Category Archives: Health

Being In Nature Is Good For Us

Originally published on Cortes Radio.ca

Most of us intuitive understand that being in nature is good for us. On Friday May 22 Helen Hall joined Manda Aufochs Gillespie on Folk University’s Friday Folk U Talk Show on CKTZ 89.5 FM to explain just how true this is according to the research. 

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Campbell River’s Overdose Prevention Services Challenged

Campbell River Mirror, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter

Limited services for people who use drugs by smoking them in Campbell River is a serious challenge that needs to be addressed immediately, according to the community’s outgoing provider of overdose prevention services (OPS). 

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Albert Bay COVID cases go from 30 To Zero

By Zoë Ducklow, North Island Gazette, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter

Thanks to the efforts of dedicated health care workers, the cases of COVID-19 on Cormorant Island went from 30 to zero over four weeks.

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Kingcome Inlet Will Remain Isolated

North Island Gazette, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter

The Dzawad’enuwx First Nation in Kingcome Inlet, a small community on the mainland across from northern Vancouver Island has been on lockdown since April 17 due to concerns about the novel coronavirus.

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