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INFOGRAPHICS: How BC’s Medical Resources Stack Up

WebOur province has a total population of 5 million people: as of April 1 we have had more than 1,000 confirmed cases of COVID-19 (though many suspected cases …

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We’re Making a Terrible Mistake on MAID and Mental …

WebFalse autonomy and false compassion. As a society, we take comfort that MAID is provided for compassionate relief from suffering. Individually, MAID has been …

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Shared Medical Records Can Transform Care, But Big …

WebIt would be a simple way to let everyone see their own health information, perhaps connect it to data kept on their phone or other device, and have it available to …

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BC Introduces Canada’s First Mandatory Nurse-to-Patient …

WebMichelle Gamage is The Tyee’s health reporter. This reporting beat is made possible by the Local Journalism Initiative. The BC Nurses’ Union rallies in June after it …

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BC Government Backs National Pharmacare Launch The …

WebAndrew MacLeod 1 Mar 2024 The Tyee. Andrew MacLeod is The Tyee's legislative bureau chief in Victoria and the author of All Together Healthy (Douglas & McIntyre, 2018). Find …

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Chewing on Solutions to BC’s Dental Shortage The Tyee

WebNews Indigenous Health Education Chewing on Solutions to BC’s Dental Shortage Canada’s population is growing, aging and requiring more care as many …

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BC Aims to Revamp Senior Care. The First Step Stirs …

WebIn the February 2020 report “ A Billion Reasons to Care ,” B.C. Seniors Advocate Isobel Mackenzie found that despite receiving similar funding from the …

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How to Foster Local Food Businesses

WebWho works: Seven full-time and two to five seasonal employees work at the Kamloops Food Policy Council, which operates the Stir. The facility is used by nearly 30 …

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How to Rebuild Canada’s Crumbling Housing Foundation

WebIn Toronto, a nurse who works at St. Joseph’s Health Centre would need to pay $3,900 a month for the cheapest one-bedroom apartment nearby. In Montreal, …

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Alberta’s Secret Pandemic Study Is Led by COVID …

WebIn 2021, Alberta Health Services condemned Dr. Gary Davidson, a Red Deer emergency medicine physician, for his “completely false” claims made during COVID’s …

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First Nations Life Expectancy Has Plummeted. How to Change That

WebDue to the toxic drug crisis and later the COVID-19 pandemic, life expectancy for First Nations people in British Columbia decreased by 7.1 years between 2015 to …

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Where Do BC’s Parties Stand on Education

WebEach MLA had 90 seconds to respond, with the opportunity to make two additional one-minute responses each during the one-hour forum. “This is our future and …

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It’s Official. Climate Change Has Brought Deadly Health Risks to BC

WebMichelle Gamage 14 Feb 2024 The Tyee. Michelle Gamage is The Tyee’s health reporter. This reporting beat is made possible by the Local Journalism Initiative.

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What We Risk by Normalizing Poilievre’s Politics The Tyee

WebChristopher Holcroft 26 Apr 2024 The Tyee. Christopher Holcroft is a writer, principal of Empower Consulting and founder of the Civil Election and Civil Dialogue …

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If Trudeau Steps Down, Then What

WebSummer of reckoning. With Trudeau having notched three electoral victories since 2015, nobody is going to push him out — at least not yet. After all, with a …

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Why ‘Food, Inc. 2’ Left Me Hungry The Tyee

WebWhen it comes to food production in North America, it’s a little like two steps forward and 10 giant leaps back. Food, Inc. 2, from filmmakers Robert Kenner and …

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Alberta UCP Launches an Attack on Local Democracy The Tyee

WebDavid Climenhaga 26 Apr 2024 The Tyee. David J. Climenhaga is an award-winning journalist, author, post-secondary teacher, poet and trade union communicator. …

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BC Updates Its Opioid Use Disorder Treatment Guidelines

WebMichelle Gamage is The Tyee’s health reporter. This reporting beat is made possible by the Local Journalism Initiative. BC’s new opioid use disorder treatment …

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Study Finds DULF Reduced Overdoses by Distributing Tested Drugs

WebIn August 2022, DULF was informed that it would not be given this exemption. In that same month, 190 British Columbians died from toxic overdose, and B.C. had one …

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