VANCOUVER – With Royal Columbian Hospital patients being diverted to Tim Hortons for treatment, B.C.’s New Democrats are calling on Premier-designate Christy Clark to back away from her plans to further cut health ... Continue Reading »
VANCOUVER – Saturday’s power outage at St. Paul’s Hospital highlights how the failure of the B.C. Liberals to renew the hospital is putting patients at risk, say the New Democrats. The hospital went completely ... Continue Reading »
VICTORIA – The B.C. government must take responsibility for their failure to take action, despite knowing about concerns related to three B.C. radiologists now under investigation, say New Democrats. Following reports that three B.C. ... Continue Reading »
VICTORIA— The B.C. Liberal government’s failure to properly resource rural healthcare is forcing expectant mothers in small communities across the province to leave home, and in some cases pay out of pocket to ... Continue Reading »
An unknown person who represents themselves as working for Surrey Crime Prevention Society has been telephoning people in the lower mainland to solicit funds for the creation of educational material on Child Pornography. This ... Continue Reading »
With the support of patient advocates and cancer survivors, New Democrats will present legislation to set up a prostate cancer screening program for British Columbian men, says Opposition Deputy Health Critic Sue Hammell. “Prostate ... Continue Reading »
FORT LANGLEY – Nearly 10,000 people signed the anti-HST petition in Rich Coleman’s constituency, but the fact that he has not said anything about the matter demonstrates how little regard he has for ... Continue Reading »
MAPLE RIDGE – MLA Marc Dalton's refusal to stand up to the B.C. Liberal powerbrokers and insist that the premier recall the legislature and allow a free vote on the HST bill is ... Continue Reading »
Surrey-Green Timbers MLA Sue Hammell has launched a petition calling on Health Minister Kevin Falcon to follow through on his promise to open additional level three neonatal premature baby care beds in Surrey. "People ... Continue Reading »
People requiring massage therapy, including patients with multiple sclerosis, are about to suffer even more due to the B.C. Liberals’ HST, said New Democrats today. “The B.C. Liberals are forcing massage therapists to charge ... Continue Reading »