Jessica R. Durling

Stakeholders hear how AI is being integrated in B.C. health care - Nanaimo News Bulletin Practical applications discussed at last week’s health-care summit in Nanaimo

Stakeholders at a health summit on Vancouver Island heard how artificial intelligence is being integrated into B.C.’s health-care sector.

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Tork and Chester enjoy blueberry muffins while their owners sip on coffee at a Nanaimo harbour cafe.

Advocates mark anniversary of NRGH unsanctioned overdose prevention site - Nanaimo News Bulletin Island Health says no funding available for sanctioned overdose prevention site at hospital

A group of health-care workers and their supporters are drawing attention to the first-year anniversary of an unsanctioned overdose-prevention site that was set up outside Nanaimo Regional General Hospital following a lack of support for an official one.

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One of Epstein's victims was a trans teen, but nobody paid attention because she was trans & Latina. The Post + Times of Israel even ran hit pieces on her!

Epstein's lawyer claimed he wasn't gay, so Ava must have lied. He could've been stopped sooner if society listened to POC, trans folks or girls

Island and central coast will need about 36,000 new health-care workers by 2035 - Nanaimo News Bulletin Nanaimo Regional Hospital District hosted Health Forward summit Nov. 13

In the next decade, Vancouver Island and the central coast of B.C. will need 36,000 new health-care workers, accounting for 18,000 due to retirement and attrition and 18,000 due to growing demand.

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World's coral reefs in almost irreversible die-off, scientists say | CBC Global warming is crossing dangerous thresholds sooner than expected, with the world's coral reefs now in an almost irreversible die-off, marking what scientists on Monday described as the first "tipp...

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Reminder: B.C. is looking for health care workers 🙂

I think you have the wrong person, I haven't used Twitter in months

If the Wachowski sisters aren't behind it what's the point?

Throughout November, chum and coho salmon are spawning, and according to the Pacific Salmon Foundation’s State of the Salmon report, both species are making a comeback in the area.

An invite-only summit focusing on central and north Island health care is taking place next week, hosted by the Nanaimo Regional Hospital District and bringing together different levels of government and stakeholders.

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Racism aside, goat meat stands sounds pretty good.

Much rather goat meat than a hot dog.

Every time she comes up, I remind you all that Pamela Paul killed a pro trans paragraph in a review I wrote for the New York Times, lied about it in the press, then when I confronted her with receipts, said “Let’s keep this to ourselves.”

Imagine being so terrible a person that quitting your job has a measurable impact like this.

Exciting news out of Snuneymuxw!

Important news story: puppies

Guide and service dogs perform an important service, but those skills aren’t something they’re born with.

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Here's an update about Skipper, the humpback calf that was struck last Friday

Inequities faced by patients considering medical assistance in dying is at the centre of a study by a nursing professor at Vancouver Island University

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Doctors and other health-care advocates describe an increasingly dire situation for cardiology in Nanaimo, one that’s worsened since last year when a Nanaimo doctor recommended people have their heart attacks in Victoria for the best care.

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"It's a me, but not a me"

Very handsomest man. 10/10 would pet.

this will kill people.

Virtual cancer screening clinic expands to all of Vancouver Island CanScreen started in Victoria in 2023

Patients who don't have a family doctor on Vancouver Island now have access to a new resource to get a cancer screening.

CanScreen, a virtual cancer-screening clinic started in 2023 by two doctors out of Victoria, is now expanding to the rest of the Island.

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Literary festival in Nanaimo will put Palestinian writing front and centre Watermelon Seeds Festival of Literature happening Oct. 11 on VIU campus

Attendees at a literary festival at Vancouver Island University this weekend will get to hear from local and Palestinian authors in an effort to promote intercultural understanding.

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Research to identify tumour resistance to immunotherapies happening at VIU Chemistry professor and his team developing molecular map to understand cancer's metabolism

A professor at Vancouver Island University is part of a research project building custom machinery and tools to find out why some cancerous tumours resist immunotherapies, so that doctors are able to more effectively treat the disease.

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Jesse's House announced to house families of children visiting Nanaimo hospital 16-bedroom facility expected to be complete by spring 2027

For families travelling to Nanaimo for their child's health care, the Children’s Health Foundation of Vancouver Island is now fundraising to build a place for them to stay while accessing the hospital and nearby health services.

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Great black-backed gull, Nova Scotia, 2025

Pokemon Go Safari Vancouver is finished!

Got to visit the city, catch some new Pokemon and walk about 38 kilometres in two days 👀

I'll be there!