In June I sat in the lobby of a mental health centre. What if I don’t have OCD? I wondered. I tried to push the thought away. Two years prior, a counsellor at my university suggested I see a psychiatrist to be diagnosed with obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD). Now that my name was at the top…
Dominic Villeneuve est un pilote de la Missionary Aviation Fellowship (MAF) originaire de Kamloops, en Colombie-Britannique. Il a passé les cinq dernières années à Bunia, en République démocratique du Congo (RDC). M. Villeneuve a été l’une des premières personnes à être informée de l’épidémie d’Ébola au Congo. Le 15 mai, il s’apprêtait à décoller de…
I still remember the date. Sunday, August 24, 2025. I was travelling with my husband to Rockland, Ontario, where he was scheduled to preach at a little French church. For some time I had felt discomfort in my abdominal area, but discussions with my doctor usually concluded with the suggestion that it was due to…
A day before the Ebola outbreak was declared by the Congo Health Ministry, Doctor Déo Ngatane was hospitalized at Centre Medical Evangelique Bunia Hospital (CME). He had treated himself for malaria at home without relief from his symptoms of fever, aching joints, headaches and vomiting. “I was just feeling horrible.” The next day, Ngatane’s colleague,…
La veille de l’annonce de l’épidémie d’Ebola par le ministère de la Santé congolais, le docteur Déo Ngatane a été hospitalisé au Centre médical évangélique de Bunia (CME). Il s’était soigné lui-même contre le paludisme chez lui, mais ses symptômes – fièvre, douleurs articulaires, maux de tête et vomissements – ne s’étaient pas atténués. « Je me…
Across Canada, provincial leaders agree that the nation is facing a crisis of addiction but grapple with how to respond. Last year, Ontario announced that it would invest 303 million over three years to support community-led and delivered mental health programs, including turning nine Consumption and Treatment Services sites into HART Hubs, “delivering expanded recovery…
Congo’s seventeenth Ebola epidemic was declared on May 15, over three months after the first suspected case in Mongbwalu, a few hours from Bunia in northeastern Congo. On February 4, 44-year-old pastor Pastor Paluku Makundi Denis was buried and dozens of people fell sick afterwards. On March 27, three Red Cross volunteers fell sick and…
Dominic Villeneuve is a Missionary Aviation Fellowship (MAF) pilot from Kamloops, B.C. He has spent the last five years in Bunia, the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). Villeneuve was one of the first people to learn about the Ebola epidemic in Congo. On May 15, he was preparing to fly out of Bunia with Serge…
It’s easy to support bans on social media use for children under 16. It is widely known that TikTok, Instagram and other apps are addictive, and that overuse contributes to mental health issues. Protecting children sounds good and rallies political support. However, when one takes time to ask questions, it is less clear that the…
Last month, I drove under the distinctively tall evergreens of Mission, B.C., and arrived at Last Door Keystone Retreat. Nick Ringma was waiting in the driveway to introduce me to a dark-haired rescue llama with overbite and a zealous protective streak. “He thinks you’re a bear,” Ringma explained, a little apologetically. As the llama decided…
Getting old is often not pretty: incontinence, managing medications and doctors’ visits (if one has the luxury of a family physician), navigating the medical system, making and getting to appointments – all of it can be overwhelming. Care management often falls to relatives. Yet some live too far away, some may be in similar circumstances…
“My child has just come out as transgender. What do I do?” These days, it seems that no matter how you respond, someone will judge you harshly. These questions take on special urgency as the average age of coming out as trans is steadily dropping, and there are increasingly effective treatment options for transforming bodies….
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