The world turns on a dime, and health-care workers are there I had a heart attack and my world turned on a dime. It happened around 9:20 a.m.
Two days later, I was home. It’s easy to ask: “Why me?” The answer according to my cardiologist: “Age and genetics.” I observed first-hand these dedicated professionals work tirelessly during my stay with care and compassion under very difficult circumstances. I know our health-care first responders have been working short-staffed under very stressful circumstances over the past few years with very little positive public feedback.
Although the proposal lists 57 leash-optional parks, only 11 of those parks and one beach would be fully off-leash, and seven of those take 10 minutes or less to walk through. Another letter by a senior executive in the health care system that says absolutely nothing new. In this instance, it was Dr. Ben Williams, vice-president medicine, quality, research and chief medical officer Island Health.
Drew Snider’s commentary recommends conversation for bridging the chasm between the ”two solitudes” of street people and the rest of the population. How can we be good neighbours? According to Fred Rogers, “in times of stress, the best thing we can do for each other is to listen with our ears and our hearts and to be assured that our questions are just as important as our answers.”
The former B.C. Housing CEO Shayne Ramsay broke conflict-of-interest rules by giving millions to his wife’s Atira Resources Society without proper documentation or oversight.