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A well-known and highly respected Nanaimo-based doctor now has the Province's highest honour.
#Nanaimo
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#Nanaimo
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Nanaimo-based Dr. Robin Love named to the Order of British Columbia
NANAIMO - A Nanaimo doctor known for his work in palliative care was recently awarded the province's highest h...
nanaimonewsnow.com
August 9, 2025 at 1:57 PM
A well-known and highly respected Nanaimo-based doctor now has the Province's highest honour.
#Nanaimo
nanaimonewsnow.com/2025/08/09/n...
#Nanaimo
nanaimonewsnow.com/2025/08/09/n...
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"Bill 26 says that politicians must have a seat in our exam rooms. Doctors may be forced to choose between offering evidence-based care that is in their patients’ best interest, and breaking the law." Et tu @josieosborne.bsky.social ?
www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti...
www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti...
Opinion: There’s no place for politicians in the medical exam rooms of the nation
Alberta’s Bill 26 would compromise the patient-doctor relationship
www.theglobeandmail.com
July 7, 2025 at 3:54 PM
"Bill 26 says that politicians must have a seat in our exam rooms. Doctors may be forced to choose between offering evidence-based care that is in their patients’ best interest, and breaking the law." Et tu @josieosborne.bsky.social ?
www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti...
www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti...
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Monarch Butterfly chrysalis about to hatch.
June 30, 2025 at 10:01 AM
Monarch Butterfly chrysalis about to hatch.
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After going through her own journey of being diagnosed and treated for breast cancer, a Victoria woman has stepped up to volunteer to help a fundraiser to find a cure for the disease.
Now cancer free, Victoria woman volunteers to help fight breast cancer
After going through her own journey of being diagnosed and treated for breast cancer, a Victoria woman has stepped up to volunteer to help a fundraiser to find a cure for the disease.
cheknews.ca
June 28, 2025 at 12:58 AM
After going through her own journey of being diagnosed and treated for breast cancer, a Victoria woman has stepped up to volunteer to help a fundraiser to find a cure for the disease.
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A popular beach in Tofino has a newly completed concrete, accessible beach ramp, creating more inclusive access to the beach for visitors and residents.
Popular Tofino beach now has an accessible concrete beach ramp
A popular beach in Tofino has a newly completed concrete, accessible beach ramp, creating more inclusive access to the beach for visitors and residents.
cheknews.ca
June 7, 2025 at 11:16 PM
A popular beach in Tofino has a newly completed concrete, accessible beach ramp, creating more inclusive access to the beach for visitors and residents.
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The province just made hefty cuts to a program that secures lodging for families with sick kids in hospital, impacting many, including a Vancouver Island family that has logged several hospital stays over the years for their son.
Province makes cuts to program that helps parents stay with sick kids
The province just made hefty cuts to a program that secures lodging for families with sick kids in hospital, impacting many, including a Vancouver Island family that has logged several hospital stays over the years for their son.
cheknews.ca
June 7, 2025 at 2:00 AM
The province just made hefty cuts to a program that secures lodging for families with sick kids in hospital, impacting many, including a Vancouver Island family that has logged several hospital stays over the years for their son.
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I have a child with a needle phobia that relies on IV treatments to keep her auto-immune disease under control. My options: travel to Vancouver every six weeks on my own dime and nothing else. The only in community option is a private clinic that can't meet her needs (though they really tried).
June 5, 2025 at 3:41 AM
I have a child with a needle phobia that relies on IV treatments to keep her auto-immune disease under control. My options: travel to Vancouver every six weeks on my own dime and nothing else. The only in community option is a private clinic that can't meet her needs (though they really tried).
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“People do drugs, especially young people. The least we can do is equip them with harm-reduction tools.
Because if there is a chilling lesson to retain from Sidney’s tragic story, it’s this: it could just as easily have been your kid in that dorm room.”
www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti...
Because if there is a chilling lesson to retain from Sidney’s tragic story, it’s this: it could just as easily have been your kid in that dorm room.”
www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti...
Opinion: We need to better equip young people to deal with toxic-drug overdoses
A B.C. coroner’s inquest makes sensible recommendations that should have already been in place to address a crisis that disproportionately affects young adults
www.theglobeandmail.com
May 20, 2025 at 2:55 PM
“People do drugs, especially young people. The least we can do is equip them with harm-reduction tools.
Because if there is a chilling lesson to retain from Sidney’s tragic story, it’s this: it could just as easily have been your kid in that dorm room.”
www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti...
Because if there is a chilling lesson to retain from Sidney’s tragic story, it’s this: it could just as easily have been your kid in that dorm room.”
www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti...
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Deprescribing, forced tapering, drug seizures, involuntary “care”, and all the other manifestations of criminalization—does not stop people from using drugs.
But it does lead to drug supply volatility, increase risk for harm, and death.
Thread.
#bcpoli
But it does lead to drug supply volatility, increase risk for harm, and death.
Thread.
#bcpoli
May 17, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Deprescribing, forced tapering, drug seizures, involuntary “care”, and all the other manifestations of criminalization—does not stop people from using drugs.
But it does lead to drug supply volatility, increase risk for harm, and death.
Thread.
#bcpoli
But it does lead to drug supply volatility, increase risk for harm, and death.
Thread.
#bcpoli
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“This increased criminalization is going to sweep up my co-workers, both my union brothers and sisters, and those who work cash construction, many of whom got addicted by trying to treat physical pain or mental health problems acquired at work.”
www.torontotoday.ca/local/opinio...
www.torontotoday.ca/local/opinio...
OPINION: When Conservatives attack harm reduction, trades workers are caught in the crossfire
Drug abuse in Canada’s construction sector continues to be overlooked as workers struggle with housing, mental health and injuries. It’s time to talk about it, argues Megan Kinch
www.torontotoday.ca
April 22, 2025 at 11:27 PM
“This increased criminalization is going to sweep up my co-workers, both my union brothers and sisters, and those who work cash construction, many of whom got addicted by trying to treat physical pain or mental health problems acquired at work.”
www.torontotoday.ca/local/opinio...
www.torontotoday.ca/local/opinio...
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Poolside snacks for Ume, our endangered tapir calf, to make swim time a little more tempting!
April 22, 2025 at 6:53 PM
Poolside snacks for Ume, our endangered tapir calf, to make swim time a little more tempting!
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Absolutely, it is not either or, it is all harm reduction! We are all happy to come to the table.
It's really disheartening to see the new chief coroner fall back on the old saw of positioning harm reduction as somehow opposed to treatment. This represents a complete misunderstanding of what harm reduction is. We'll gladly come to any table you want to lay out, sir.
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
B.C.'s chief coroner looks at new approach to tackling the overdose crisis | CBC News
Nine years after the start of a public health emergency that has killed more than 16,000 people, B.C.'s new chief coroner says he wants to take a bit of a different approach.
www.cbc.ca
March 19, 2025 at 3:49 AM
Absolutely, it is not either or, it is all harm reduction! We are all happy to come to the table.
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Dr K Vanhaecht started as a nurse, became a researcher, a patient. He is now leading ambitious quality improvement of whole health systems in Belgium.
It’s inspirational at #qf25 in Vancouver. But seems a luxury when we don’t have enough beds, doctors, nurses, etc for patients.
Www.flaqum.org #qi
It’s inspirational at #qf25 in Vancouver. But seems a luxury when we don’t have enough beds, doctors, nurses, etc for patients.
Www.flaqum.org #qi
March 12, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Dr K Vanhaecht started as a nurse, became a researcher, a patient. He is now leading ambitious quality improvement of whole health systems in Belgium.
It’s inspirational at #qf25 in Vancouver. But seems a luxury when we don’t have enough beds, doctors, nurses, etc for patients.
Www.flaqum.org #qi
It’s inspirational at #qf25 in Vancouver. But seems a luxury when we don’t have enough beds, doctors, nurses, etc for patients.
Www.flaqum.org #qi
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Mark your calendars! 🗓️🔴
A total #LunarEclipse on March 13-14 will turn the Moon deep red with the best views from the Americas.
Step outside, take a deep breath, and look up 🔭🧪
science.nasa.gov/sol...
A total #LunarEclipse on March 13-14 will turn the Moon deep red with the best views from the Americas.
Step outside, take a deep breath, and look up 🔭🧪
science.nasa.gov/sol...
What You Need To Know About the March 2025 Total Lunar Eclipse - NASA Science
A total lunar eclipse will tint the Moon red-orange on the night of March 13 or early in the morning on March 14, depending on your time zone.
science.nasa.gov
March 10, 2025 at 11:19 PM
Mark your calendars! 🗓️🔴
A total #LunarEclipse on March 13-14 will turn the Moon deep red with the best views from the Americas.
Step outside, take a deep breath, and look up 🔭🧪
science.nasa.gov/sol...
A total #LunarEclipse on March 13-14 will turn the Moon deep red with the best views from the Americas.
Step outside, take a deep breath, and look up 🔭🧪
science.nasa.gov/sol...
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We are Canadian! 🇨🇦
www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Lzh...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Lzh...
We are Canadian.
YouTube video by Average Joes
www.youtube.com
March 6, 2025 at 3:29 AM
We are Canadian! 🇨🇦
www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Lzh...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Lzh...
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I just made a donation to Women's Shelters Canada in advance of Canadian Women Physicians Day (March 11) with Canadian Women in Medicine. You can too! #charity #womensshelters #canada
www.canadahelps.org/en/pages/can...
www.canadahelps.org/en/pages/can...
Canadian Women Physicians Day (CWPD) Charity Fundraiser!
Canadian women+ physicians are invited to donate! Donors will be entered into a prize draw. The more you donate, the more entries you get!
www.canadahelps.org
March 5, 2025 at 5:47 AM
I just made a donation to Women's Shelters Canada in advance of Canadian Women Physicians Day (March 11) with Canadian Women in Medicine. You can too! #charity #womensshelters #canada
www.canadahelps.org/en/pages/can...
www.canadahelps.org/en/pages/can...
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Bryce Canyon National Park 🇺🇲
February 21, 2025 at 2:32 PM
Bryce Canyon National Park 🇺🇲
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Having hard conversations: Advance care planning, serious illness conversations, & goals of care discussions with oncology patients
www.cfp.ca/content/71/2...
This paper addresses some challenges navigating from ACP to get to goal-concordant care, improved QoL
#palliative #goalsofcare #ACP
www.cfp.ca/content/71/2...
This paper addresses some challenges navigating from ACP to get to goal-concordant care, improved QoL
#palliative #goalsofcare #ACP
February 19, 2025 at 7:06 PM
Having hard conversations: Advance care planning, serious illness conversations, & goals of care discussions with oncology patients
www.cfp.ca/content/71/2...
This paper addresses some challenges navigating from ACP to get to goal-concordant care, improved QoL
#palliative #goalsofcare #ACP
www.cfp.ca/content/71/2...
This paper addresses some challenges navigating from ACP to get to goal-concordant care, improved QoL
#palliative #goalsofcare #ACP
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The root that tears apart your foundation begins as a seed of distrust, hate, and blame.
The seed that grew into a dictatorship in Europe didn’t arrive overnight.
It started with everyday Germans mad about inflation and looking for someone to blame.
The seed that grew into a dictatorship in Europe didn’t arrive overnight.
It started with everyday Germans mad about inflation and looking for someone to blame.
February 19, 2025 at 6:44 PM
The root that tears apart your foundation begins as a seed of distrust, hate, and blame.
The seed that grew into a dictatorship in Europe didn’t arrive overnight.
It started with everyday Germans mad about inflation and looking for someone to blame.
The seed that grew into a dictatorship in Europe didn’t arrive overnight.
It started with everyday Germans mad about inflation and looking for someone to blame.
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👏 @drugdatadecoded.ca + @zoedodd.bsky.social 👏
“While they preach the values of treatment and rehabilitation for drug users, they abandon those seeking help—leaving them with long wait times, unregulated facilities, and predatory private operators eager to cash in.”
breachmedia.ca/media-politi...
“While they preach the values of treatment and rehabilitation for drug users, they abandon those seeking help—leaving them with long wait times, unregulated facilities, and predatory private operators eager to cash in.”
breachmedia.ca/media-politi...
Media, politicians are rebranding coercion against drug users as ‘care’ ⋆ The Breach
Governments are using forced abstinence to hide their failures—and our biggest papers are helping them
breachmedia.ca
February 18, 2025 at 4:51 PM
👏 @drugdatadecoded.ca + @zoedodd.bsky.social 👏
“While they preach the values of treatment and rehabilitation for drug users, they abandon those seeking help—leaving them with long wait times, unregulated facilities, and predatory private operators eager to cash in.”
breachmedia.ca/media-politi...
“While they preach the values of treatment and rehabilitation for drug users, they abandon those seeking help—leaving them with long wait times, unregulated facilities, and predatory private operators eager to cash in.”
breachmedia.ca/media-politi...
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The UCP's forced abstinence legislation (Compassionate Intervention Act) is intended to be modeled after Alberta's forced abstinence legislation for youth (PChAD Act).
They didn't mention a statistic that should give everyone serious pause: 41% of youth forced through PChAD are Indigenous. 1/
They didn't mention a statistic that should give everyone serious pause: 41% of youth forced through PChAD are Indigenous. 1/
February 15, 2025 at 5:46 PM
The UCP's forced abstinence legislation (Compassionate Intervention Act) is intended to be modeled after Alberta's forced abstinence legislation for youth (PChAD Act).
They didn't mention a statistic that should give everyone serious pause: 41% of youth forced through PChAD are Indigenous. 1/
They didn't mention a statistic that should give everyone serious pause: 41% of youth forced through PChAD are Indigenous. 1/
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Bottom to top:
Cardinal, Mutable, Fixed
Cardinal, Mutable, Fixed
February 17, 2025 at 3:10 AM
Bottom to top:
Cardinal, Mutable, Fixed
Cardinal, Mutable, Fixed