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Early provincial election call bad for democracy: VIU prof (opens the original)
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Premier David Eby calling a snap provincial election two years into a four-year mandate and on top of municipal elections is “bad for democracy,” says a Vancouver Island University professor with expertise in democratic institutions. Michael MacKenzie, who holds the university’s Jarislowsky Chair in Trust and Political Leadership, said calling a provincial election amid municipal elections is “disrespectful” to municipal election candidates. On Oct. 17 voters will vote for representatives for
UVic to offer testing of unregulated drugs after student’s fatal overdose (opens the original)
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Students at the University of Victoria will be able to have their unregulated drugs checked this fall at pop-up booths or via a drop box where they can anonymously leave substances for same-day testing, as part of an overdose-prevention pilot project. The university says the pop-ups will happen several times a year while the drop box will be available year-round at the Student Wellness Centre in the Student Union Building. “Our goal is to help ensure students have the best information available
B.C. college licensed 1,200 internationally trained docs last year: minister (opens the original)
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About 1,200 internationally trained doctors received licences from the College of Physicians and Surgeons of B.C. last year, Health Minister Ravi Kahlon said outside the Union of B.C. Municipalities meeting in Vancouver on Thursday. That brings the number of internationally trained doctors licensed to work in B.C. to 6,000 as of July. As of Aug. 31, B.C. had about 17,000 licensed doctors overall. Kahlon said B.C. is leading the country in attracting health-care professionals. He was promoting t
Two brothers came from Iran as teens. Now they operate on cancer patients in Victoria (opens the original)
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When Victoria’s Shaveeta Jnagal was diagnosed with colorectal cancer at age 32, everyone told her she was at least fortunate to have Dr. Khorasani assigned to her case. “I’d tell people my surgeon was Dr. Khorasani, and they’d say: ‘You’re so lucky, he’s the best!’ ” “Then they’d ask: ‘Which brother do you have?’ ” “I was like: ‘What, there’s brothers? Surgeon brothers? In the same hospitals? That’s crazy!’ ” It turned out her physician was Dr. Sepehr Khorasani, who specializes in colorectal su
Island rallies to call for fairer federal funding for B.C. Ferries (opens the original)
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Courtenay–Alberni MP Gord Johns is raising the alarm about impending ferry fare increases in rallies across Vancouver Island starting Monday, calling for the federal government to provide the same level of funding for B.C. Ferries as it does Atlantic Canada ferries. The federal government covers 43 per cent of ferry costs on the East Coast and just three per cent in B.C., said the NDP MP, who raised the issue in the House in May. The rallies begin in Port Alberni on Monday and conclude with stop
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