Stories@IH
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Community & Culture
What Worked for Me: Nadine’s journey of counselling, culture and healing

Learn about Nadine's path to sobriety, shaped by intergenerational trauma, poverty, loss, addiction and, ultimately, by love.

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Community & Culture
Elder's basket inspires artwork for Cariboo Memorial Hospital

A handcrafted basket by Elder Sally Wynja will inspire artwork at the new Cariboo Memorial Hospital, reflecting Indigenous culture, healing and community voices

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Community & Culture, Health & Wellness
Returning home after an evacuation

Returning home after an evacuation can be a relief. Depending on how long you've been gone, and the condition of your home, you may need to follow precautions.

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Community & Culture, Health & Wellness
How to speak with kids about evacuations during wildfire season

These communication tips can help relieve the fears and worries of your children and young loved ones ahead of and during an evacuation.

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Community & Culture
Community-minded physician and leader leaves lasting mark

Dr. Neil Crofts reflects on a career defined by leadership, service and a lasting commitment to the communities he served.

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Recent Stories

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Health & Wellness
Accessing care if you're evacuated due to a wildfire
Find out how to access the health care you need if you're living situation changes due to a wildfire
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Health & Wellness
How to take care of your mental wellness during wildfire season
Wildfires and natural disasters have many impacts on mental health and well-being. Here are some tips that can help with the stress from wildfire season.
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Community & Culture
We are IH: Cranbrook doctor finds meaning in rural B.C. health care
Choosing to practice medicine in a small community in Canada wasn’t part of Babatunde’s original plan, but he’s glad he took the leap.
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Community & Culture
Celebrating Interior Voices podcast as 75th episode launches
The IH Indigenous health & wellness podcast explores the intersection of health & culture in the workplace, everyday lives and patient care.
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Community & Culture
Greater access to lab medicine training coming to the Interior
New laboratory programs at Okanagan College and Selkirk College are helping build the future of laboratory medicine across the Interior.
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Research & Innovation
Creating pathways to health-care careers together: IH & UBCO
Learn how Interior Health's partnership with UBC Okanagan is creating pathways to health-care careers through student placements and recruitment.

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Community & Culture
Volunteers bring kindness, comfort to the people we serve
Thousands of volunteers of all ages work alongside our staff across our region. Read how volunteers are making a difference in delivering outstanding care.
Two people sit at a table at an outdoor cafe. An older person is speaking to a younger person who is breastfeeding their baby.
Community & Culture
Breastfeeding toolkit helps cities support inclusive spaces
IH’s Healthy Community Development team worked with student nurses to help local governments make breastfeeding more supported and welcomed in communities.
An illustration of legs below the waist. The figures are wearing colourful pants; one has a skateboard, one has a backpack and one has a purse.
Health & Wellness
How to talk to teens about drugs and other substances
Talking to your teens about drugs shows you care they make safe choices—it doesn't encourage drug use. Here's how to have talks with an open heart and mind.
Four teenagers wearing red-and-white-striped uniforms standing outside by a fountain.
Community & Culture
We are IH: Coordinator motivated to help long-term care clients
Cottonwoods Care Centre coordinator Lia Sambrielaz has been sharing small acts of kindness at IH for 37 years.

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