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Michelle Gamage
Making it easier in Canada to talk about drinking too much
Canada has a drinking problem. The country is wealthy, has a culture of drinking, has…
The potentially high risks of alternative healthcare in Canada
Alternative health care is on the rise in Canada, and with it, the risks associated…
BC’s health-care worker shortage is hurting patients
Health-care worker shortages are impacting the well-being of patients and employees in British Columbia. More…
Most British Columbians are way overdue for their COVID boosters
Right now the National Advisory Committee on Immunization recommends people get an updated COVID vaccine…
Green Party leader Elizabeth May on her stroke, and lack of family doctor
Elizabeth May was standing on the University of Victoria auditorium stage on June 29, congratulating…
‘DULF, as we knew it, is dead’: BC compassion club raided by police
Before a police raid shut down a compassion club that offered tested heroine, cocaine and…
BC updates its opioid use disorder treatment guidelines
Doctors in British Columbia have a new set of clinical guidelines for treating opioid use…
BC drug users and advocates issue a warning about xylazine
It took only one puff of drugs cut with xylazine to knock the tall, solidly…
How often are vulnerable adults unlawfully detained in BC?
A B.C. law meant to help vulnerable adults in emergency situations may have been unintentionally…
BC’s COVID pandemic health-care heroes
A new oral history project is documenting the personal stories of hardship and sacrifice endured…
BC’s cops weren’t fully prepared for drug decriminalization
When British Columbia’s drug decriminalization pilot project came into force earlier this year, only two-thirds…
Reducing the forever chemicals in the food we eat
British Columbia doesn’t currently test agricultural soils for per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, also known as…
Chewing on solutions to BC’s dental shortage
Remote and rural communities in B.C. are currently facing a shortage of dentists, according to…
Vancouver’s Drug User Liberation Front saved lives by distributing tested drugs
Research first published informally by Vancouver’s Drug User Liberation Front has now been published in…
First Nations life expectancy has plummeted in BC. How to change that
Due to the toxic drug crisis and later the COVID-19 pandemic, life expectancy for First…