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Breastfeeding toolkit helps cities support inclusive spaces

April 22, 2026

IH’s Healthy Community Development team worked with student nurses to help local governments make breastfeeding more supported and welcomed in communities.

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Health & Wellness

How to talk to teens about drugs and other substances

April 21, 2026

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.

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Community & Culture

We are IH: Coordinator motivated to help long-term care clients

April 16, 2026

Cottonwoods Care Centre coordinator Lia Sambrielaz has been sharing small acts of kindness at IH for 37 years.

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Health & Wellness

Let’s talk about Advance Care Planning: Your Voice, Your Choice

April 15, 2026

Our 9-part video series teaches about the purpose and importance of advance care planning (ACP) and why it gives peace of mind to you and your loved ones.

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Funding helps Williams Lake Métis community support food security

April 14, 2026

A funding initiative is helping the Cariboo Chilcotin Métis Association (CCMA) grow food security in ways that reflect knowledge, culture and community needs.

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Community & Culture

We are IH: Psychiatric nurse finds meaning in crisis team role

April 9, 2026

Meghan Johnston became a registered psychiatric nurse after watching people struggle to navigate the health-care system and witnessing the barriers they faced.

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Health & Wellness

How a primary care team changed one woman’s chronic pain journey

April 2, 2026

Jasmine Mingaud found relief and stability after connecting with the Central Okanagan PCN where a team helped her manage chronic pain and life challenges.

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Community & Culture

Saving time, improving patient care with intelligent automation

March 31, 2026

Behind every appointment, lab test and medical imaging test are a complex set of processes. A small but mighty team is transforming how that work gets done.

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Community & Culture

Celebrating and honouring Indigenous languages

March 30, 2026

March 31 marks National Indigenous Languages Day, a day to celebrate and honour Indigenous languages in Canada and the voices of the land..

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Community & Culture

We are IH: Sully brings joy to patients, staff at Royal Inland

March 26, 2026

Sully is a certified therapy dog who, with his handler Mike, visits patients and staff at RIH bringing comfort and moments of joy to those who need it most.

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Community & Culture

We are IH: Pharmacy leader grateful to make a difference

March 19, 2026

Inspired by her patients and colleagues and driven by a desire to make a difference in people’s lives, Kaitlyn finds daily meaning in her work in pharmacy.

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A middle aged person sprays insect repellent on a child's leg as they stand on a forest path. Another child stands behind them and watches.

Health & Wellness

How to reduce your risk of mosquito bites and transmitted disease

July 30, 2024

Take these precautions to prevent infection from West Nile virus or avoid itchy mosquito bites.

Five people standing around a table, two on left, three on right, with a stack of small boxes and information posters for medical gloves. Three of the five are either wearing or holding blue medical gloves.

Community & Culture

Indigenous vendor brings gloves and economic reconciliation to IH

July 29, 2024

A partnership between Indigenous vendor Medical, Surgical and Safety Supplies, IH & the Provincial Health Services Authority took a step forward in June 2024.