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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.
Parents call for more accountability after son's mistaken prescription

Parents call for more accountability after son's mistaken prescription

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
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
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.
Non-disclosure deals should not hide harassment: B.C. Greens

Non-disclosure deals should not hide harassment: B.C. Greens

B.C. Greens want to make it illegal to misuse non-disclosure agreements.
Proposed amendments to Vital Statistics Act would make changing or eliminating gender markers easier

Proposed amendments to Vital Statistics Act would make changing or eliminating gender markers easier

These changes fall in line with previous actions that make it easier for people to have their government-issued identification reflect their gender identities.
B.C. provides list of birth-control methods to be covered

B.C. provides list of birth-control methods to be covered

List of options, including brand names, includes everything from oral contraceptives to copper and hormonal intrauterine devices commonly called IUDs, hormonal injections and the morning-after pill.
Recruiting more male nurses would help ease shortfalls, but stigma persists

Recruiting more male nurses would help ease shortfalls, but stigma persists

Only about 10 per cent of the B.C. Nurses’ Union’s 48,000 members are men. And while bumping that number up might help ease a shortage that has resulted in hospital emergency-room closures, societal bias against men in the field continues.
Recruiting more male nurses would help ease shortfalls, but stigma persists

Recruiting more male nurses would help ease shortfalls, but stigma persists

Only about 10 per cent of the B.C. Nurses’ Union’s 48,000 members are men. And while bumping that number up might help ease a shortage that has resulted in hospital emergency-room closures, societal bias against men in the field continues.
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