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FNHA nurses in charge: more than just a job – FNHA
November 28, 2024 Nursing stations are the heart of health care for many rural and remote First Nations communities in BC. They often provide all-encompassing wrap around health care services. At the heart of the nursing stations are the people who work there, people like nurses. They bring valuable wholistc health care expertise to locations […]
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New urgent and primary care centre accepting walk-ins at Northills Shopping Centre – Castanet
Nov 28, 2024 A new urgent and primary care centre that just opened in Northills Shopping Centre is expected to double the number of Kamloops patients seen each year in Interior Health clinics. The new facility officially opened its doors on Tuesday, serving Kamloops residents who require urgent primary care for non-life-threatening ailments within 12 […]
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Drug advisory: Prince George
November 27, 2024 Northern Health & First Nations Health Authority Health Alert Northern Health has issued a Drug Advisory for Prince George. A pressed, white, 8mg tablet sold as Dilaudid/Dilly tested positive for fentanyl. The pill looks very similar to a prescription Dilaudid or Hydromorphone. Please take care. For your safety Get overdose prevention, recognition, […]
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Lower Kootenay Band walks 5K to hospital for addictions awareness – Kimberley Bulletin
Nov 26, 2024 Indigenous communities hit hard by toxic drug crisis since 2016 The toxic drug crisis continues to claim hundreds of lives every year in B.C. Last year, a record high of 2,511 deaths were reported, an average of nearly seven people per day. And according to the provincial government, unregulated drug toxicity is […]
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Answering the Call: Lifting up the voices of First Nations Lifegivers in BC
The First Nations Health Authority’s (FNHA) Office of the Chief Medical Officer (OCMO) has released a new report that calls on health system partners in British Columbia (BC) to bring culturally safe pre- and post-natal care closer to home for First Nations Lifegivers living in rural and remote communities. It also calls for an immediate […]
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The Prince Rupert gas pipeline doesn’t pass today’s health standards – National Observer
November 22, 2024 On November 25, B.C.’s environmental assessment (EA) commission will rule on whether an environmental assessment certificate issued a decade ago for construction of the Prince Rupert Gas pipeline, should require a new, updated EA certificate before proceeding. The project proposes construction of an 800-kilometre pipeline to transport gas from northeast B.C. to the […]
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Mid Island-Pacific Rim MLA Josie Osborne up for the challenge as new health minister – Alberni Valley News
November 22, 2024 Premier David Eby unveiled his new cabinet on Nov. 18, 2024 Mid Island-Pacific Rim MLA Josie Osborne is taking on one of the most complex portfolios in the provincial government as British Columbia’s new Minister of Health. But the former Tofino mayor, who is entering her second term in the B.C. legislature, […]
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Campbell River and Kamloops urban and away-from-home community: We want to hear from you!
November 14, 2024 The First Nations Health Authority (FNHA) is hosting a series of engagement sessions with the urban and away-from-home (UAH) First Nations population in BC, urban Indigenous organizations and health system partners in each health region. The goal of the engagement sessions is to understand and improve communications and engagement pathways with the […]
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Nurturing Our Roots pop-up engagement sessions continue in the Fraser Salish Region
The Fraser Salish Region continues to host pop-up engagement events! A free event, “Nurturing Our Roots” seeks to ground the work of the Fraser Salish Region by drawing on traditional ways of being to feed people not only physically but also mentally, emotionally and spiritually. The event also creates an opportunity for First Nation Urban […]
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PRPA Helps Provide Northwest Newborns and Mothers with Specialized Care Closer to Home
NOVEMBER 13, 2024 PRINCE RUPERT, BRITISH COLUMBIA – The Prince Rupert Port Authority’s (PRPA) Community Investment Fund is helping transform healthcare for vulnerable newborns, mothers, and their families in northwest BC. Through a partnership with the Dr. REM Lee Hospital Foundation, PRPA is committing $430,000 to the region’s first ever Tier 3 Neonatal Intensive Care […]
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