Positive Living North: No khēyoh t'sih'en t'sehena Society

11/26/2025

Only 5 days to go until the draw!
Few tickets left — get yours now. ❤️🎟️

11/25/2025

The countdown is on! ⏰
Only 6 days left + few tickets remaining.
Support. Win. Give back. ❤️

11/24/2025

Connection, collaboration, and community. 💛
Thank you to all the amazing organizations we met. We appreciate your insights and look forward to continuing this important work together.
Witset First Nation Ksan Society Kitselas Administration K5T Kermode Friendship Society Haisla Nation Terrace Regional Hospice Network Kitsumkalum

11/24/2025

Toxic Drug Alert: The week of November 17-21 saw BC’s highest number of calls made to 911 for toxic drug poisoning events. This is likely due to a substance called medetomidine being mixed with fentanyl. Please see and share the information provided on how to keep one another safe and to learn about the impacts these mixed substances can have.

Download this bulletin in PDF format here:https://www.fnha.ca/Documents/FNHA-Drug-Poisoning-Overdose-Communications-Bulletin-Medetomidine-Nov-19-2025.pdf

11/24/2025

This is what transforming the AIDS response looks like: not just in clinics and policy rooms, but in living rooms and around dinner tables. It's medical advances that turn a life-threatening diagnosis into a manageable condition. It's reduced stigma that allows families to move from silence to openness. It's the freedom to exist without hiding.

The disruption HIV creates in individual lives is real. The isolation, the fear, the weight of secrets, these are barriers as significant as any systemic one.

However transformation is possible: through treatment that works, through communities that care, through the courage to speak truth and be met with love.

From terrified mother to liberated nanna, that's not just survival. That's transformation.

🎗️ This World AIDS Day, we honor every person who has overcome the disruption of diagnosis and found freedom on the other side.

11/21/2025

U=U isn’t just a message — it’s science backed by love, dignity, and truth. ❤️

When a person living with HIV is on treatment and maintains an undetectable viral load, they cannot pass HIV through s*x.

This knowledge saves lives, builds confidence, and breaks stigma.

As we approach World AIDS Day 2025, let’s continue sharing facts that empower communities and protect health.
Learn more or connect with us at Positive Living North.

11/21/2025

11/21/2025

11/20/2025

HIV is still a public health crisis — but stigma is the real epidemic.

Canada saw a 35% rise in new HIV diagnoses in 2023.
In Northern BC, testing rates and access remain uneven, shaped by racism, colonization, transphobia, homophobia, substance use stigma, and systemic inequities.

The BC HIV Stigma Index reveals alarming realities:
⚠️ 52% experienced stigma this year
⚠️ 30% avoided healthcare
⚠️ 24% avoided social services

This is unacceptable — and preventable.

As we move toward World AIDS Day, Positive Living North is calling on our community to take action:
✔️ Learn the facts
✔️ Challenge stigma
✔️ Stand with people living with HIV
✔️ Support education and culturally safe services

Change starts with awareness — and it starts with us. ❤️

11/20/2025

In honour of World AIDS Day 2025, we’re hosting a free HIV 101 workshop to build awareness and break stigma at the Prince George Public Library

📅 Nov 25 | 6–7:30 PM
📍 Bob Harkins Branch, Downtown Library
Ages 19+ | Drop in

Learn about U=U, PrEP/PEP, transmission, and culturally safe HIV education.
Knowledge saves lives. ❤️

11/19/2025

A big year for a big mission ❤️

In 2025, the PLN Education Team reached classrooms, treatment centres, community groups, and frontline staff across Northern BC — sharing knowledge, building trust, and transforming conversations around HIV, HCV, stigma, and harm reduction.

We’re ready to do even more.
If you’re in Prince George (Northern Interior), Smithers (Northwest), or Fort St. John (Northeast), connect with your local PLN educators to bring engaging, culturally grounded education to your community.

Let’s make 2026 another year of learning and connection.

11/18/2025