News Items tag as: The Tyee

‘Don’t overthink it’: A guide to getting your 2nd dose in B.C.
June 15, 2021 - 6:00 AM

If you’re among the 280,000 British Columbians who received AstraZeneca as their first vaccine dose, the chance to choose your second dose could feel more confusing than empowering.
Surgery is more dangerous for Indigenous people and it needn’t be
June 11, 2021 - 9:00 PM

Indigenous patients in Canada are 30 per cent more likely to die after surgery than other patients, according to new research. And that’s not going to change without transformational change to address anti-Indigenous racism in health-care systems in B.C. and across Canada, according to the first First Nations woman surgeon in Canada.
BC’s opioid substitution system isn’t a system at all, say frontliners
June 11, 2021 - 7:00 PM

Laura Shaver’s phone rings at all hours. It rings when she and her partner are dealing with mould in their apartment, interrupting texts to their landlord. Calls from Ontario come in at six in the morning, where it’s already an acceptable time to do business but Shaver is still asleep.
‘A Matter of Trust’: The grim reality behind Indigenous vaccine fears
February 22, 2021 - 6:00 AM

Devin Sampare is clear that he’s not an anti-vaxxer.
‘This can really save someone’s life’: Some B.C. nurses soon able to prescribe opioid substitute
February 11, 2021 - 8:00 PM

Working in small northern and interior First Nations communities scattered across hills and winding valleys, registered nurse Kate Hodgson says finding treatment options for people who use substances can be just as difficult as navigating the landscape itself.
BC’s safer drug supply program too slow to start and not working, users say
January 22, 2021 - 7:00 PM

On Christmas Day, Jess Lamb needed three injectable vials of naloxone to revive her partner from a fentanyl overdose in their home.
B.C.’s midwives on brink of burnout crisis
December 11, 2020 - 6:30 AM

British Columbia’s 300 midwives are calling on the province for support and better pay as the pandemic stretches them to the breaking point.
B.C. researchers call for plan to keep COVID-19 patients in ICU from ending up back in hospital
November 23, 2020 - 6:00 PM

British Columbia needs to act now to ensure people released from intensive care after COVID-19 treatment don’t end up back in hospital beds within months, according to a University of British Columbia researcher.
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Popular spots to enjoy ramen in Okanagan, Kamloops
Fall is here and the weather is turning colder so many are turning to comfort foods in the Okanagan and Kamloops. A warm, hearty soup is a definite go-to during the chilly seasons and one particular style, ramen, is becoming more and more p

Study says city policies drastically increase housing costs in Kamloops, Okanagan
A research paper explored how municipal government policies increase the cost of housing in B.C., and it showed that 40 per cent of a home’s cost in Kamloops and the Okanagan was due to the “zoning effect”. While at Simon

Kelowna trailer park residents face 'demoviction' from their affordable homes
Walking into Central Mobile Home Park in Kelowna you see well kept yards, towering evergreen trees, people walking their dogs and chatting with neighbours. The community of mostly seniors is slated to razed to make space for redevelopment but the

News Items tag as: The Tyee

‘Don’t overthink it’: A guide to getting your 2nd dose in B.C.

Surgery is more dangerous for Indigenous people and it needn’t be

BC’s opioid substitution system isn’t a system at all, say frontliners

‘A Matter of Trust’: The grim reality behind Indigenous vaccine fears

‘This can really save someone’s life’: Some B.C. nurses soon able to prescribe opioid substitute

BC’s safer drug supply program too slow to start and not working, users say

B.C.’s midwives on brink of burnout crisis

B.C. researchers call for plan to keep COVID-19 patients in ICU from ending up back in hospital

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