Responding to an NCM reporter’s question, the B. C. government has said it does want to study the underlying genetic factors that may be causing some Canadians to be more vulnerable to the pandemic than others. But, a detailed study will have to wait until the current wave of infections is behind us.
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The Greater Vancouver Japanese Association is one of many Canadian organizations joining a new coalition to combat anti-Asian racism.
View More Canadian Organizations, Community Groups Join Coalition Amid Spike in Anti-Asian Racism
The level of care provided by internationally-trained or immigrant physicians is roughly equal to that provided by Canadian-born or American-born physicians, says Robert Falconer.
View More Research Shows Canada Has Overlooked Immigrant Doctors
We’re asking our internationally-trained doctors to risk their lives during this crisis. The least we can do is offer them a stable future.
View More All Hands on Deck: It’s Time to Allow Internationally-Trained Physicians to Join the Fight
With the explosion in the number of COVID-19 cases, Canadian provinces are recruiting retired doctors and redeploying healthcare practitioners. Webinars organized by the Muslim Medical Association of Canada (MMAC) are providing refresher training to the healthcare community.
View More Retired and Re-deployed Doctors Pitch In During COVID-19 Pandemic
The garbage talk that has dominated headlines in the past weeks is beginning to be a political circus. Nobody knows who is telling the truth,…
View More Trash Talk Across the Pacific: Is It All Garbage?The ongoing story of phony absentee ballots, and vote-buying swirling around Surrey’s current municipal election is cast with a perfect mix of characters—vulnerable immigrants, greedy…
View More In Surrey’s Muddy Election, Local Media should Guard Against Spreading the DirtOver its 132-year history since incorporation as a city, Vancouver has had 39 mayors. All of them have been white men. Change seems to be…
View More Wanted: First Non-white Mayor of VancouverElsie James (83) pulled into Fernie, British Columbia, with her family when she was seven. The rain-drenched moon raised its Aladdin’s lamp to the stars,…
View More New Horizons in VoluntourismNestled in the scenic and stunning rolling dry desert hills and mirror lakes of Okanagan Valley in beautiful British Columbia is the town of Oliver…
View More Sikhs Make World Go Round in Oliver