Imperial County changes its mask policy
Imperial County changes its mask policy
County suspends outdoor mandate - News 11 s Wiley Jawhary reports
IMPERIAL COUNTY, Calif. (KYMA, KECY) - Imperial County residents can feel the wind on their faces again. The Board of Supervisors has lifted its mask mandate for outdoor areas, as long as individuals can physically distance and avoid crowds.
The Board made the decision Monday after hearing from the Imperial County Public Health Department (ICPHD). It reported low coronavirus hospitalization rates, and a declining number of new cases.
Supervisors signed off on the following guidance for face coverings:
Posted: May 02, 2021 8:00 AM PT | Last Updated: May 2
Lexi Fisher, a social worker, works at Kilala Lelum Health Centre in Vancouver s Downtown Eastside. (Ben Nelms/CBC)
Indigenous advocates and front-line workers are pushing to include more traditional ways of healing conversing with elders, smudging, sweat lodges and drum circles into substance abuse treatment.
According to the First Nations Health Authority, Indigenous people are five times more likely to experience an overdose than non-Indigenous people. Advocates and experts say this is because they face past and continuing colonial trauma. And reconnecting to culture long suppressed by governments, schools and churches is crucial to turning the situation around.
B.C. mom encourages families to camp out at home to support COVID-19 fundraiser
A mother of two in B.C. is encouraging families across the province to take part in a backyard camp out this weekend to help raise funds for the B.C. Centre for Disease Control Foundation for Public Health.
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Posted: Apr 30, 2021 10:43 PM PT | Last Updated: May 1
Kelly Terry said the idea for the BC Stay-at-Home Campout initiative was from a family in England, but she decided to reach out to the BCCDC Foundation for Public Health when she saw how much her children, 9 and 11, were enjoying it.(BC Stay-at-Home Campout/Facebook)
NAF El Centro celebrates its diamond anniversary
Officers and staff come together to commemorate 75 years of service - News 11 s Wiley Jawhary reports
EL CENTRO, Calif. (KYMA, KECY) - Naval Air Facility (NAF) El Centro celebrated a big birthday Friday. Officers and staff gathered to commemorate this base s 75th anniversary, its history, and their memories.
The base was born from necessity. After the attack on Pearl Harbor, the Navy needed five new aviation facilities for its fighters jets. In 1942, the Defense Department acquired the former Imperial County Airport for use as a Marine Corps Air Station. On May 1, 1946 the Navy took control of that station, and it went on to become the Pearl of the Desert as it s known today.
Tim Dower: Is it time to make GP s free?
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The following was overheard a little while back in the waiting room at Middlemore Hospital s Emergency Department.
Two women discussing the long wait to see a doctor.
One was complaining about her sore back.
The other told the story of her previous visit to the ED, she d only come in with a cough she said, but ended up staying the night.
It must have been a bad cough.
I only mention that because it illustrated one of the most glaring problems we ve got in our health system.