Daphne Bramham: Complexity of recovery home rules mixes the good with the bad

Credit to Author: Daphne Bramham| Date: Fri, 13 Dec 2019 23:07:09 +0000

B.C.’s rules for addiction recovery houses are so opaque that even one of the largest care providers didn’t know that it needed to register.

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Daphne Bramham: More oversight and enforcement needed at addictions recovery houses

Credit to Author: Daphne Bramham| Date: Thu, 12 Dec 2019 02:41:37 +0000

OPINION: New regulations and enforcement power doesn’t begin to attack the problem of unregistered and unlicensed addictions recovery houses that purport to provide supportive care.

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Finding her way: Five years after gender-reassignment surgery Tamara Loyer helps other trans women

Credit to Author: Lori Culbert| Date: Fri, 06 Dec 2019 22:44:15 +0000

In 2015, Tamara Loyer was living in social housing, panhandling, and struggling with gender dysphoria. Today, we find out what’s changed for Tamara and other trans people in B.C.

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Finding her way: Five years after gender-reassignment surgery Tamara Loyer helps other trans women

Credit to Author: Lori Culbert| Date: Fri, 06 Dec 2019 22:44:15 +0000

In 2015, Tamara Loyer was living in social housing, panhandling, and struggling with gender dysphoria. Today, we find out what’s changed for Tamara and other trans people in B.C.

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Daphne Bramham: 'Terrible, terrible tragedy' at Surrey recovery home should have been preventable

Credit to Author: Daphne Bramham| Date: Fri, 06 Dec 2019 01:33:27 +0000

At the house on 138A Street where the most recent death occurred, there were 11 substantiated complaints. Only one was dealt with, according to the most recent report posted on the Assisted Living Registry’s website.

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