Vancouver Island Mental Health Society
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VIMHS is a non-profit organization. We provide recovery, housing, and hope to adults experiencing mental health issues.
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Free, family-friendly Biodiversity Celebration at RRU Colwood Sat., Oct. 18.

Explore nature trails with expert guides, check out interactive displays and ask your conservation questions.

In partnership with City of Colwood & Capital Regional District.

Learn more👉 www.royalroads.ca/events/biodi...
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"The Grade 9 Belmont Secondary student spent nearly two years quietly growing his hair...Mason has donated his locks to Wigs for Kids, a charity that supplies free real hair wigs to #BC #children affected by #cancer or other life-threatening illnesses" #Victoria www.oakbaynews.com/community/la...
Langford teen's hair-raising act of kindness for B.C. children with cancer
It was a 'proud dad moment' for the father of 14-year-old Mason McGregor
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"The partnership brings together Canada's only provincial First Nations health authority with Adler University... It aims to educate future #mentalhealth professionals on #FirstNations knowledge and traditions" #Vancouver #BritishColumbia #BC #Canada www.albernivalleynews.com/news/new-par...
New partnership aims to address B.C. First Nations' mental health gap
The 3-year partnership aims to bring First Nations perspectives into mental health education
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Vancouver Island author Meg Todd spoke with People First Radio about her debut novel Most Grievous Fault, which deals with heavy subject matter.

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"We witness our children, the children of our friends and the friends of our children fall victim to this mass casualty event. We see that not all approaches work for all people and that some are lost despite massive attempts to help." #comment #opinion www.timescolonist.com/opinion/comm...
Comment: Fresh thinking needed to solve addictions and disorder
With any social policy, ­evaluating our efforts and ­determining whether we are making a difference, is imperative.
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"The #Comox Men's Shed wants more people involved, and will be helping start a new branch for people from the #Courtenay area. The club is holding an open house on Saturday October 25 at Comox United Church on Comox Avenue at 10:00 a.m" #VancouverIsland #BC www.comoxvalleyrecord.com/community/co...
Comox Men's Shed holding open house this month
Group looking for new members to form Courtenay chapter
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"Residents, families, staff, and community members at Ocean Front Village came together throughout September, World #Alzheimer’s Month, to raise funds and awareness for the Alzheimer Society" #Courtenay #ComoxValley #VancouverIsland #BC www.comoxvalleyrecord.com/community/co...
Courtenay's Ocean Front Village raises funds for World Alzheimers Month
Community holds Purple Shirt Day, a vintage car show, a barbecue, and a bake sale
www.comoxvalleyrecord.com
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“The report found that rates of poor #mentalhealth are alarmingly high among both #Indigenous and #non-Indigenous #youth, with existing services primarily focused on #crisisintervention rather than #prevention#NorthCowichan #VancouverIsland #BC www.chemainusvalleycourier.ca/home/north-c...
North Cowichan looks for space for Foundry Centre for youth
Provincial program offers health and wellness services
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" #Mentalhealth -related files across the #WestShore increased 7.3%... the Mobile Integrated Crisis Response Teams have been instrumental in managing those calls. [It] consists of three police officers and two nurses with specialized mental health training" #BC www.oakbaynews.com/local-news/w...
West Shore RCMP sees increase in mental health and drug-related files
Overall calls up just over 3 per cent in the first half of 2025, with mental health and drug-related files seeing the biggest jumps
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"For many seniors in the #Parksville #QualicumBeach area, the SOS Grocery Bus Service means access to #food, #independence and #community. ...Society of Organized Services is raising funds for a new vehicle to keep the service available" #VancouverIsland #BC www.pqbnews.com/community/so...
SOS grocery bus service connects seniors to food and PQB community
Seniors picked up from their homes and taken to grocery stores
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"More than 600 people are expected to dine on around 250 kilograms of turkey at the annual Thanksgiving meal hosted by Our Place on Tuesday. The meal is the first of two Thanksgiving meals this week at the #Pandora Avenue facility..." #Victoria #VancouverIsland www.timescolonist.com/local-news/t...
Thanksgiving dinner for hundreds ready at Our Place
More than 600 people are expected to dine on around 250 kilograms of turkey at the annual meal.
www.timescolonist.com
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"The synthetic opioid #nitazene, first detected in Canada’s drug supply in 2019, is showing up on #VancouverIsland in counterfeit pressed pills sold as #oxycodone, #percocet and #hydromorphone, according to @uvic.ca Substance Drug Checking" #BritishColumbia #BC www.timescolonist.com/local-news/p...
Potent new drug turning up in counterfeit pills in Greater Victoria
Drug-checking service warns the synthetic opioid nitazene is showing up in counterfeit pills sold as oxycodone, percocet and hydromorphone.
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"The first newly introduced government bills for the fall legislative session are aimed at preventing & responding to sexual violence at post-secondary institutions & increasing the penalties for sharing intimate images without a person's consent" #BC www.vancouverislandfreedaily.com/news/bc-intr...
B.C. introduces 2 bills aimed at curbing sexual violence and misconduct
One bill is aimed at preventing sexual violence, the other increases fines for sharing intimate images without consent
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Indigenous caregivers and kin, you hold language, ceremony and identity close.

Thank you for the care that honours Nations and culture.

#FosterFamilyMonthBC #CultureIsCare
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"Flourish! helps build school meal programs for students supported by curriculum-connected, experiential learning opportunities in school gardens, kitchens and composts" #foodsecurity #GreaterVictoria #VancouverIsland #BC www.vancouverislandfreedaily.com/home/flouris...
Flourish cooks up plan to feed 10,000 South Island kids in 5 years
Flourish! School Food Society takes over 1 of 2 kitchens at the Mustard Seed Food Security Distribution Centre
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"To Roberts, #recovery is something that is done with others...the opposite of #addiction is #connection, and to have someone who has been through the process helping along the way was a very important part of her recovery" #VancouverIsland #Courtenay www.vancouverislandfreedaily.com/local-news/t...
'The opposite of addiction is connection': Island woman shares her story
Rebecca Roberts went from being a missing person lost in Vancouver's Downtown East Side to a Comox Valley peer support worker
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Downtown Eastside service provider First United called for an end to pet bans in rentals in B.C, along with a suite of other measures in their law reform platform.

Staff lawyer Vinson Shih spoke with People First Radio:
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First United law reform platform calls for end to pet bans, other reforms for renters
In conversation with First United Staff Lawyer Vinson Shih
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Vancouver Island author Meg Todd spoke with People First Radio about her debut novel Most Grievous Fault, which deals with heavy subject matter.

Listen:
vancouverislandmentalhealthsociety.org/podcast/vanc...

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