Forty five members of the local Weight Watchers group participated in a 5K walk on Sunday, June 7 in Blackville. Joined by more than twenty family members, the group met at Blackville School at 2:00pm and walked along MacLaggan Drive and North Bartholomew Road. “The weather was great! Everyone enjoyed themselves while having fun, living…

Ready for new meal ideas? Check out what our Sobeys Dietitians are up to this May! Thursday, May 7th 11 am – 1 pm Healthy Cooking with Chef Owen Gibson ($15) Enjoy a delicious meal prepared by our chef and get nutrition tips from our dietitian. Menu: Greek Herb Dip, Mediterranean Vegetable Kebabs, Portobello and Pine Nut Penne…

On January 21, 2015, Miramichi will roll out its Biggest Quitter Challenge. The aim of the challenge is to help individuals stop smoking on (Weedless Wednesday). You can commit to: 1. Quit smoking 2. Reduce tobacco use 3. Continue to live smoke free 4. Maintain a smoke free home, garage and environment 5. Make your…

On January 21, 2015, Miramichi will roll out its Biggest Quitter Challenge. The aim of the challenge is to help individuals stop smoking for one day (Weedless Wednesday). You can commit to: 1. Quit smoking, 2. Reduce tobacco use, 3. Continue to live smoke free, 4. Maintain a smoke free home, garage and environment, 5.…

Have you struggled to successfully reach a health or wellness goal you’ve set for yourself? Deciding to take that next step in making a healthy lifestyle change can be difficult to say the least. Often times we are stuck at a standstill not knowing where to start, or after having multiple failed attempts we’re left…

Happy New Year from Sobeys Dietitians! May it be a year full of joy, health and prosperity! The schedule for January’s Nutrition Events is below and there are some exciting classes coming up. The most exciting is the Healthy Cooking class which will be this Thursday, tomorrow evening from 6-8 pm. Not only will the meal…

National Diabetes Awareness Month by Kayla Hébert, RD (candidate) Sobeys Registered Dietitian November is National Diabetes Awareness month and to highlight this, I thought it would be great to discuss some of the signs and symptoms as well as ways to stay on track during the holiday season. When we think diabetes, we think finger…

Are you interested in making a healthy lifestyle change? Do you want to eat better, get active, quit smoking, or reduce stress? Do you have Type 2 Diabetes or another chronic disease, or are you at risk of developing one? As a Health Coach with the Live Well! Bien Vivre! program, I help people meet…

Even though most people are aware that good oral health is essential for the overall health of both mother and child, misunderstandings about the safety of dental care during pregnancy may cause pregnant women to avoid seeing their dentist. The fact is that dentists can create a treatment plan that is safe, effective, and essential […]

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The revolutionary exercise routine and complete well-being workout called Laughter Yoga is sweeping the world, spreading rapidly across 72 countries—and this fall classes are coming to Miramichi. “As of August 10, 2014, I became a Certified Laughter Yoga Leader and I am looking forward to running classes,” says Patsy Martin. The concept of Laughter Yoga…

When you search Kangoo Jumps on YouTube, you find pages of videos of people bouncing in springy shoes that look like a cross between a ski boot and a roller blade. The activity best known on international levels, and very competitive in places like Germany, Russia and Hungary, is slowly trickling to Canada. Toronto has…

Do you have a patient experience that we can learn from? Do you have an interest in helping Horizon Health Network make the patient experience the best that it can be? Then becoming a volunteer Patient Experience Advisor might be the role for you. Horizon Health Network is looking for people willing to share their…