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North Island hospital board hesitates to take advocacy role, despite rights and precedent

North Island hospital board hesitates to take advocacy role, despite rights and precedent

Nov 27, 2019 | Health Care

Should the Comox Strathcona Regional Hospital District board advocate for maintaining or upgrading health care services on the North Island? Some directors aren’t sure. But Discovery Islands Director Jim Abram says it’s a no-brainer

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The Week: Where did the Attorney General go; and, Trudeau’s middle ‘class’

The Week: Where did the Attorney General go; and, Trudeau’s middle ‘class’

Nov 22, 2019 | Commentary, News

Has the BC Attorney General’s office may have changed its view of the Town of Comox’s desire to alter the Mack Laing Trust? How else to explain the last eight months of dead silence?

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The Stolen Church now repaying history with new life in Merville

The Stolen Church now repaying history with new life in Merville

Nov 21, 2019 | News

Who says historic Comox Valley buildings from the early 1900s can’t be fully restored and recommissioned for future generations? Not Craig Freeman, who points to the second relocation and recent restoration of St. Mary’s Church

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Comox Valley climate activists join 1,700 discussion events worldwide

Comox Valley climate activists join 1,700 discussion events worldwide

Nov 21, 2019 | Environment, News

At a meeting with nearly 100 Comox Valley climate activists, Will Cole-Hamilton discussed global progress in solar and wind technologies, how the City of Courtenay has addressed climate change and why climate marches are so important

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Petition put to BC Legislature: restore North Island pathology

Petition put to BC Legislature: restore North Island pathology

Nov 20, 2019 | Health Care, News

North Island MLA Claire Trevena presented a petition signed by over 2,500 people to the BC Legislature Nov. 20 that calls for the return of onsite clinical pathologists’ services to the Campbell River Hospital and to investigate possible conflicts of interest within Island Health

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Comox Valley to discuss the climate crisis on Wednesday, Nov. 20

Comox Valley to discuss the climate crisis on Wednesday, Nov. 20

Nov 17, 2019 | Environment, News

The Comox Valley will join millions of people worldwide to talk about the reality of the climate crisis, what it means and what you can do. The local event will take place from 7 to 9 pm on Wednesday, Nov. 20 at the Comox United Church Hall

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BC’s logging practices called out by Comox Valley group

BC’s logging practices called out by Comox Valley group

Nov 11, 2019 | News

Supporters of Save Our Forests Team – Comox Valley (SOFT-CV) rallied outside Claire Trevena’s office in Campbell River to protest the provincial government’s continued logging of the last stands of productive old-growth on Vancouver Island

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Hospital district board debates advocacy role, doesn’t back off on retaining NI pathology

Hospital district board debates advocacy role, doesn’t back off on retaining NI pathology

Nov 7, 2019 | Health Care, News

Should the Comox Strathcona Regional Hospital District advocate for health care services on behalf of its constituents? Or is the district’s role limited to funding 40 percent of selected capital projects?

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Jesse Ketler, first woman to chair the Comox Valley Regional District Board

Jesse Ketler, first woman to chair the Comox Valley Regional District Board

Nov 7, 2019 | News

Cumberland Councillor Jesse Ketler will be the first woman to chair the Comox Valley Regional District board, and she defeated two male opponents to win the position

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As VIHA moves toward medical centralization, North Island worries about risks to public

As VIHA moves toward medical centralization, North Island worries about risks to public

Nov 5, 2019 | Health Care

Island Health’s plan to centralize clinical pathologist services in Victoria has angered some members of the Comox-Strathcona Regional Hospital Board, destabilized the lab workforce and worries North Island doctors who depend on getting quick results for their patients

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Curtis Road residents threaten legal action over sewage commission failure on odour issues

Curtis Road residents threaten legal action over sewage commission failure on odour issues

Nov 5, 2019 | News, sewage

Rural Comox Valley residents have threatened legal action against the Courtenay-Comox Sewage Commission over noxious odours emanating from the treatment plant near their homes on Curtis Road

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VIHA’S pathology plan: What’s at stake for patient care, lab technologists and assistants

VIHA’S pathology plan: What’s at stake for patient care, lab technologists and assistants

Nov 4, 2019 | Health Care

Imagine your child on the North Island is deathly sick and needs a diagnosis urgently. Would you rather there was a general pathologist onsite at your hospital to make that diagnosis, or would you wait a day a few days for it to come from Victoria?

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