Island Voices features a collection of articles for seniors and their families by Vancouver Island authors and authorities on a wide range of subjects.
Archive ∙ Back to Island Voices May 2014 Can the Swiffer WetJet poison dogs? According to an Internet rumour that started circulating in early 2004, it can. The following landed in this author’s inbox in September 2004… I recently had a neighbor who had to have their 5-year old German Shepherd dog put down due to liver…
Archive ∙ Back to Island Voices April 2014 Taken from Become a Veterinary Assistant http://www.veterinaryassistantlearningcenter.com/#!about2/c1cyh Many emergency conditions cause a severe and sudden drop in blood pressure, which triggers shock. Blood loss from internal or external bleeding, severe dehydration, allergic reactions that cause blood pooling in internal organs, toxins, and even intense pain can induce shock. The…
Archive ∙ Back to Island Voices April 2014 Opportunities are like sunrises. If you wait too long, you miss them. – William Arthur Ward Perhaps you saw in one of my previous articles about how Nurse Next Door’s Dream On Seniors Wish Foundation aims to make the dreams of elder seniors come true. We even had the opportunity to…
Archive ∙ Back to Island Voices April 2014 The More Things Change, The More They Remain The Same: Neighbours Over The Years – Feud at the Sheringham Point Lighthouse It was a different world in the 1921, or was it? The Stanley Cup playoffs would still end in frustration for a Vancouver hockey team (Ottawa Senators…
Archive ∙ Back to Island Voices April 2014 Trophy Hunting in the Great Bear Rainforest Here in BC we are blessed to be home to the world’s largest pristine coastal temperate forest, the Great Bear Rainforest. Every year thousands of tourists flock here from around the world to observe the iconic grizzly bear in its natural…
Archive ∙ Back to Island Voices January 2014 Intervener Status for the Proposed Kinder Morgan Trans Mountain Pipeline Expansion While many people have expressed concern over the proposed Northern Gateway pipeline, the Kinder Morgan Trans Mountain pipeline expansion has not garnered the same level of attention. However, if approved, the twinning of the Kinder Morgan pipeline, which…
Archive ∙ Back to Island Voices March 2014 Days before the 25th anniversary of the Exxon Valdez oil spill, the west coast’s signature oil spill, a barge carrying “heavy oil” collided with another ship spilling approximately nearly 650,000 litres into the water around Galveston and Texas City, south of Houston, Texas. Then, on Monday we were reminded of the…
Archive ∙ Back to Island Voices March 2014 From a student in Dr. Jeff’s classes for veterinary assistants (http://www.veterinaryassistantlearningcenter.com/) I saw that you included xylitol in the list of poison, and that 2 sticks can kill a Doberman. I know all too well about this and do everything I can to get the word out about it. In 2009…
Archive ∙ Back to Island Voices February 2014 Family Caregiving is a part of daily life for many. It’s been said that over three-quarters of all Caregiving is done by family members. Caregiving is a demanding, sometimes very difficult job and no one is equipped to do it alone. If you are doing it alone, consider some…