing thing, even if you know it’s in your best interest to stop. You know you ‘should’ stop, but it’s hard. Taking things away, can feel like...

PRINCE GEORGE - Tyler Waddell hit rock bottom in his hometown of Williams Lake. Homeless and through shelters, Waddell found help eight months ago through the Canadian Mental Health Association and is...

PRINCE GEORGE - Fundraising efforts continue for new equipment and research at the BC Cancer Agency's Centre for the North. Dr. Robert Olson is conducting clinical trials with what is called precision...

PRINCE GEORGE - The number of opioid-related deaths in Northern Health has grown 35% between 2017 and 2018, making it the second highest location for overdose deaths in BC.As a result, Northern Health...

PRINCE GEORGE - In a darkened room at University Hospital of Northern BC, Canadian history has been made. It was the first time diagnostic testing could be done on a cochlear implant via satellite. Li...

PRINCE GEORGE - A new study is set to take off looking at the impacts of the Cannabis Act on motor vehicle collision injuries involving young people and cannabis-impaired driving.Dr. Russ Callaghan, w...

PRINCE GEORGE - Northern Health has released its latest recruitment and retention plan, which identifies seven disciplines that will merit special attention. They are: Register Nurses. Licence Practic...

Sometimes our brains are so used to seeing things the same way that we have always seen them, the way we were taught long ago or the way other people see them. If the way you are viewing a situation i...

PRINCE GEORGE - The Board of School District 57 is acting on the requests from teachers, parents and the community that more needs to be done to support the mental health of students. Sandra McArthur ...

  Some people will do anything for a cookie. Though it’s true you can get your fill of sweet and salty snacks when you donate blood, that of course is but a tiny perk in the selfless act of...