Healthy Living – Health Promotion

In Manitoba, four of every 10 people are living with a chronic disease.

Chronic diseases last for a long time. They generally can’t be prevented by vaccines or cured by medication and they don’t just disappear. Common chronic diseases are diabetes, cancer, heart disease, stroke, respiratory disease and arthritis.

Chronic disease is the leading cause of death and disability in Canada. It cuts people’s lives short and it introduces disabilities that reduce people’s quality of life.

Chronic disease also demands the lion’s share of health-care expenditures. Of all the money spent on addressing illness, chronic disease requires the greatest proportion of expenditure.

Research has proven the link between healthy lifestyles and healthier bodies. The education programs that we offer are geared towards preventing chronic disease before it happens and helping those who are living with chronic disease make choices that can help to slow or prevent the progression of disease. We offer something for everyone! Please see our schedule of classes and events below and join us. 

• Wellness Connection E-Newsletter
• Schedule of Classes & Events
• Healthy Eating
• Healthy Baby & Child
• Dental Health
• Physical Activity
• Get Better Together
• Tobacco Reduction
• Mental Wellbeing

Wellness Connection E-Newsletter

Schedule of Classes & Events

Healthy Eating

Craving Change

A how-to workshop for changing relationships with food. Change your thinking, change your eating.

Are you craving change in your eating habits?  Do you want to know more about why you eat the way that you do? Then this FREE program is the class for you!

• Tuesdays, April 15th to May 20th
  12:00 pm to 1:00 pm
  Online via MS Teams, email [email protected] to register

Join our mailing list to find out when a new session is available, please email [email protected] or call Toll Free 1-877-979-9355

Empowered Eating

A Develop a healthier relationship with food.

• Explore your current relationship with food.
• Explore feelings, beliefs, and behaviours around food.

Explore new tools, ideas, and ways of thinking

Join our mailing list to find out when a new session is available, please email [email protected] or call Toll Free 1-877-979-9355

Healthy Baby & Child

Feeding Your Baby – Intro to Solids

Do you have questions about feeding your growing baby? A Registered Dietitian will answer your questions about introducing solids to your baby. Online virtual sessions via Microsoft Teams.

Email [email protected] to register.

• Thursday May 29, 2025 from 10:00 am to 11:30 am
• Thursday September 25, 2025 from 10:00 am to 11:30 am
• Thursday November 27, 2025 from 10:00 am to 11:30 am

Feeding Littles – How to Have Pleasant Mealtimes

Do you worry about what your children eat? Or don’t eat? Do you have questions about feeding your children or how to get them to eat new (or old) foods? Or even eat at all? If yes, please join a Registered Dietitian for a virtual class with tips on how to prevent meal time battles and what to do if they occur. Online virtual sessions via Microsoft Teams. Email [email protected] to register.

• Thursday April 24, 2025 from 10:00 am to 11:30 am
• Thursday June 19, 2025 from 10:00 am to 11:30 am
• Thursday October 30, 2025 from 10:00 am to 11:30 am
• Thursday December 11, 2025 from 10:00 am to 11:30 am

Our Time Healthy Baby Drop-In

Interlake-Eastern Regional Health Authority’s Our Time Healthy Baby Program is available for all pregnant individuals and parents with infants up to one year of age. Healthy Baby Community Programs help pregnant individuals and new parents connect with other parents, families and health professionals.

Our Time Healthy Baby Program can offer:

• group sessions
• milk coupons
• recipe/meal bags
• information, support and resources on prenatal and postnatal nutrition & health, breastfeeding, parenting tips and lifestyle choices

For free registration please contact:

East side Interlake- Robin, 204-345-0290 [email protected]

West side Interlake –Denise, 204-785-7708 or email [email protected] Or call your local Public Health Nurse for more information, Community Health Office locations

Dental Health

Healthy Smiles

This Oral Health Month presentation will cover:

• Learning about age related changes that can impact our health with Linda Brown from Active Aging in Manitoba.
• Learning how to access the new Canada Dental Plan with Tanis Billington from Service Canada.

Tuesday April 8th
10:00 am – 11:00 am
Online via MS Teams, email [email protected] to register

Physical Activity

No Gym Required

Join this free 3 part series and learn where to begin, goal setting, physical activity guidelines for your age group, walking programs, gentle stretching and body weight exercises.

Join our mailing list to find out when a new session is available, please email [email protected] or call Toll Free 1-877-979-9355

Get Better Together

Get Better Together

Group Program – Individuals living with chronic health conditions learn to deal with common issues they face and to motivate each other with solutions.

Join our mailing list to find out when a new session is available, please email [email protected] or call Toll Free 1-877-979-9355

Tobacco Reduction

Commit to Quit

Join this virtual 5-class group program to help you reduce or stop your tobacco or nicotine use. No cost. Learn about:

• your triggers
• setting realistic goals
• behaviours that work
• strategies, tips, and tricks
• how to quit medications might work for you

Wednesdays, April 2nd to April 30th from 1:30 pm to 2:45 pm
Online session via MS Teams or phone-in option, email [email protected] or call toll free 1-877-979-9355 to register.

Mental Wellbeing

Practical Relaxation Series

Explore simple relaxation techniques and get started on managing stress and improving your health and overall well-being today!

• INTRO TO STRESS – This hands-on session reviews causes of stress, relaxation response, and ways to manage stress. Focus: Deep breathing & guided imagery. 

• INTRO TO MINDFULNESS – This session introduces mindfulness, which helps reduce stress by focusing awareness on the present moment.
• INTRO TO REFRAMING OUR THOUGHTS – Our thoughts can influence our feelings and actions. Improve your mood by thinking in a flexible and more balanced way!
• PRACTICING GRATITUDE – Practicing an “attitude of gratitude” can have health benefits such as less anxiety, better sleep and more happiness! Learn how to get started with as little as 5 minutes a day!

Sign up for one or more sessions! Each session is about one hour.

Email [email protected] or call Toll Free 1-877-979-9355 to register.

Total Brain Health

The fun way to a healthier, better brain! Discover the brain boosting practices proven to support a healthy brain while sharpening thinking and memory skills.

• Wednesdays May 7 to May 28 from 10:00 am to 11:00 am online via MS Teams.

Email [email protected] to register.

Memory and Aging

Memory and Aging: program developed for older adults but adults of all ages are welcome to attend. If you are experiencing normal age-related memory changes, or want to learn to protect and improve your brain health join us.

• Wednesdays May 14-28 from 1:30 pm to 3:30 pm at Gimli New Horizons.

Email [email protected] or call Toll Free 1-877-979-9355 to register.

Contact us at [email protected] or call Toll Free 1-877-979-WELL(9355)