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Why Danielle Smith’s Massive Health Reorganization …

WebJust over 15 years after the creation of Alberta Health Services, which centralized health authority at the provincial level, Premier Danielle Smith is promising to …

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A Police Wellness Check Left Me Terrified and …

WebHussein N. Shire is a freelance writer and an advocate for reforming wellness checks. Wellness checks, theoretically, give anyone the power to unleash multiple armed …

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A Brief History of Masks, Through Plagues and Pandemics

WebIn the 1980s and 1990s, mask-wearing increased to prevent allergies, as allergy to cedar pollen became a growing problem. In the late 1980s, the effectiveness of …

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Telus and the Politics of Privatized Health Care The Tyee

WebIn December The Tyee broke the news that Island Health, the provincial government body that provides health care on and around Vancouver Island, had …

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BC Introduces Canada’s First Mandatory Nurse-to-Patient …

WebMichelle Gamage is The Tyee’s health reporter. This reporting beat is made possible by the Local Journalism Initiative. The BC Nurses’ Union rallies in June after it …

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INFOGRAPHICS: How BC’s Medical Resources Stack Up

WebOur province has a total population of 5 million people: as of April 1 we have had more than 1,000 confirmed cases of COVID-19 (though many suspected cases …

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Fixing the Crisis in Public Health The Tyee

WebAccording to the Canadian Institute for Health Information, total health spending in 2022 was expected to reach $331 billion, or $8,563 per capita. Hospitals got …

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WebOriginal reporting, commentary and analysis on health care and health-related news with a focus on British Columbia from one of Canada's leading independent news websites.

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Marshall Smith and the Recovery Success That Wasn’t

WebThe top aide to Alberta’s premier ran a BC treatment centre blasted by a newly revealed 2011 internal government report. Paul Willcocks is a senior editor at The …

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First Nations Life Expectancy Has Plummeted. How to …

WebDue to the toxic drug crisis and later the COVID-19 pandemic, life expectancy for First Nations people in British Columbia decreased by 7.1 years between 2015 to …

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BC Government Backs National Pharmacare Launch The Tyee

WebAndrew MacLeod 1 Mar 2024 The Tyee. Andrew MacLeod is The Tyee's legislative bureau chief in Victoria and the author of All Together Healthy (Douglas & McIntyre, 2018). Find …

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We’re Making a Terrible Mistake on MAID and Mental Illness

WebFalse autonomy and false compassion. As a society, we take comfort that MAID is provided for compassionate relief from suffering. Individually, MAID has been …

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BC Aims to Revamp Senior Care. The First Step Stirs Controversy

WebIn the February 2020 report “ A Billion Reasons to Care ,” B.C. Seniors Advocate Isobel Mackenzie found that despite receiving similar funding from the …

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Health Workers Are Facing Record Levels of Violence The Tyee

WebHealth-care workers are facing a rising tide of violence in B.C.’s two largest health authorities. Announcements, Events & more from Tyee and select partners. The …

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Smith Just Exploded Alberta Health Care. What Comes Next

WebGraham Thomson 14 Nov 2023 The Tyee. Graham Thomson is an award-winning Edmonton-based columnist who has covered Alberta politics for more than 30 years. A …

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How BC Is Making Fools of Past Health Spending Alarmists

WebResult: Between 2001 and 2017, the amount BC Liberals spent per capita on social services rose from $841 to just $873. That’s a total increase of 3.8 per cent. …

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Lobbyists, Telus and BC Health Care The Tyee

WebB.C. Health Minister Adrian Dix has been unavailable for an interview. Telus, a company worth $35.8 billion with Vancouver headquarters, has expanded into health …

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Chewing on Solutions to BC’s Dental Shortage The Tyee

WebNews Indigenous Health Education Chewing on Solutions to BC’s Dental Shortage Canada’s population is growing, aging and requiring more care as many …

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Exclusive: Telus Handed BC Contract to Provide Eating Disorders …

WebSonia Furstenau, BC Green leader and MLA for Cowichan Valley, said Island Health awarding Telus a contract to provide eating disorder services is outrageous. …

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