British Columbians speak up for Alzheimer’s Awareness Month
Canadians living with dementia are going public for a third consecutive year to change hearts and minds. They are courageously stepping forward with their personal stories in the Alzheimer Society’s nation-wide campaign, “I live with dementia. Let me help you understand.” as part of January’s Alzheimer’s Awareness Month. According to Alzheimer’s Disease International (ADI), forty […]
Aging demographic set to transform Canada’s economy, report says
A new report released today by RBC titled “Navigating the 2020s” calls attention to substantial challenges Canada’s rapidly aging demographic will present to its economy over the next decade. With more people over the age of 65 than under 15, the demographic shift is altering the country’s economic, social and political landscape. The report forecasts […]
Protect your greatest assets in 2020 and beyond
Motor vehicle crashes are a leading cause of traumatic workplace deaths in BC accounting for over one-third of all traumatic workplace fatalities between 2014 and 2018 according to WorkSafeBC. Work-related motor vehicle crashes are of particular significance to the health care and social services sector, which averaged almost 800 time loss claims (second only to […]
