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Record number of hospitalizations as COVID and flu season peaks

Record number of hospitalizations as COVID and flu season peaks

Health Minister Adrian Dix and provincial health officer Dr. Bonnie Henry said cases of Influenza A and RSV have been “steadily increasing over the last few weeks”
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Nurse liaison aims to help queer community feel supported in hospital

Nurse liaison aims to help queer community feel supported in hospital

Island Health created the position to reduce barriers for LGBTQ+ people in accessing health care
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B.C. to provide at-home self-screening tests for cervical cancer

B.C. to provide at-home self-screening tests for cervical cancer

The goal is to phase out Pap tests for more effective HPV testing.
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Port Alberni mourns former councillor who died in New Zealand crash

Port Alberni mourns former councillor who died in New Zealand crash

Helen Poon, 34, who served on city council for one term and ran unsuccessfully for the B.C. Liberals in the Mid-Island Pacific Rim riding in the 2020 election, died Jan. 4
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Education a lifeline for Afghan sisters studying in Victoria

Education a lifeline for Afghan sisters studying in Victoria

Scholarship allowed the sisters to escape heavily restricted lives in Afghanistan, after a bombing at one of their schools in Kabul killed 52 students
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Health minister expects even bigger demands on health-care system in 2024

Health minister expects even bigger demands on health-care system in 2024

But Adrian Dix says the province is moving in the right direction, with new hirings of doctors, nurses and other health professionals, as well as more surgeries and tests
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Community recruitment team draws 44 family doctors to Comox Valley

Community recruitment team draws 44 family doctors to Comox Valley

The number of residents in the region without a family doctor has dropped dramatically, from 19 per cent to three per cent
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B.C. premier says faster progress needed on cancer care delivery

B.C. premier says faster progress needed on cancer care delivery

B.C. Premier David Eby says province will take every step necessary to improve wait times for referrals and treatment.
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Parks Canada says 84 deer killed in $834,000 cull using helicopter

Parks Canada says 84 deer killed in $834,000 cull using helicopter

A second phase of ground hunting is expected to take place between the fall of 2024 and spring of 2025
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Playground attack: Response to sexual assault on school field reveals gaps in system

Playground attack: Response to sexual assault on school field reveals gaps in system

The parents of a Grade 7 student who was sexually assaulted by a group of Grade 8 boys on a school playing field say the school district was woefully ill-equipped to deal with the situation.
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