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Hi Everyone,

Hope you are beating the heat!!!  My daughter and I were up at the crack of dawn, just 2 1/2 hrs in line to get our veggies and fruit and a dance with the lovely Mexican men for my daughter !!! 

They are the kindest men ever!!  For those that follow their page and know the story of Maverick, a young boy who they spent many hours in the hospital with – Maverick passed several weeks ago. His parents are here to help take their minds off of that and to help.

All of them will be at the corner at 3:00 today if you want to come out and say hello and I am sure they will all love to have a dance with you.(men included). Come have some fun.

It was a ton of fun, well worth the lack of sleep.  Hope you can head to the corner later.

Cathy Green – Secretary, Skeena Valley Seniors Society

How-To Be Doctored With No Doctor in BC?

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What if you don’t have your own doctor? These are your health care options in BC. Some are new, confusing or hard to find. These are all I’ve discovered over the months since my GP retired. Please write info@skeenavalleyseniors.org with any needed corrections you notice.

First, if you are experiencing chest pain or bleeding profusely, you need to get off this page and phone 911. Do it now.

To get another GP, you need to get on a waiting list.
If you live in British Columbia and need a family doctor or nurse practitioner, register for the Health Connect Registry. Do this first as a start:
https://www.healthlinkbc.ca/find-care/health-connect-registry

Accessing health services while you wait

New rules for pharmacists mean that they may renew your prescription for e.g. 90 days, instead of only giving you an ‘Emergency prescription’ of maybe a week’s worth of your prescription. The only thing is that a doctor must have prescribed you within the past two years for that drug.

There are health services available while you wait to connect with a new family doctor or nurse practitioner.
If you dial 811, you will be able to get advice and renew prescriptions that your pharmacist can’t.

Virtual Clinic
Will give you an appointment to a call from a doctor, so you can get advice and referrals for needed tests like blood work or imaging. You can’t get that from 811:
1-844-645-7811
They don’t make this easy to discover for some reason.

Primary care services such as walk-in clinics, Urgent and Primary Care Centres, Foundry Centres, First Nations Primary Care Centres and more are available throughout British Columbia. NOTE: Terrace doesn’t have any walk-in clinics!! Additionally, you can visit your local pharmacy if you need to renew or change some prescriptions or treat minor conditions such as allergies or urinary tract infections.

You can also call HealthLink BC at 8-1-1 to speak to a health service navigator, nurse, dietitian, exercise professional, pharmacist or physician. 8-1-1 is available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week with support in over 130 languages.

HealthLink BC
If you have questions about the Health Connect Registry, please contact HealthLink BC at 8-1-1. Available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week with support in over 130 languages. For the deaf and hard of hearing (TTY), call 7-1-1. For Video Relay Services, have them call us at 604-215-5101.

Farmers Market Coupons

The yellow tickets number 10 x $3.00 = $30.00 and is specific to Honey purchase.
The blue tickets number 20 x$3.00 = $60.00 are directed to Meat purchases and if you don’t want honey you can use the yellow for meat as well for a total of $90.00.
The green tickets 60 x $3.00 =$180.00 are for veggies, fruit, eggs, plants, nuts.
Should you not want meat or honey you can apply your blue and yellow to your green ticket purchases.
We hope this helps your summer food budget. Please let us know if you have any questions and please use all of your coupons, they are only good for this year. If something happens limiting your use of the tickets please hand them into the corner and we will pass on to someone in need.

More on the Dan Levit Luncheon

Seniors Advocate Dan Levitt and 11 other service groups and government officials provided information and open dialogue to an audience of 143 seniors at Arena Banquet room July 8th. A lunch was served by Skeena Valley Seniors Society volunteers who hosted and coordinated the event.

 

Volunteer’s Birthday Bash at the Sherwood Hall

Our Volunteer Appreciation Birthday Bash  is shown here from June 25th, 2026.

It was attended by 45 of the 67 volunteers who support our over 630 members and held at the Sherwood Hall. Much laughter, great food and frivolity in celebration of our 1st year at 2213 Archer and our 2nd year operating the Corner. Congratulations everyone!! 🙂

Provincial Advocate for Seniors – Talk and Lunch

Meet with BC Seniors Advocate Dan Levitt

Wednesday, July 8, 2026
11:00 AM
Arena Banquet Room, Sportsplex

As a community, let’s raise our voices and work together on issues affecting seniors.

BC Seniors Advocate Dan Levitt will share his findings and insights on the challenges and opportunities facing seniors in British Columbia. Local service providers and senior-serving agencies will also be on hand to share information and resources.

This is an opportunity to:
* Learn about issues impacting seniors
* Share your thoughts, concerns, and experiences
* Connect with local organizations and services
* Help shape the conversation on seniors’ issues in our community

Admission is free and a light lunch will be served.
All seniors and elders are encouraged to attend.

We look forward to seeing you there and hearing your voice!

Call for nude models and sketchers

Hello everyone,

We have a unique offer to find out if you are MONA LISA or LEONARDO DA VINCI??????
The library is offering charcoal sketching classes by Patrick and looking for NUDE models. They will pay $100.00 to models and charge $10.00 per class to learn how to sketch. Time will be Mondays 11 – 1:00 before the library opens to the public.
This is not closed to only seniors, it is open to the public to participate in both modelling and classes.
If you are interested please call the library (250) 638-8884.
— Cathy Green, Secretary – Skeena Valley Seniors Society
Terrace Art Gallery is looking for nude models - poster

Seniors Housing Events

Hello Everyone,

We had a very informative meeting this morning. Two housing meetings we should be aware of.
One is Wednesday, May 20, 2026 at 7:00 pm Terrace Sportsplex banquet room guest speaker Troy Peters
Join in public conversation on seniors housing, aging in place and community needs in Terrace and the Northwest.
This session will explore local housing needs, service gaps and housing options including homestay opportunities.
Learn about co-operative housing Thursday May 21, 2026 at 7:30 pm Terrace Sportsplex banquet room guest speaker 
Thom Armstrong.
This introductory session is for anyone interested in learning what co-operative is and how it  could support community housing
in Terrace and the Northwest.
These are free sessions to attend. Please come out and voice your opinions. We are still advocating for affordable senior housing. Let your voice count, mark your calendars to attend.
Cathy Green – Secretary, Skeena Valley Seniors Society

Members Meeting this Tuesday May 12th

Hi everyone,
Hope you are having a lovely Mother’s Day.
Please join us at out Members Meeting this Tuesday May 12th at 10:30 at the Seventh Day Adventist Church 5401 McConnell Cres. across from the college.
Hope to see you there.
Cathy Green – Secretary Skeena Valley Seniors Society