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Northern Health News and Updates

May 07, 2012
May 7, 2012 - Northern Health has partnered with the community in Quesnel to provide programs that are the envy of many communities in the North. From Men’s Health, to HEAL, to a...
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May 07, 2012
May 7, 2012 -- Work has begun on the hazardous materials abatement of Baker Lodge. Baker Lodge is being decommissioned and the...
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May 03, 2012
May 3, 2012 - NH called a Code Orange at 10:00 p.m. on Monday, April 23, 2012 at the University Hospital of Northern British Columbia (UHNBC) in Prince George, BC.
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May 02, 2012
May 2, 2012 - Expanded locum coverage will allow the Fort St. James Emergency Room to be open for eight days during the month of May. The dates the emergency room will be open...
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Apr 27, 2012
April 27, 2012 - Northern Health (NH) is developing a functional plan to examine the potential future use of Peace River Haven...
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Apr 27, 2012
Northern Health will be working with the Northern Rockies Regional Municipality, community representatives, and our staff and physicians to develop a plan to enhance access to...
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Apr 26, 2012
April 26, 2012 - Canfor Pulp Limited Partnership and its employees expressed their support for the Village of Burns Lake, the surrounding communities and the medical staff...
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Apr 19, 2012
April 19, 2012 - The Northern Health Board of Directors met in Terrace for its latest regular meeting, where they celebrated recent announcements that will lead to new hospitals..
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Apr 12, 2012
April 12, 2012 - The Province today announced that it is moving ahead with plans for a Lakes District Hospital replacement in Burns Lake as a part of Budget 2012.
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Apr 12, 2012
April 12, 2012 - The Province is moving ahead with planning for a new hospital on Haida Gwaii as part of Budget 2012. It's anticipated the detailed planning process will start this spring.
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Northern Cancer Control News and Updates

Mar 19, 2012
Northern BC residents no longer have to travel as far, or as often, to receive the cancer services that they need, according to a new report released today.
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Mar 02, 2012
Northern B.C. residents will benefit from a growing cancer research infrastructure in the North focused on improving early detection and the delivery of cancer care in northern communities.
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Jan 31, 2012
BC Cancer Agency Centre for the North has added to its core medical team with the hiring of medical oncologist Dr. Christian Fibich and medical physicist Piotr Dubrowski.
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Sep 01, 2011
Several new radiation therapy (RT) personnel have been recruited for the BC Cancer Agency Centre for the North. The new hires are key medical and leadership staff.
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Jul 22, 2011
Lab and medical imaging renovations at UHNBC have been completed. The project will help support the expanded services required when the BC Cancer Agency Centre for the North opens.
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Jun 29, 2011
The BC Cancer Agency Centre for the North reached its peak of construction labour in the month of June. On average, approximately 130 workers have been on the site each day.
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May 20, 2011
The BC Cancer Agency Centre for the North has reached a key construction milestone as the final concrete pour has taken place for the linear accelerator vaults.
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May 19, 2011
Northern Health has appointed Dr. Jaco Fourie to the new position of Medical Lead, Oncology Services in the North, effective June 1st.
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Mar 17, 2011
An important leadership position for the new BC Cancer Agency Centre for the North has been hired. LaDonna Fehr has been appointed to the position of Director of Clinical Operations - Systemic Therapy for the new cancer centre.
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Feb 10, 2011
Northern B.C. residents will benefit from new research that is focused on enhancing supportive care and access to services for cancer survivors across the region. The BC Cancer Agency is partnering with Northern Health and the University of Northern British Columbia (UNBC) in a two-year study funded by the Public Health Agency of Canada.
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In Other News

May 10, 2012
Register a team from your workplace or community to get involved with BTWW this year, like NH staff in Terrace, who have partnered with other community organizations to get active!
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May 05, 2012
Join Dr. Dean Kriellaars, healthy lifestyles advocate, for this motivational talk at UNBC May 7, 2012. Sponsored by the Wellness in Northern BC (WINBC) Taskforce.
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Apr 30, 2012
The Canadian Red Cross is holding a community support meeting on Tuesday May 1st at The Prince George Civic Centre (808 Civic Plaza) at 7:00 p.m.
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Mar 30, 2012
March 30, 2012 - The B.C. Supreme Court today told the BC Anesthesiologists' Society its members cannot withdraw services from B.C. hospitals, at least not until after...
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Mar 29, 2012
March 29, 2012 - News Release BC Health Authorities: VANCOUVER – Lawyers representing B.C. health authorities are seeking the court’s help in ensuring patients continue to have access to the care they need, in light of the BC Anesthesiologists’ Society threat to withdraw their services next week.
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Mar 06, 2012
In celebration Lindsay Van der Meer, Regional Oncology Dietitian, has submitted a number of Fact Sheets to be posted throughout the month busting nutritional myths with facts.
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Feb 03, 2012
National Eating Disorders Awareness Week. The Prince George Eating Disorders Clinic invites you to attend an evening to discover that it's not our bodies that need changing.
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Nov 21, 2011
The Northern Patient Care Quality Review Board would like to extend an invitation to you to attend an information session about the patient care quality review process.
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Nov 16, 2011
November 8, 2011 - A group of nurses in Dawson Creek have successfully completed their Canadian Nurses Association (CNA) Community Nursing Certification.
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Nov 08, 2011
November, 8, 2011 - Learn more and get involved! November 7 - 13, 2001 is B.C. Seniors' Fall Prevention Awareness Week...
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