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B.C. anti-vaccine nurses have union complaint dismissed by labour boardThey claimed the BC Nurses Union "represented them in an arbitrary, discriminatory, and bad faith manner" but the labour board didn't agree.HealthApr 25, 2023
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Vancouver Island homeless population grappling with rare bacterial infectionHaemophilus Influenzae Type B (HIB), which is not related to the influenza virus, has infected at least eight unhoused people on Vancouver Island and led to at least one death.HealthDec 5, 2022
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Summer drowning incidents in B.C. up from 2019: Emergency Health ServicesAccording to Emergency Health Services, paramedics across B.C. have responded to 159 incidents so far this summer, up from 138 last year.Aug 18, 2020
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Coronavirus: B.C. says no, again, on releasing COVID-19 numbers for cities or regional districtsSince the pandemic began, B.C. has issued only statistics for its five health regions: Vancouver Coastal, Fraser, Vancouver Island, Interior and Northern.May 23, 2020
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Island Health confirms case of tuberculosis in VictoriaThe health authority says those potentially exposed at two hostels in the city have been notified.HealthApr 4, 2019
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Vancouver Island baby rushed to hospital after putting caterpillar in mouthA Nanaimo mother is warning other parents after her eight-month-old daughter was rushed to hospital after she put a caterpillar in her mouth.HealthJun 6, 2018
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Vancouver Island drug sites see 100K visits, Nanaimo councillor calls for moreSince Vancouver Island opened its first overdose prevention site in 2016 the region's harm reduction facilities have seen more than 100,000 visits.Apr 5, 2018
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