Damara K
@kites-at-dawn.bsky.social
Behaviour Consultant, Mum, human
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The 'Living Wage' in Nanaimo has gone up nearly 50 percent in four years, showing the cost of living challenges across the region.
#nanaimo #livingwage #affordability
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#nanaimo #livingwage #affordability
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Living wage in Nanaimo increases again, up over $8 per hour in four years
NANAIMO - The hourly wage needed to afford just the basics in the Harbour City has increased once more in 2025...
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November 13, 2025 at 2:58 PM
The 'Living Wage' in Nanaimo has gone up nearly 50 percent in four years, showing the cost of living challenges across the region.
#nanaimo #livingwage #affordability
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#nanaimo #livingwage #affordability
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October 5, 2025 at 11:09 PM
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When youth get comprehensive sex ed they wait to have sex longer, have safer and healthier sex and face less sexual and physical violence in relationships. Which is why it's a problem that immigrant teenagers appear to be missing out on Canadian sex ed.
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Canada’s Sex Ed Is Leaving Immigrant Teens Behind | The Tyee
Teens’ contraceptive use has dropped, with the largest decrease reported by newcomers, according to a new study.
thetyee.ca
October 1, 2025 at 5:00 PM
When youth get comprehensive sex ed they wait to have sex longer, have safer and healthier sex and face less sexual and physical violence in relationships. Which is why it's a problem that immigrant teenagers appear to be missing out on Canadian sex ed.
Me for @thetyee.ca
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Me for @thetyee.ca
thetyee.ca/News/2025/09...
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Can one dose of LSD provide long-term relief from anxiety? New study suggests it's possible https://www.healthing.ca/anxiety/can-one-dose-of-lsd-provide-long-term-relief-from-anxiety-new-study-suggests-its-possible
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September 26, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Can one dose of LSD provide long-term relief from anxiety? New study suggests it's possible https://www.healthing.ca/anxiety/can-one-dose-of-lsd-provide-long-term-relief-from-anxiety-new-study-suggests-its-possible
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Quality employee–manager relationships are key to career success
Quality employee–manager relationships are key to career success - Susan M Hayward, Sophie Hennekam, Simon M Bury, 2025
This study investigated the relationship between the perceived quality of employee–manager relationships and workplace outcomes, and whether these differed between autistic and non-autistic employe...
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September 11, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Quality employee–manager relationships are key to career success
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From tacos to tempura, tracking Nanaimo's food truck scene is now much easier to digest.
The city recently debuted a new food truck scheduling program, featuring an online calendar.
#Nanaimo
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The city recently debuted a new food truck scheduling program, featuring an online calendar.
#Nanaimo
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Nanaimo Food truck location calendar goes live
NANAIMO - A new online calendar is dishing up dates of where Nanaimo's food trucks will be set up. On Aug. 1, ...
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August 10, 2025 at 1:54 PM
From tacos to tempura, tracking Nanaimo's food truck scene is now much easier to digest.
The city recently debuted a new food truck scheduling program, featuring an online calendar.
#Nanaimo
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The city recently debuted a new food truck scheduling program, featuring an online calendar.
#Nanaimo
nanaimonewsnow.com/2025/08/10/n...
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Rethinking CBT as the ‘gold standard’ of mental health treatment canadahealthwatch.ca/2025/07/10/r... by @charissaegger.bsky.social, @healthydebate.bsky.social
Rethinking CBT as the ‘gold standard’ of mental health treatment
Private insurance models are cited as one reason CBT has become so highly favoured
canadahealthwatch.ca
July 10, 2025 at 4:20 AM
Rethinking CBT as the ‘gold standard’ of mental health treatment canadahealthwatch.ca/2025/07/10/r... by @charissaegger.bsky.social, @healthydebate.bsky.social
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Does involuntary care work? Three B.C. residents share their personal stories https://vancouversun.com/health/does-involuntary-care-work-three-bc-residents-share-their-personal-stories
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July 7, 2025 at 4:12 PM
Does involuntary care work? Three B.C. residents share their personal stories https://vancouversun.com/health/does-involuntary-care-work-three-bc-residents-share-their-personal-stories
𝗠𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝗻𝗲𝘄𝘀 ⇢ CanadaHealthwatch.ca 🍁
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Applications are now open for a publicly funded IVF program.
The provincial health program was announced in last year's budget and has $68 million in funding for the next two years.
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The provincial health program was announced in last year's budget and has $68 million in funding for the next two years.
nanaimonewsnow.com/2025/07/02/p...
Publicly funded in vitro fertilization now available in B.C., offering up to $19,000
VANCOUVER - British Columbia has begun accepting applications for its publicly funded in vitro fertilization p...
nanaimonewsnow.com
July 2, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Applications are now open for a publicly funded IVF program.
The provincial health program was announced in last year's budget and has $68 million in funding for the next two years.
nanaimonewsnow.com/2025/07/02/p...
The provincial health program was announced in last year's budget and has $68 million in funding for the next two years.
nanaimonewsnow.com/2025/07/02/p...
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Vaccines are rigorously tested, they are effective, and they save lives. More than 150 million lives have been saved in the past 50 years thanks to vaccines!
But you may be worried about what's in them?
So, let’s break it down ⬇
But you may be worried about what's in them?
So, let’s break it down ⬇
June 10, 2025 at 8:44 AM
Vaccines are rigorously tested, they are effective, and they save lives. More than 150 million lives have been saved in the past 50 years thanks to vaccines!
But you may be worried about what's in them?
So, let’s break it down ⬇
But you may be worried about what's in them?
So, let’s break it down ⬇
I have fond memories of Gary from my days working in the Timbermen box office over several summers. RIP Gary
Tributes continue to pour in for Gary Dorland, a beloved member of the Nanaimo sports community who passed away earlier this week.
He was known as much for his selfless nature as he was his "grumpy" sense of humour.
#Nanaimo
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He was known as much for his selfless nature as he was his "grumpy" sense of humour.
#Nanaimo
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‘He was a good man:’ Nanaimo sports community mourns loss of legendary, ‘grumpy’ volunteer
NANAIMO - Gary Dorland is being remembered as a tireless volunteer, a former fire chief and the heartbeat of c...
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June 5, 2025 at 5:52 AM
I have fond memories of Gary from my days working in the Timbermen box office over several summers. RIP Gary
April 18, 2025 at 5:38 AM
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Rare unanimous support for B.C. bill on perinatal, postnatal mental health care www.thecanadianpressnews.ca/politics/rar... @cdnpress.bsky.social
𝗚𝗲𝘁 𝘄𝗲𝗲𝗸𝗹𝘆 𝘂𝗽𝗱𝗮𝘁𝗲𝘀: CanadaHealthwatch.ca/newsletter 🍁
𝗚𝗲𝘁 𝘄𝗲𝗲𝗸𝗹𝘆 𝘂𝗽𝗱𝗮𝘁𝗲𝘀: CanadaHealthwatch.ca/newsletter 🍁
March 13, 2025 at 3:33 AM
Rare unanimous support for B.C. bill on perinatal, postnatal mental health care www.thecanadianpressnews.ca/politics/rar... @cdnpress.bsky.social
𝗚𝗲𝘁 𝘄𝗲𝗲𝗸𝗹𝘆 𝘂𝗽𝗱𝗮𝘁𝗲𝘀: CanadaHealthwatch.ca/newsletter 🍁
𝗚𝗲𝘁 𝘄𝗲𝗲𝗸𝗹𝘆 𝘂𝗽𝗱𝗮𝘁𝗲𝘀: CanadaHealthwatch.ca/newsletter 🍁
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Rotten food, wild rabbits, and a closed business made the list of the most unusual and inappropriate 911 calls handled by B.C.'s emergency call services in 2024.
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Complaints about avocados and cologne make list of B.C.’s worst 911 calls
British Columbia's emergency call service has released its annual list of the most unusual and inappropriate 9...
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December 30, 2024 at 5:51 PM
Rotten food, wild rabbits, and a closed business made the list of the most unusual and inappropriate 911 calls handled by B.C.'s emergency call services in 2024.
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