Break out the bug spray! Serious illness prompts mosquito study in the Sea to Sky region, today in The Watershed: https://www.lionsbaywatershed.ca/post/sea-to-sky-mosquito-study-underway
#LionsBayWatershed #LocalNews #BritishColumbia #SeaToSky #Mosquitos #LionsBay #VancouverCoastalHealth
Briefly: Payments to #BCNDP #BCPremier DavidEby’s #HealthAdvisor were #hidden under a numbered company in the annual sunshine list.
Penny Ballem, who is also chair of #VancouverCoastalHealth, billed nearly $300,000 last year, exceeding #HealthMinister #AdrianDix’s salary.
The #PublicAccounts also reveal payments to NDP-aligned #advertising agencies and high salaries to #CrownCorporation heads.
https://thebreaker.news/business/2024-ndp-public-accounts
#BCpoli #PublicHealth #BCNewDeathParty #BCNDPLegacyoOfDeath #HealthCareFailure #BCHealth
Overdose prevention site closes in Vancouver, temporary facility activated
The closure is due to the City of Vancouver choosing to not renew the lease for the Thomus Donaghy Overdose Prevention Site. which was announced in July 2023.
#globalnews #Health #CityofVancouver #OverdosePreventionSite #VancouverCoastalHealth
https://globalnews.ca/news/10399720/overdose-prevention-site-closes-vancouver/
Floods and fires: Climate change brings health risks, finds B.C. report
Dr. Patricia Daly says those risks from climate extremes are different in each community under the Vancouver Coastal Health Authority, which encompasses 1.25 million people.
#globalnews #Environment #Health #ClimateChange #VancouverCoastalHealth
https://globalnews.ca/news/10292216/climate-change-health-risks-bc-report/
Floods and fires: Climate change brings health risks, finds B.C. report
Dr. Patricia Daly says those risks from climate extremes are different in each community under the Vancouver Coastal Health Authority, which encompasses 1.25 million people.
#globalnews #Environment #Health #ClimateChange #VancouverCoastalHealth
https://globalnews.ca/news/10292216/climate-change-health-risks-bc-report/
B.C. officials warn of uptick in winter carbon monoxide poisonings
Vancouver Coastal Health said it sees an average of 31 emergency room visits due to carbon monoxide exposure during the colder months.
#globalnews #Health #CarbonMonoxide #Poisoning #VancouverCoastalHealth
https://globalnews.ca/news/10242439/carbon-monoxide-warning/
Vancouver resident says hospital discharging patients onto street bench
A resident said he regularly witnesses Vancouver General Hospital staff and security discharging patients onto a street bench.
#globalnews #Canada #Health #patientsdischarged #VancouverCoastalHealth
https://globalnews.ca/news/10240088/vancouver-resident-says-hospital-discharging-patients-street-bench/
Vancouver resident says hospital discharging patients onto street bench
A resident said he regularly witnesses Vancouver General Hospital staff and security discharging patients onto a street bench.
#globalnews #Canada #Health #patientsdischarged #VancouverCoastalHealth
https://globalnews.ca/news/10240088/vancouver-resident-says-hospital-discharging-patients-street-bench/
Vancouver resident says hospital discharging patients onto street bench
A resident said he regularly witnesses Vancouver General Hospital staff and security discharging patients onto a street bench.
#globalnews #Canada #Health #patientsdischarged #VancouverCoastalHealth
https://globalnews.ca/news/10240088/vancouver-resident-says-hospital-discharging-patients-street-bench/
The Tyee: Why DULF’s Founders Deserve Awards, Not Arrests https://thetyee.ca/Opinion/2023/11/21/DULF-Founders-Deserve-Awards-Not-Arrests/ #bcnews #TheTyee - via @tyee@mstdn.ca #MinisterofMentalHealthandAddictions #BCCoronersServiceDeathReviewPanel #VancouverPoliceDepartment #DrugUserLiberationFront #VancouverCoastalHealth #DULFVancouver #safesupply
The Tyee: DULF Organizers Arrested for Operating Safe Drug Compassion Club https://thetyee.ca/News/2023/10/26/DULF-Organizers-Arrested-Safe-Drug-Compassion-Club-VPD-BC-United/ #bcnews #TheTyee - via @tyee@mstdn.ca #MinisterofMentalHealthandAddictionsJenniferWhiteside #ControlledDrugsandSubstancesAct #DrugUserLiberationFrontDULF #VancouverPoliceDepartment #VancouverCoastalHealth #MikedeJongBCUnitedMLA #VancouverCityCouncil #Sgt.SteveAddisonVPD #CanadaCriminalCode #JeremyKalicumDULF #HealthCanada
The Tyee: 100 Cops, Not Even 10 Nurses https://thetyee.ca/News/2023/10/10/100-Cops-Not-Even-10-Nurses/ #bcnews #TheTyee - via @tyee@mstdn.ca #UrgentMentalHealthandSubstanceUseServiceEnhancementsFramework #VancouverPoliceChiefAdamPalmer #moderatede-escalationservice #VancouverPoliceDepartment #VancouverCoastalHealth #100mentalhealthnurses #VancouverPoliceUnion #TysonSingh-Kelsall #ABCpartyVancouver #BCMentalHealthAct #BCNurses’Union #AdrianeGear #Car87/88 #KenSim
The Tyee: How Ramping Up Drug Testing Could Save Lives https://thetyee.ca/News/2023/10/05/Ramping-Drug-Testing-Could-Save-Lives/ #bcnews #TheTyee - via @tyee@mstdn.ca #Fouriertransforminfraredspectrometer #VancouverIslandDrugCheckingProject #massspectrometerdrugtesting #VancouverDispensarySociety #BCCentreonSubstanceUse #drugtestinginVancouver #VancouverCoastalHealth #GetYourDrugsTested #BCCoronersService #BCtoxicdrugdeaths #Ramanspectrometer #benzodiazepines #880EHastings #carfentanil #fentanyl
Global News BC: First supervised injection site in North America marks 20th anniversary in Vancouver https://globalnews.ca/news/9962118/supervised-injection-site-anniversary-vancouver/ #globalnews #britishcolumbia #news #supervisedinjectionsite #VancouverCoastalHealth #safeconsumptionsite #BCoverdosecrisis #DowntownEastside #toxicdrugsupply #BCOpioidCrisis #OpioidCrisis #Health #Insite
Global News BC: She went to the hospital with suicidal thoughts. A clinician raised medically-assisted death https://globalnews.ca/news/9888810/suicidal-bc-woman-medically-assisted-death/ #globalnews #britishcolumbia #news #medicalassistanceindeath #MedicallyAssistedSuicide #VancouverGeneralHospital #medically-assisteddeath #VancouverCoastalHealth #whencanyouaccessMAID #MentalHealth #Depression #Health #MAID
The Tyee: What Happens When Youth Talk to Youth About Sex https://thetyee.ca/News/2023/08/01/What-Happens-Youth-Talk-Sex/ #bcnews #TheTyee - via @tyee@mstdn.ca #BoldLearningforUnderstandingSexualHealth #BChighschoolsexedcurriculum #VancouverCoastalHealthBLUSH #Comprehensivesexeducation #VancouverCoastalHealth #BCMinistryofEducation #BLUSHSaferSexyprogram #BCTeachersFederation #JustinvanWestenBLUSH #Sexeducationpolitics #TheoMicolinoBLUSH #MaddieBakerBLUSH #BCbirthcontrol #Sexpositivity #SOGI123
The Tyee: ‘This Is a Life or Death Facility and It Needs to Operate’ https://thetyee.ca/News/2023/07/27/Vancouver-Thomus-Donaghy-Overdose-Prevention-Site/ #bcnews #TheTyee - via @tyee@mstdn.ca #SarahBlythOverdosePreventionSociety #ThomusDonaghyOverdosePreventionSite #BCCentreonSubstanceUseGuyFelicella #VancouverCityCentreneighbourhood #VancouverCoun.PeterMeiszner #OneCityCoun.ChristineBoyle #BCCentreonSubstanceUse #VancouverCoastalHealth #VancouverCityCouncil #VancouverMayorKenSim
Global News BC: Vancouver won’t renew lease for controversial, ‘life-saving’ overdose prevention site https://globalnews.ca/news/9853680/yaletown-overdose-prevention-site-lease-expiry/ #globalnews #britishcolumbia #news #Yaletownoverdosepreventionsite #overdosepreventionVancouver #VancouverCoastalHealth #bctoxicdrugcrisis #VancouverPolitics #OneCityVancouver #BCOpioidCrisis #GuyFelicella #Politics #Yaletown #Health
Global News BC: Vancouver residents asked to track, report hot indoor temperatures https://globalnews.ca/news/9853552/vancouver-indoor-temperatures-survey/ #globalnews #britishcolumbia #news #indoortemperaturesurveyVancouver #VancouverCoastalHealth #extremeheatVancouver #vancouverhotweather #CityofVancouver #Environment #extremeheat #BCHeatDome
Global News BC: B.C. nurses, wildland firefighters owed thousands due to payment backlogs: Union https://globalnews.ca/news/9847796/nurses-firefighters-owed-thousands/ #globalnews #britishcolumbia #news #Nurses’BargainingAssociation #B.C.GeneralEmployees'Union #BCwildfirefirefighters #VancouverCoastalHealth #wildfirefirefighterpay #BCPublicServiceAgency #FraserHealthAuthority #BcPremierDavidEby #PremierDavidEby #BCgovernment #BCunionpay #Politics #BCunions #Canada #BCGEU #B.C.
