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Marigold customers show support for Sanchez
Emotions run high with news of dispensary closure Scott Stanfield Record Staff
Robert Hartman suffers from arthritis. Aspirin and other painkillers weren’t helping, so the Courtenay resident turned to Marigold Compounding Natural Pharmacy for something different. Owner Rudy Sanchez recommended turmeric in capsule form as an antiinflammatory. Hartman got results, but when he stopped taking it, the pain increased. So he “re-dosed” and “got results that I can see.” He also credits Sanchez for recommending a zinc oxide salve that “worked beautifully” for an itch. Hartman was disappointed last week when the College of Pharmacists of BC shut down Marigold due to safety and health concerns. For the second time, the
college has suspended Sanchez, this time until further notice. He had also been suspended in 2010. “I was a doubter, really, or an agnostic,” said Hartman, who had felt health food stores and herbalists were more to do with baking soda and placebo effects. “My gut feeling on this is that it is maybe big pharma or drug stores attacking a little man. I don’t think he’s a dangerous practitioner.”
Customers disappointed Sharon Zwickel of Black Creek was emotional when she found out she could no longer have prescriptions filled at Marigold. “I have a genetic disorder, so I have to take special vitamins,” she said, at the 576 England Ave. location on Monday. “I have been taking them for a month, and the improvement has been mind-boggling. Rudy made it so that I only have to take two capsules a day, instead of taking five different things. I’m feeling so much better, but if I can’t take these supplements, I am going to be right back where I started.”
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Vases of flowers line the front entrance to Marigold pharmacy, while letters of support are taped to the windows, as customers let Rudy Sanchez know how they feel. PHOTO BY TERRY FARRELL
Mayors get one-on-one time with ministers to address Comox Valley issues at UBCM convention Scott Stanfield Record Staff
Courtenay Mayor Larry Jangula engaged in a telling discussion about policing contracts with Justice Minister/Attorney General Suzanne Anton last week at the annual Union of B.C. Municipalities convention in Whistler. “What we’re trying to do is have some sort of consensus on what a basic population-to-policeofficer ratio should be. There’s such a disparity in this province,”
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What we’re trying to do is have some sort of consensus on what a basic population-to-police-officer ratio should be. There’s such a disparity in this province.
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Larry Jangula Jangula said. “The Comox Valley is unusual. It certainly has a trickle down effect on taxes.” He said the average homeowner in Courtenay pays $191 for
policing, Comox residents pay $91 and rural homeowners about $55, based on a house worth $350,000 to $355,000. Jangula also discussed the
proposed Braidwood supportive housing project with Housing Minister/Deputy Premier Rich Coleman and Health Minister Terry Lake, the former about construction and operation, the latter about potential funding. “Their instructions are to keep moving on it and move it forward,” Jangula said. “We do have the $50,000 grant, and we’re using that. We need to move forward on this and have it ready. We’re going to call for proposals. I feel strongly it’s something we need to
do in this community.” Cumberland Mayor Leslie Baird commended Lake and fellow Cabinet ministers Steve Thomson (forests) and Mary Polak (environment), and Comox Valley MLA Don McRae, for listening and asking questions at their meetings. She said a panel on strong communities attracted a variety of ministers, and different levels of government and mental health officials.
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