News & resources from BCHC – October 2026
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Building Healthy Communities together
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New online course helps B.C. local leaders put equity into practice
Equity 101 offers a practical, self-paced framework for embedding equity in municipal planning, policy and services. Registration opens October 15; only 20 seats per cohort.
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Families prepare
for social media limits
CMHA’s new guide helps parents prepare kids for Canada’s proposed minimum age of 16 on social media.
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Kamloops launches mobile health
outreach van
Kamloops and Interior Health are expanding access to care and outreach services through a new purpose-built van.
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First Nations Turn Chilliwack Pasture Into Wellness Trail
Three Fraser Valley First Nations transformed overgrazed pasture into a three-kilometre trail with wetlands, food forest and gathering spaces, cooling the neighbourhood and welcoming Elders.
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Free RSV Shots
for B.C. Seniors
From September 29, RSV vaccine is free for adults 75-plus, long-term care residents, and Indigenous people 60-plus, at pharmacies, health units and nursing stations.
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Webinar: Designing Places With older adults
Healthy Aging CORE BC hosts a free Zoom session October 23 on age-friendly placemaking, from walkable neighbourhoods to intergenerational projects that welcome older adults as civic leaders.
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