Cindy E. Harnett

Times Colonist (Victoria)

Proposal to use Duncan hospital as mental-health treatment facility rejected

By: Cindy E. Harnett

The province has turned down a proposal to convert the old Cowichan District Hospital into a psychiatric facility once the new hospital opens.

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BC Treatment facility rejectedNorth Cowichan Mayor Rob Douglas says he’s disappointed that the Health Ministry has...

By: Cindy E. Harnett

North Cowichan Mayor Rob Douglas says he's disappointed that the Health Ministry has rejected a proposal to convert the existing Cowichan District Hospital into an addictions and mental-health treatment facility, once the new hospital is open.

Times Colonist (Victoria)

Campbell River detox facility set to open next summer

By: Cindy E. Harnett

The facility was originally supposed to open in November 2024. A six-bed detox facility in Campbell River that's two years behind schedule is expected to open next summer.

Times Colonist (Victoria)

Social-media posts not enough for inmate-escape alerts: Metchosin councillor

By: Cindy E. Harnett

Coun. Steve Gray's comments come in the wake of a late-June incident where an inmate was reported missing, and later found dead.

Times Colonist (Victoria)

About 1,400 residents missed in public notification of escaped prisoner: fire chief

By: Cindy E. Harnett

The names of people who registered for an emergency public-notification system were dropped during the transition to Metchosin's new fire chief.

Times Colonist (Victoria)

Wildfire smoke hangs over Vancouver Island, but air quality remains good

By: Cindy E. Harnett

Many Vancouver Islanders woke up to hazy skies Thursday as wildfire smoke drifted over from B.C.'s mainland, but air quality remains good in the region, says air quality meteorologist Nick Davey.

Times Colonist (Victoria)

Tour de Victoria gives cyclists of all abilities the thrill of a world-class ride

By: Cindy E. Harnett

Barry Lycett, 87, will be the oldest participant in Ryder Hesjedal's Tour de Victoria on Saturday. The youngest registrant is two.

Times Colonist (Victoria)

Island rallies to call for fairer federal funding for B.C. Ferries

By: Cindy E. Harnett

Courtenay-Alberni MP Gord Johns has organized rallies across the Island next week to call for the same level of federal funding provided in Atlantic Canada.

Times Colonist (Victoria)

Report tallies costs of not building new ferries in B.C.

By: Cindy E. Harnett

Building four new B.C. Ferries vessels in China cost B.C. more than 10,000 person years of employment and $413 million in government revenue, the report says.

Times Colonist (Victoria)

Esquimalt medical clinic ready to take on 6,000 new patients

By: Cindy E. Harnett

Five of the six nurse practitioners hired for the Terra Nova Medical Clinic were recruited from the U.S.