Today is #InternationalWomensDay. Women represent a majority of the healthcare workforce in Canada, and we want to recognize all the exceptional women across the departments of Royal Columbian, showing strength, compassion, and dedication to exceptional patient care. #IWD
NEW - British Columbia has the first case of AY 4.2. This is a Delta variant evolution. It is seen as potentially more transmissible. The vaccine works against it. #bcpoli
ICYMI Burrard Bridge is currently closed into tomorrow as a precaution due to the risk of the barge at Sunset Beach coming loose and colliding with the bridge. Plans are underway to attempt to tow the barge off the shore tomorrow afternoon in line with high tide.
JUST IN: Abbotsford holding a news conference at 9 p.m. "Conditions within the Sumas Prairie within the last hour have escalated and pose a significant risk to life due to the imminent failure of the Barrowtown Pump Station." Anyone who has not left must go now, officials urge.
This event is anticipated to be catastrophic. Residents remaining and can’t evacuate safely are requested to call 911 and report their location immediately.
!!! EMERGENCY UPDATE: The Cit The City of Abbotsford is issuing an immediate & urgent notice to all residents that did not yet evacuate Sumas Prairie to evacuate immediately. Conditions within tSumas Prairie within the last hour have escalated & pose a significant risk to life.
Deplorable donations. The shocking things some people give to @VanFoodBank.
Tonight on @GlobalBC News at 11: The contributions they could really use right now.
Gardening is an innovative new form of therapy at Royal Columbian.
The Mental Health and Substance Use Wellness Centre staff have been weaving therapeutic themes through #gardening, helping patients identify activities that can improve mood & reduce stress/anxiety.
It was a ‘heartbreaking’ scene as some cancer patients were forced to get out of cars & walk through a majority of unmasked, angry crowds in order to make their appointments.
"There’s nobody with lower immune systems than people undergoing chemotherapy.” https://t.co/uAoe1ftgEc
If you give birth unexpectedly before the arrival of any assistance, leave the umbilical cord until help arrives. No need to use dirty old shoe/ face mask strings or phone charger cables. Emergency service workers, can we stop advising the parents to do this please?
#PortCoquitlamBC
A pop-up vaccine clinic today is set up at the Farmers Market from 3pm to 7pm. Visit the booth to get your first or second dose w/o appointment.
Head to 200 2253 Leigh Square Place
@mikefarnworthbc#VaxForBC
As we need food when we are hungry, we also need joy and positivity when there is gloominess. From my cabin in the wilderness of the Yukon, I am sending joy, hope and positivity across Canada and beyond.
I’m a Pediatrician = ❤️👶🏽🧑🏻👩🏾. I have worked in Children’s Hospitals, on medivac teams and now in the North. These are my thoughts on what we are facing with #Delta going into the fall
His name is Asher. He has the ❤ of a giant and the courage of a warrior. In a couple weeks four top brain surgeons will try to correct his tumor. Please send positive love and RT. #Asher