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(24:44) Derek Edwards, one of Canada's most beloved stand-up comedians, brings his brand-new Oxymoron Tour to Vancouver Island this March with four stops across the Island. Derek talks about more than three decades on the road — from his first open mic night at a smoke-filled Yuk Yuk's in Yorkville, to navigating blizzards on Ontario backroads, to the baby who genuinely upstaged him mid-show. https://derekedwards.ca/tour-dates/

(07:14) Susanne Cunningham, Chair of the Mid Island Health Alliance, shares the exciting news that the Primrose Medical Centre is set to open in Qualicum Beach this September. Housed in the former Bank of Montreal building in the heart of town, the facility will serve up to 10,000 patients when fully operational. With approximately 9,000 residents in the Parksville-Qualicum Beach Oceanside region currently without a family physician, and private donations already exceeding $700,000, the Primrose Medical Centre is a powerful model of community-powered philanthropy on Vancouver Island. https://www.midislandhealthalliance.ca

Episode Quotes:

"You stand there making a group of strangers laugh. It's marvellous. That satisfaction doesn't diminish. It's absolutely as cool as when I started." --- Derek Edwards

"There are approximately 9,000 residents who do not have a physician in this region... The Primrose Centre itself has 3,300 square feet of repurposed clinical space, and it will have the capacity to serve up to 10,000 patients when fully operational." --- Susanne Cunningham

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