VICCR Central

Victoria Inner City COVID Response 🩺 Providing a more integrated, health-care and evidence-informed approach to Victoria's Inner City COVID response ⬇️

[VICCR Central @viccrcentral]

“It’s time we embraced a health-focused approach to substance use,” Stewart said...

#DrugDecriminalization #VICCR

https://t.co/YhHpe4EvfF

[VICCR Central @viccrcentral]

The #BackpackProject is still collecting donations!

https://t.co/LgPfwWYIGd

Items include but aren’t limited to: umbrellas, non-perishable foods high in protein, toiletry items, outdoor wear, gloves, and warm hats.

[BC Government News @BCGovNews]

Everyone in BC needs to limit travel in, out & between the Lower Mainland & Fraser Valley to essential travel only, until Nov 23. That means:
❌ postpone recreational & social travel
✅ regular travel for work or things like medical appointments is OK
https://t.co/6KR0jatmIb

[VICCR Central @viccrcentral]

The Backpack Project is still collecting items, and they now have 4 municipalities and 4 local businesses hosting donation boxes!

Hot items they are looking for: flashlights and batteries, camping gear, hand&foot warmers, Long Johns and socks.

https://t.co/brPzO0XYQe

[VICCR Central @viccrcentral]

- Remembrance Day -
Lest we forget all the lives sacrificed for peace.
Often forgotten are the thousands of indigenous people who served and the hundreds who lost their lives during 20th century wartime.

Read below:

https://t.co/7iU9sp73pe

[Keith Baldrey @keithbaldrey]

Here is the direct link to guidelines for the new public health order in Vancouver Coastal and Fraser Health: https://t.co/e0WS2zqXb2 #COVID19

[Keith Baldrey @keithbaldrey]

Are you sitting down? There are 589 new #COVID19 cases reported in B.C. And 104 now in hospital, 28 of them in ICU. Two deaths. As usual, about 68% of the new cases are in Fraser Health.

[Laurie Garrett @Laurie_Garrett]

In #Canada🇨🇦 there have cumulatively been 228,079 cases and 10,082 deaths.
In the USA🇺🇸 we've reached a dismal 8.9 million cases with 227,663 deaths.

Canada's total caseload is about = to our death toll.

Is it not long overdue for America to ask, "What is Canada doing right?"

[VICCR Central @viccrcentral]

Are you looking for a way to help your local community this fall?
Check out Backpack Project: Victoria BC

https://t.co/LgPfwWYIGd

GoFundMe:
https://t.co/uxlrXjzGD5

Meal Train for those who would like to make sandwiches or hot meals for Monday Meetings:
https://t.co/9OJ9aw8aMI

[VICCR Central @viccrcentral]

"...the mayor of Victoria has brought together a group of stakeholders – including the Capital Regional District, BC Housing and other nonprofit organizations – ... to house roughly 200 people currently living in tents by the end of this year."

#VICCR

https://t.co/7JQrALz3XU

[CHEK News @CHEK_News]

Victoria mayor wants to make patio expansions permanent after successful summer https://t.co/dRy1TDKekU

[BC Government News @BCGovNews]

In the last 2 weeks, daily #CovidBC cases fell 16%. Every action you take matters to keep our schools, workplaces & loved ones safe. Keep at it to bend the curve back down.
🧼 Clean your hands often
👥 Stick to your safe six
📏 Keep physically distancing
🤒 Stay home if sick

[Times Colonist @timescolonist]

B.C. Green leader calls for 'housing first' approach https://t.co/GGBEEs6ZzE

[VICCR Central @viccrcentral]

6 new ACT (Assertive Community Treatment) teams in the province, with one being in Victoria:

“They will provide flexible, individualized support...for adults with serious, complex and often persistent mental health challenges...”

#YYJ #VICCR

https://t.co/wFdgkb24nS

[Island Health @VanIslandHealth]

**𝐏𝐋𝐄𝐀𝐒𝐄 𝐒𝐇𝐀𝐑𝐄**
There has been an increase in overdoses in #Victoria.
Learn more about safer drug use: https://t.co/Ubv5lBYLG7

[VICCR Central @viccrcentral]

@politico Heartbroken

[VICCR Central @viccrcentral]

The Province has authorized registered nurses to prescribe pharmaceutical alternatives to illicit drugs, an important step in expanding access to safer drug supply. Much work remains to be done, but we are excited to see the Province is listening.

https://t.co/NlfJYFBl8L

[VICCR Central @viccrcentral]

“The Province is investing $1.6 billion in a fall and winter preparedness plan that will significantly build upon and strengthen measures that respond to the health-care requirements of COVID-19.”

#YYJ #VICCR #COVID19

https://t.co/Tf1uZO2haL

[VICCR Central @viccrcentral]

Listen: “Gregor Craigie spoke with with Victoria city councillor Charlayne Thornton-Joe about changes to the rules for homeless sheltering in city parks...”

#YYJ #VICCR #Homelessness

https://t.co/W5wY7QvFc8

[VICCR Central @viccrcentral]

Comment: Having a home is a basic human right https://t.co/tEsHe3AZED