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Healthy Aging Month: 5 Ways to Lower Your Risk of AMD 👁️

Age and family history can increase your risk of age-related macular degeneration (AMD), but there are lifestyle choices that may help protect your vision:
🥬 Eat for your eyes: Include leafy green vegetables and fish regularly.
🚶 Keep moving: Regular physical activity supports overall and eye health.
🚭 Don’t smoke: Smoking significantly increases the risk of AMD.
❤️ Know your numbers: Keep blood pressure and cholesterol under control.
👁️ Stay on top of eye exams: Regular comprehensive eye exams can detect AMD before you notice changes in your vision.

You can’t control your age or genetics, but you can take steps today to support your eye health for the years ahead.

Do you ever have pain when you blink? There could be many reasons. Check out our blog post to learn more!

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Why Does My Eye Hurt When I Blink? Posted on August 21, 2026 by Dr. Jamie Bhamra That sting every time you blink is hard to ignore. It can feel like a dull ache one moment and a quick jab the next. You blink around 15 to 20 times a minute, so your eyelid crosses the front of your eye thousands of times a day. Pain when you blink usua...

Happy Labour Day from our team! 🇨🇦

As summer winds down, we’re taking a moment to appreciate the hard work that keeps our communities moving.

Whether you’re on the job, working behind the scenes, caring for family, or enjoying a well-earned day off, we hope you take some time today to rest, recharge, and enjoy the people around you.

From all of us at Vector Eye Centre, Happy Labour Day! 👁️💙

We are closed today! Regular office hours resume tomorrow at 8am.

Healthy Aging Month: Don’t Ignore Changes in Your Vision 👁️

Noticing more glare while driving at night? Finding it harder to read small print? Increasingly needing brighter light to see?

These changes can be a normal part of aging, but they can also be signs of conditions such as cataracts, glaucoma, or age-related macular degeneration (AMD).

The important part: don’t assume a change in your vision is “just getting older.” Regular comprehensive eye exams can help detect problems early, when treatment may be most effective.

This Healthy Aging Month, make your vision part of your healthy-aging plan.

We love being able to make a difference in patients’ lives! ☺️💙Thankful for the wonderful feedback, and for what we get to do every day! 🙏

As we recognize Children's Eye Health and Safety Month, it's important to remember that childhood myopia (nearsightedness) is becoming more common.

One simple way to help slow its progression is by encouraging kids to spend more time outdoors and limiting screen time!

Regular eye exams, healthy visual habits, and daily outdoor play can help protect growing eyes and support lifelong vision. 🌳👓

The Light Adjustable Lens is the first and only lens that can be adjusted in your eye, after cataract surgery. This means you can have just the right vision for the activities you love, from taking care of your garden, to birdwatching in your backyard.

The Light Adjustable Lens from RxSight helps you enjoy doing the things you love most. Talk to your doctor or schedule an appointment at our clinic to learn more and see if the Light Adjustable Lens is right for you!

🍎📚 Back-to-School Means Back-to-Learning... and Healthy Vision! 👓✨

As kids head back to the classroom, clear vision is one of the most important tools for success. Did you know that many learning challenges can be linked to undetected vision problems? That's why regular eye exams with your optometrist are so important.

If your child's eye care provider identifies a condition that requires specialized medical or surgical care, an ophthalmologist can provide expert diagnosis and treatment.

Here's to a school year filled with learning, confidence, and healthy vision! 💙