Ronald McDonald House s British Columbia and Yukon Branch came under scrutiny after Austin Furgason, whose son is battling cancer, confronted an administrator on video about its vaccine policy.
VICTORIA Queen Elizabeth presented a Nanaimo doctor with a Commonwealth award earlier this week for his work on drowning prevention and training across the globe. Dr. Steve Beerman was awarded the King Edward VII Cup for his decades of work advocating for – and teaching – drowning prevention. Recently, Beerman worked as a liaison with the World Health Organization to adopt the Resolution on Drowning Prevention, which acknowledges that drowning is one of the world s main causes of preventable death, according to the Lifesaving Society BC and Yukon Branch. The society says that Beerman was a key advisor on the resolution, which also calls for education and legislation on how to prevent drownings.