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Blood bill erodes privacy to address a 'theoretical' risk
Vancouver Sun
Instead of compulsory testing, BC's first response personnel require up to date education on HIV transmission and prevention, and universal precautions in treating everyone. Jessica Wood Director of development and public relations, AIDS Vancouver ...

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Blood bill erodes privacy to address a 'theoretical' risk
Vancouver Sun
Jessica Wood Director of development and public relations, AIDS Vancouver © Copyright (c) The Vancouver Sun Original source article: Blood bill erodes privacy to address a 'theoretical' risk E-mail this Article Print this Article Share this Article.

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Blood bill erodes privacy to address a 'theoretical' risk
Vancouver Sun
Instead of compulsory testing, BC's first response personnel require up to date education on HIV transmission and prevention, and universal precautions in treating everyone. Jessica Wood Director of development and public relations, AIDS Vancouver ...

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Outreach worker's trial set for September
Victoria Times Colonist
... assault, mischief, sexual touching of a young person, obtaining sexual services of someone under 18 and breach of undertaking in relation to incidents dating to August 2009. Delacroix was employed by the Umbrella Society and AIDS Vancouver Island.

UVic palliative care expert weighs in on end-of-life ruminations
Victoria News
Through a partnership with the Dandelion Society, the Victoria native Friendship Centre, Cool Aid and AIDS Vancouver Island, Stajduhar has recently been able to expand her palliative care work to include the street community.

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UVic palliative care expert weighs in on end-of-life ruminations
Oak Bay News
Through a partnership with the Dandelion Society, the Victoria native Friendship Centre, Cool Aid and AIDS Vancouver Island, Stajduhar has recently been able to expand her palliative care work to include the street community.

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UVic palliative care expert weighs in on end-of-life ruminations
Saanich News
Through a partnership with the Dandelion Society, the Victoria native Friendship Centre, Cool Aid and AIDS Vancouver Island, Stajduhar has recently been able to expand her palliative care work to include the street community.

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Good boys don't have sex
Xtra West
We did some good work in the bad old days, when our small AIDS Vancouver office, shrouded in bamboo, had no identifying sign on Richards St. Our clients were dying, including some of our very young education volunteers. Things are much better now, ...

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Support groups give HIV/AIDS diagnosis a new outlook
Straight.com
... has established an education-based dental program at Positive Living to improve access to dental care; and Miranda Compton, who has worked at AIDS Vancouver and the Oak Tree Clinic and who now manages HIV/AIDS programs at Vancouver Coastal Health.

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Get to know the not so Bad Habits of Vancouver's Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence
Straight.com (Blogs) (blog)
Here's a video featuring Sister Merry talking about Vancouver's Sisters (supporting AIDS Vancouver's Red Ribbon Month in 2010) and providing more insight about them. You can follow Craig Takeuchi on Twitter at twitter.com/cinecraig.

HIV offers second chance for Victoria busker
Victoria News
Groom, an HIV-positive, gay male living in Victoria, is a client of AIDS Vancouver Island. On March 29, numerous restaurants throughout Greater Victoria are donating 25 per cent of proceeds from your restaurant bill to the Victoria branch of AVI.

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HIV offers second chance for Victoria busker
Saanich News
Groom, an HIV-positive, gay male living in Victoria, is a client of AIDS Vancouver Island. On March 29, numerous restaurants throughout Greater Victoria are donating 25 per cent of proceeds from your restaurant bill to the Victoria branch of AVI.

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HIV offers second chance for Victoria busker
Goldstream News Gazette
Groom, an HIV-positive, gay male living in Victoria, is a client of AIDS Vancouver Island. On March 29, numerous restaurants throughout Greater Victoria are donating 25 per cent of proceeds from your restaurant bill to the Victoria branch of AVI.

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HIV offers second chance for Victoria busker
Peninsula News Review
Groom, an HIV-positive, gay male living in Victoria, is a client of AIDS Vancouver Island. On March 29, numerous restaurants throughout Greater Victoria are donating 25 per cent of proceeds from your restaurant bill to the Victoria branch of AVI.

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Local restaurants participate in Dining Out For Life campaign
Canada.com
Patrons can enjoy great food and help raise essential funds for AIDS Vancouver Island (AVI) on Thursday, March 29 by eating at the Atlas Café, avenue bistro, Kingfisher Oceanfront Resort and Spa, Martine's Bistro, Tita's Mexican Restaurant, ...

Dining out pays off
Nanaimo News Bulletin
By Contributed - Nanaimo News Bulletin Grab your family and friends and head to Tina's Diner or Blue Ginger Restaurant in Nanaimo March 29 to help raise funds for AIDS Vancouver Island. Proceeds from the seventh annual Dining Out for Life event help ...

Fairfield youth get space of their own
Victoria Times Colonist
The local version of Dining Out For Life continues for a seventh year, with 65 restaurants on Vancouver Island and the Gulf Islands donating 25 per cent of their sales in March 29 to AIDS Vancouver Island. AIDS Vancouver Island executive director James ...

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Fairfield youth get space of their own
Victoria Times Colonist
The local version of Dining Out For Life continues for a seventh year, with 65 restaurants on Vancouver Island and the Gulf Islands donating 25 per cent of their sales in March 29 to AIDS Vancouver Island. AIDS Vancouver Island executive director James ...

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A Community 'Knows its Own Needs Best'
TheTyee.ca
On a rainy February afternoon in the downtown offices of AIDS Vancouver, Mikey Arzadon and Valerie Nicholson preside over an open house and member sign-up event for the Harvest Co-op, a new organization bringing fresh and healthy organic food to people ...

Social profiling in Victoria: What's wrong with this picture?
rabble.ca
Heather Hobbs, a community activist with Harms Reduction Victoria and Aids Vancouver Island, said, "Meeting human suffering with surveillance, harassment and punishment causes significant stress for people whose only learned coping mechanism for stress ...