Tag Archives: Health
Complex-care housing locations to support nearly 100 of B.C.'s most vulnerable
VICTORIA - Four complex-care housing locations opening in Surrey, Abbotsford and Vancouver will provide 98 new spaces, supporting people with overlapping mental health, substance abuse, trauma and bra...
Jan 20, 2022
Parking fees to return to B.C. hospitals
VICTORIA - Hospitals in B.C. will begin charging for parking for visitors, staff and some patients after waiving fees since April 1, 2020.Free parking at provincial health-care facilities will continu...
Jan 20, 2022
Officials optimistic treatments will help ease COVID strain on Canada's health system
With COVID-19 hospitalizations in Canada still threatening to overwhelm the health-care system, officials hope two antiviral treatments could help ease the strain. A new study published in the Canadia...
Jan 20, 2022
Barriere and Ashcroft among Interior communities concerned with staffing-related health service disruptions
KAMLOOPS - A myriad of staffing changes and closures announced by Interior Health (IH) on Tuesday (Jan. 18) were made in response to Omicron-driven staffing impacts. (See previous story here.)Dependin...
Jan 19, 2022
Provincial COVID-19 hospitalizations climb to 895 Wednesday, 13 new virus-related deaths recorded
VICTORIA - Hospitalizations continue to climb in B.C, with the province reporting 895 people in hospital Wednesday (Jan. 19), up 41 from the previous day. The amount of people in intensive care also g...
Jan 19, 2022
Gyms re-opening soon with adjusted restrictions, still asking for facility transmission data
KAMLOOPS - Most of the provincial restrictions announced back in December are staying in effect for now, but fitness facilities will soon be allowed to re-open on Thursday (Jan. 20).Gyms and fitness c...
Jan 18, 2022
The 22 Day Challenge
Bestie and I are at it again – this time we decided to do a 22 Day Challenge to honour 2022. The idea is to do action items for 22 days in a row. Personally, I love the chemical rush of ch...
Stephanie Staples Jan 18, 2022
2021 was the busiest year on record for BC's ambulance paramedics
VANCOUVER - Last year was the busiest on record in terms of calls for ambulance service, according to the union that represents the province's paramedics.In a media release, President of the Ambulance...
Jan 18, 2022
B.C. extends health orders on gatherings, gyms, and bars; COVID-19 hospitalizations surpass 800
VICTORIA - In its COVID-19 pandemic update for Monday (Jan. 17), the B.C. government announced the provincial health officer's orders on gatherings and events, and restrictions on gyms and fitness cen...
Jan 17, 2022
Doctor’s note no longer required for gender marker change in B.C.
VICTORIA - Transgender, two-spirit and non binary people 12 years and older in B.C. will no longer have to supply a note from a medical professional to change the gender marker on their ID as of Jan. ...
Jan 14, 2022
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