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Eye Nutrition Benefits – Optometry Blog

Boost Your Vision: The Power of Leafy GreensWe often get the nutrients our eyes need [...]

Pink Eye | Optometry Blog

Pink Eye – What You Need to Know Pink eye, or conjunctivitis, is a common [...]

SALT Optics | Brand Spotlight

SALT is one of our favourite brands here at Wink Optometry. Their attention to detail, [...]

Why Annual Eye Exams are Important | Optometry Blog

One of the questions I often get is “how often should I get my eyes [...]

Premium vs. Basic Frames | Optometry Blog

There has long been the debate about why glasses are so expensive and if it’s worth spending [...]

Winter Holiday Hours

The following are our modified hours for the holidays 🙂 December 24: 10 AM – [...]

Eye Myth Buster | Optometry Blog

We hope everyone is enjoying their holidays and getting ready to ring in the new [...]

Night Vision | Optometry Blog

For many of us our vision at night is worse than during the day. This [...]

Floaters! | Optometry Blog

We’ve all seen them – little wispy cob-web looking things, “eye-lashes”, “eye poops”, or “bugs” [...]

Stephane Christian | Brand Spotlight

Stephane Christian is a Korean based brand that caters to the Asian demographic. They feature [...]

H-Fusion and MUZIK Eyewear | Brand Spotlight

H-Fusion is a Japanese brand dedicated to homage, high fashion, high sense, high quality, and [...]

Construction Vlog Episode 3 | Updates

Good news guys! We’re nearing the end and finishing touches of the construction stage. Paint [...]

Grand Opening, Updates, and More! | Updates

First off, we must apologize for the social media hiatus. We got caught up in [...]

Thank You! Introductions! Updates! | Updates

Thank you to everyone who came out to support us during our Friends and Family [...]

Children’s Vision Month | Optometry Blog

September is children’s vision month! We would like to bring some awareness to why it [...]

Wink at a Glance | Updates

We thought it would be nice to share a video of our ideas made reality [...]

Winter Sun Protection | Optometry Blog

Protect Your Eyes from UV Rays This Winter 2025 Winter update 2025. With Vancouver’s first [...]

Black Friday Sale

From Friday November 25, 2016 until December 3, 2016 the following deals will be applicable [...]

Change in Hours of Operation for November 17-25

From November 17-25 our doctor will be away on holidays. Please be advised of the [...]

Construction Vlog Episode 2 | Updates

Guess what guys! WE HAVE DRY WALL! I’ve kind of lost track of what week [...]

Why I Don’t Purchase Glasses Online | Optometry Blog

For many years now there has been the option for people to purchase their eye [...]

TOM FORD | Brand Spotlight

Personally, I have not had a lot of experience with the brand, but decided to [...]

Common Contact Lens Mistakes | Optometry Blog

Although I have not encountered anything too horrific with regards to contact lens patients, this [...]

Construction Vlog Episode 1 | Updates

First I must apologize for our hiatus last week – it proved more difficult to [...]

Virtual Reality Good or Bad? – Optometry Blog

Virtual reality (VR) systems are the new craze now a days with the ability to [...]

Lazy Eye – Amblyopia | Optometry Blog

Lazy eye is the layman’s term for amblyopia which by definition describes the decrease of [...]

KUVER | Brand Spotlight

Our apologies for not having more brand spotlights for you guys. It turned out to [...]

What is Your Vision Worth? | Optometry Blog

I find that vision is one of the most taken for granted senses that we [...]

How Pregnancy Affects the Eyes | Optometry Blog

This one’s for all the mothers out there – whether you’re a mother-to-be, already a [...]

Diabetic Eye Disease | Optometry Blog

As part of Diabetes Awareness Month, our first blog for November will be about diabetes [...]

The Aging Eye – Cataracts | Optometry Blog

As Remembrance Day approaches, may we all remember to be thankful to our veterans who [...]

What’s My Prescription Mean? | Optometry Blog

For many of us, we go to see the optometrist to get a prescription for [...]

Progressives | Optometry Blog

Progressives … what are they and why would you want one? Before progressives were invented, [...]

Glasses or Contacts? | Optometry Blog

I often get asked about whether someone can wear glasses for this or contacts for [...]

Summer 2017 Sunglasses Trends | Frame Fashion

One of the aspects I love about being an optometrist is that I don’t have [...]

How Blue Light Affects Children | Optometry Blog

So now that we’ve talked about what blue light is and how it affects us [...]

How to Care for your Glasses | Optometry Blog

Most people get their eyes checked and purchase new glasses once every two years or [...]

Contact Lens Update | Optometry Blog

Probably around 70% of the population that has a correction, wears contact lenses. Majority of [...]

Why is Blue Bad? | Optometry Blog

What is blue light and what is this new fascination with it? As an eye [...]

Safety Eye Wear | Optometry Blog

As children, we are always taught “safety first!” whether it’s to look twice before crossing [...]

Lenses, Lenses, and more Lenses | Optometry Blog

We all love picking out frames (well most of us) because it’s the most fun [...]

Halloween Contact Lenses | Optometry Blog

It’s that time of year again! Time to be creative and bring out your inner [...]

The UV ABC’s | Optometry Blog

Now that summer has mostly arrived, I think that it’s important that we talk about [...]

One in the Same? | Optometry Blog

As professionals, all optometrists go through standard schooling to achieve their optometric doctorate. We would [...]

Vision Health Month – Optometry Blog

May is Vision Health Month. Did you know that nearly 75% of vision loss is [...]

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