Amidst news of record breaking reports of new cases throughout British Columbia, North Vancouver Island continues to remain relatively COVID free.
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Vancouver’s first indoor overdose prevention site outside the Eastside
By Moira Wyton, The Tyee, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
People who use drugs and harm reduction advocates were celebrating as Vancouver’s first indoor overdose prevention site outside the Downtown Eastside was approved in a seven-to-four vote by city council Tuesday.
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First Nations grapple with COVID-19
the Discourse, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
As of July 31, the percentage of First Nations individuals living on reserve reported positive for COVID-19 was one-quarter of the rate of the general Canadian population, according to Indigenous Services Canada (ISC). “The work that communities have done, to ensure the safety of their citizens, of their Elders and of their communities generally has been phenomenal,” says Dr. Shannon McDonald, who is the Chief Medical Officer at the First Nations Health Authority (FNHA). McDonald is Metis and Anishinabe, and introduces herself as a guest on Tsawout territory. But as COVID-19 cases continue to increase across B.C., several First Nations have also announced increasing numbers of positive COVID-19 cases.
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only two new cases in North Vancouver Island last week
Though the numbers are still rising, there are still fewer deaths and and hospitalizations in the second wave of COVID 19. There were 968 cases reported in British Columbia last week. The majority were in the Fraser and North Coast Health Regions. Vancouver Island continues to report the lowest numbers in the province and there were only two new cases in North Vancouver Island last week.
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Election 2020: Fixing the Mental Health System
By Moira Wyton, The Tyee, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
Experts and advocates are hoping the next B.C. government will focus on expanding preventative mental health-care services and overhauling the aging and “outdated” Mental Health Act to protect individual dignity in care.
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