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Cindy E. Harnett

Cindy E. Harnett

Cindy Harnett is a Times Colonist reporter focused on health.

Cindy is originally from Toronto, where she attended York University and Ryerson University before taking her first newspaper job in northern Ontario, where she learned about forestry, wildlife, block heaters, and snowstorms in May. She has worked as a reporter in Quesnel and a managing editor at Black Press, and has contributed to publications including Maclean’s magazine.

In 2008, Cindy and her Times Colonist colleagues picked up a Jack Webster Best News Reporting of the Year award for coverage of the 2007 Lee family murder-suicide, which highlighted gross inadequacies in domestic violence and child protection services and police co-ordination.

Over the years, Cindy has gravitated to issues of justice, including the 1997 swarming and murder of teenager Reena Virk, the 2012 botched firing of eight B.C. Health Ministry researchers during which one committed suicide, the 2018 toxic drug poisoning death of Elliot Eurchuk, and the 2019 William Head jailbreak that saw two prisoners charged with murder.

Email
ceharnett@timescolonist.com

Recent Work by Cindy E.

Parents call for more accountability after son mistakenly given extra-strong drug

Parents call for more accountability after son mistakenly given extra-strong drug

Because the pharmacy reached an agreement with the College of Pharmacists, the case was never publicized, which the parents says is a mistake.
Daughter can't understand why dad couldn't get Paxlovid to ease COVID symptoms

Daughter can't understand why dad couldn't get Paxlovid to ease COVID symptoms

Criteria to get the antiviral in B.C. are more restrictive than in other jurisdictions
$224-million, 306-bed long-term care home to be built in Colwood

$224-million, 306-bed long-term care home to be built in Colwood

Site is near corner of Metchosin Road and Latoria Boulevard in the Royal Bay area of Colwood.
New health-care centre to be built in Sooke by 2025, Horgan says

New health-care centre to be built in Sooke by 2025, Horgan says

The single site housing a community health centre and urgent and primary care centre at 6671 Wadams Way will be the first of its kind in the Island Health region.
Motion detectors in bathrooms alert staff to possible overdoses

Motion detectors in bathrooms alert staff to possible overdoses

In October, the sensors were installed in Courtenay in bathrooms identified as high-risk spaces for drug poisonings, and now the trial is expanding to Nanaimo Regional General Hospital
18 workers hired in effort to address North Island health system problems

18 workers hired in effort to address North Island health system problems

The new hires include three registered nurses, seven support staff and one protection services officer.
Reliance on GPS contributed to water taxi crash off Tofino, TSB report says

Reliance on GPS contributed to water taxi crash off Tofino, TSB report says

When the GPS display froze, the operator could not view the vessel’s position. When he looked up, it was too late and the vessel struck a rock, seriously injuring the operating and three passengers
Spring COVID-booster campaign set to begin in April

Spring COVID-booster campaign set to begin in April

Those advised to get a spring booster include individuals older than 80, seniors in long-term care homes, Indigenous people older than 70 and people 18 and older who are immuno-compromised.
B.C. drops COVID vaccine requirement for government workers

B.C. drops COVID vaccine requirement for government workers

But those working in health-care settings will still have to provide proof of vaccination.
Housing for women, children fleeing abuse being built in Duncan

Housing for women, children fleeing abuse being built in Duncan

Thirty-three units are under construction, but advocates say the need outstrips supply.
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