West Howe Sound Community Association

More Dirt on Wednesday! We have been collecting compostable materials and making dirt. Some people were able to get bags or buckets of dirt on Sunday March 1. There will be more to distribute March 4. Scraps of vegetables go in and then dirt comes out. Well, actually it is moved to the back and brown matter is added generally it is attacked by raccoons and then devoured by worms and then after months of waiting dirt comes out. ... Bring you own bag or bucket to Don's driveway 1538 Johnson Rd in Langedale 1PM Wednesday.

Grand Opening of Grantham Hall Feb 14, 2020

A follow up from Dr. Geoff McKee's presentation in November the survey is coming sign up to participate in the upcoming survey at https://myhealthmycommunity.org The My Health My Community survey is an exciting opportunity to learn how our lifestyle, our environment, neighbourhood characteristics and daily interactions affect our health over time. The survey asks people, aged 18 and up who live in the Vancouver Coastal Health and Fraser Health regions, to provide information ...about their health, lifestyle choices, community involvement and neighbourhood characteristics. This information will help us improve future community programs and services that are more relevant to your health and wellness needs. Survey participants will be encouraged to provide information about their health status and lifestyle choices, in order to establish a baseline and track data over time. Field outreach teams will be on the ground and at community locations to raise awareness and to ensure residents from all walks of life are reached.

Over 50% of the population of the Sunshine Coast is over 55. It seems as if the following is addressed to us. Take a moment to go to the DOJ website under the public consultation section and share your opinion. The federal government is asking Canadians to weigh in on who should be eligible for medical assistance in dying (MAID) and other aspects of the law. In the public consultations section of its website, the Department of Justice (DOJ) has posted a questionnaire offerin...g Canadians the opportunity to share their views with the Government of Canada on this deeply personal and very important issue. The consultation was prompted by a Quebec Superior Court ruling in Sept. 2019 on eligibility for MAID based on a person nearing the end of life. The case was brought forward by Mr. Truchon, who has lived with cerebral palsy since birth, and Ms. Gladu, who has lived with paralysis and severe scoliosis as a result of poliomyelitis. Those who assessed the pair felt they met all the eligibility criteria for MAID except nearing the end of life. The Court declared the reasonable foreseeability of natural death criterion in the federal Criminal Code, as well as the end-of-life criterion in Quebec’s provincial law on medical assistance in dying, to be unconstitutional.The ruling will come into effect in March of this year and while it only applies to Quebec, the DOJ says the Canadian government has accepted the ruling and is planning to change the MAID law for the entire country. Updating this law will expand eligibility for MAID beyond those who are nearing end of life. MAID was legalized in 2016, with a full review set to be conducted five years later. The review is set to launch this summer and the public consultation has been launched in the lead up to the review. Questions included in the online questionnaire surround things like the age at which one can request MAID and mental capacity at the time of the procedure. The survey closes Jan. 27. Since assisted death was made legal in Canada, 6,700 Canadians who were suffering chose to die peacefully with the help of a medical professional.