Jessica Durling
Reporter and Photographer at Freelance
@NanaimoBulletin wildlife & health journalist. Award-winning writer. Photographer. University of King's College alum. Contact at [email protected]
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abbynews.com | Jessica Durling
Local government officials from across Vancouver Island supported a resolution calling on the provincial government to develop a strategy to address the root causes of feral rabbit abandonment in B.C. Brought forward by the District of Saanich, the resolution was one of several passed at the Association of Vancouver Island and Coastal Communities convention this past weekend, April 12-13, in Nanaimo.
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vancouverislandfreedaily.com | Jessica Durling
Community members gathered at Vancouver Island University to solemnly grieve loved ones lost, as calenders mark the ninth anniversary since B.C. declared a public health emergency on the toxic drug crisis. The grief fire was organized by the VIU Harm Reduction Alliance and held at the university's Nanaimo campus on Monday, April 14. Those who attended wrote a name or message on a paper heart, then ignited it.
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saobserver.net | Jessica Durling
The Canadian Labour Congress and Hospital Employees' Union are calling on voters to make public health care an election priority, as the union warns that the Canada Health Act "is absolutely at risk this election." The unions held a joint press conference outside Nanaimo Regional General Hospital on Monday, April 14, warning that "years of under-funding, privatization, and tax breaks for the wealthiest have left our universal public health-care system under-resourced and vulnerable." Barb...
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nelsonstar.com | Jessica Durling
Barred owls are notorious for taking habitat away from the now-endangered Northern spotted owl, but one creature that doesn't seem to mind this newly established species is the parasite. Ian Oliphant, a Vancouver Island University biology student, conducted the first survey in B.C. on the population of helminth parasites in barred owls. He examined the corpses of 23 barred owls donated by the B.C. SPCA Wild Animal Rehabilitation Centre, birds that weren't able to be saved.
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nanaimobulletin.com | Jessica Durling
Nanaimo's community safety officer program has saved lives through CPR and overdose medication. Dave LaBerge, Nanaimo's director of public safety, gave an overview of the department's work during a City of Nanaimo public safety committee meeting on Wednesday, April 9. "The CSOs administered 1,292 units of naloxone in overdose events last year and they've performed life-saving CPR in 148 cases," LeBerge reported.
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