Due to the generous support of United Way’s donors on Vancouver Island and throughout the province of British Columbia, starting today bc211.ca is now available to help British Columbians across the province access support in their local community.
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National Blood Donor Week is typically a time to celebrate donors across the country. This year, however, Canadian Blood Services is focused on a critical need for blood donations and is urging Canadians to make an appointment right away to donate before July 1.
“Patients across the country need more donors to step forward for life-giving blood donations,” says Mark Donnison, vice president, donor relations. “We recently called on Canadians to fill more than 150,000 donation appointments by Canada’s 150th birthday to ensure that there is enough blood to meet patient needs throughout the summer. As of today, we’re not on track to meet that target, so we are pleading with Canadians to book an appointment to donate and replenish supplies before July 1.”
While teaching journalism and information technology for several years in a networked computer environment with Internet and email access at every workstation, I learned a lot about how to use powerful, but potentially distracting, electronic devices to increase students’ learning and productivity. Please note, though, that I last taught a high school class in 2000 and since then digital technology, and the opportunities and dangers it presents, have evolved greatly.
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“What Matters to You?” Day started in Norway in 2014, with the simple goal of encouraging meaningful conversations between patients, caregivers, and families, and their health care providers. BC liked the idea so much that they wanted to do it here, too and have designated June 6th as What Matters To You? Day to encourage participation by British Columbians.
Read MoreThe Comox Valley Regional District (CVRD), in conjunction with Island Health, has issued a boil water notice effective immediately due to a positive E. coli sample found in the Comox Reservoir. If E. coli is found anywhere within the water distribution system, Island Health requires a boil water notice to be issued. All users of the Comox Valley water system are instructed to boil their drinking water for one minute at a rolling boil. There are 45,000 users affected by this boil water notice including: the City of Courtenay, the Town of Comox, and the Comox Valley, Arden, Marsden/Camco, Greaves Crescent, and England Road water local service areas. (Please note: this boil water notice does not affect residents in the Village of Cumberland, Royston, Sandwick water system users, or those connected to the Black Creek-Oyster Bay water supply system). There are six water storage reservoirs in the Comox Valley water system and the outlet sample at the Comox Reservoir was positive for one count of E. coli. The CVRD has inspected the affected reservoir and has not identified any issues. Samples from all of the reservoirs will continue to be collected. Once there have been three consecutive samples that are clear of the bacteria, Island Health will issue a notice to the CVRD to lift the Boil Water Notice. Until then, all residents are instructed to boil their...
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Have some family fun while learning valuable safety skills on Friday, May 19 from 6:00 to 9:30 p.m. at the CVRD Aquatic Centre. The whole family can take part in a number of fun PFD games, contests and relays. Get your lifejacket or PFD inspected by one of our aquatics staff for free.
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Calling all workplaces! Register now to take part in a fun and free national event called the Commuter Challenge.
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Our club will be one of several tennis facilities across the country hosting Tennis Day in Canada programming and showcasing how easy and fun it is to get involved. Bring the whole family as players of all ages, levels and experience are welcome to join the excitement.
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Two days and 200km – the Cycle of Life Tour is set for 2017! With registration now open, volunteers at Comox Valley Hospice Society are encouraging other local riders to join this supported cycling tour which takes place this year on July 22nd and 23rd.
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Friday, April 28, 2017 at 7:00 PM in Room 203, Tyee Building at NIC The CV Jung Society presents “The Eternal Problem of Evil – Jung’s ‘Answer to Job’ Revisited” by Dr. Corrinne Allyson. The lecture is $20 for the public, and $15 for members. Dr. Allyson will use material from Jung’s great work “Answer to Job” and personal clinical work with a survivor of evil, to explore the eternal question, “How do we confront evil, and how do we engage with it?” The Comox Valley Jung Society will present a lecture “The Eternal Problem of Evil – Jung’s...
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