Seven more BC school districts get mental health, substance use teams

The teams offer counseling, peer and cultural supports in schools, homes and community settings

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BC is boosting supports for children, youth and their families battling mental health and substance use issues.

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Plans for riverfront should include support for the Mental Health Offender Program

The Duval County jail in downtown Jacksonville.

The Duval County jail in downtown Jacksonville.

There has been a great deal of discussion lately about the future of downtown, specifically the riverfront area. Included in this is a recognition of the need to relocate the jail facility away from the downtown riverfront. This naturally turns to a question of cost.

No one — and I mean no one — wants to spend money on a new jail. However, I would like to point out a positive in this otherwise expensive and unpleasant situation.

Approximately two years ago, a diverse group came together to create a local Mental Health

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Stellantis Tops Forecasts in H2, Launches 1.5 Billion Euro Share Buy-Back

MILAN (Reuters) -Carmaker Stellantis on Wednesday reported a forecast-beating 17% rise in operating profit in the second half of last year on a strong product and pricing mix, despite persistent issues with logistics and semiconductor supply.

The company also announced a dividend of 4.2 billion euros ($4.48 billion), or 1.34 euros per share, on 2022 results, and said it would launch a share buyback program worth up to 1.5 billion euros to be performed by the end of this year.

Adjusted earnings before interest and tax (EBIT) at the world’s third largest auto maker by sales stood at 10.949 billion

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Brokers Offer Predictions for Community Health Systems, Inc.’s Q1 2023 Earnings (NYSE:CYH)

Community Health Systems, Inc. (NYSE:CYH – Get Rating) – Equities research analysts at Oppenheimer lowered their Q1 2023 EPS estimates for Community Health Systems in a research note issued to investors on Wednesday, February 15th. Oppenheimer analyst M. Wiederhorn now forecasts that the company will post earnings per share of ($0.15) for the quarter, down from their previous forecast of ($0.10). Oppenheimer has an “Outperform” rating and a $5.50 price objective on the stock. The consensus estimate for Community Health Systems’ current full-year earnings is ($0.46) per share. Oppenheimer also issued estimates for Community Health Systems’ Q2 2023 earnings at

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Statement from the Minister of Health on Update to COVID-19 border measures for travelers arriving from the People’s Republic of China, Hong Kong or Macao

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February 2, 2023 | Ottawa, ON | Public Health Agency of Canada

In response to the increasing spread of COVID-19 and its variants in the People’s Republic of China and limited epidemiological and viral genomic sequence data available in these cases, the Government of Canada announced temporary pre-boarding test requirements and arrival screening effective January 5, 2023, for most travelers arriving on flights originating from the People’s Republic

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Health Update on Jerry Lawler; Reportedly Found Outside of His Home, Still Hospitalized, More – PWMania

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Various reports of the “serious medical episode” that WWE Hall of Famer Jerry Lawler experienced on Monday night are circulating, but it appears that his health is getting better.

As PWMania.com previously reported, Lawler was hospitalized on Tuesday after what was described as “a serious medical episode” on Monday at his condo in Fort Myers, Florida. Prior to becoming ill and being taken to the hospital, Lawler had earlier gone out to lunch with friends. Action News 5 in Memphis later reported that Lawler had a stroke, underwent successful surgery, and was already making a full recovery.

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“Rodeo is for everyone”: Monument Health holds Special Rodeo for participants of all ages with disabilities

RAPID CITY, SD – The Special Rodeo held by Monument Health provides different rodeo activities that accommodate individuals of all ages with disabilities.

Activities at the rodeo include face painting, dummy roping, stick-horse barrel racing, animals to pet and a bucking barrel.

Volunteers:

Each participant is paired up with two volunteers. There was a number of organizations and people there to help with the event including:

“So, my daughter, Abby, she works with SunCatcher and volunteers for therapeutic riding. And my husband, Neil, came last year and worked with the horses to give side-along rides. My son, Luke, is helping

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Investing in you: Student Governing Association plans on expanding mental health services

Lafene Health center is working with the student governing association to expand mental health and well-being services at Kansas State University. (Elizabeth Sandstrom | Collegian Media Group)

A 24/7 news cycle, the war on terror and terrible things happening in the world — this is what it is like living in a post 9/11 world, Evan Porter, Student Governing Association’s Speaker of the Student Senate, said.

“There’s a lot of other external factors that make our generation uniquely worse off than past generations,” Porter said.

The Student Governing Association is investing $200,000 in expanding Counseling and Psychological Services and an

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