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Medicare campaigners visit Royal Jubilee Hospital noon Tuesday Day 2 of province-wide tour An ambulance carrrying an important message about the future of Medicare visits Victoria Tuesday on the second day of a province-wide tour. The ambulance is staffed …

An ambulance rushed to Royal Jubilee Hospital in Victoria at noon today with an emergency message about Canada's health care system: Medicare is in crisis as a result of complications arising from federal underfunding and privatization. Staffed by …

Medicare campaigners visit St. Paul's Hospital 10:00 a.m. Wednesday An ambulance carrying an important message about the future of Medicare will be in Vancouver on Wednesday as part of a nine day province-wide tour. The ambulance is staffed by front-line …

Move by ex-Socred health minister violates community care legislation, says union The operator of a publicly funded Chilliwack nursing home has fired more than 20 direct care staff in an unprecedented move that jeopardizes care for seniors, says the …

Questions regarding implementation of Supportive Housing BC still unanswered The provincial government continues to roll out changes to seniors’ health care and housing programs without adequately addressing serious concerns from professionals and the …

Campbell government going in the wrong direction on health care, opposition to budget freeze is widespread The Campbell government’s prescription for health care which includes the threat of contract rollbacks, a budget freeze, cuts to health services and …

Fired workers rally Monday at 4:00 p.m.—HEU calls on Health Services Minister Hansen to stop closure A plan by the Vancouver Coastal Health Authority to close a 70-bed long-term care home on the Downtown Eastside is a broken commitment to that community …

The Hospital Employees’ Union (CUPE) says workers have made an important breakthrough in the fight for working people and for quality health care services after employees of the world’s largest health services corporation voted yesterday to join the …

Union FOI shows that health services ministry is “all sizzle and no steak” on major health care initiative A series of government ads released yesterday won’t close the Campbell Liberals’ credibility gap on health care, says B.C.’s largest health care …

HEU members hold information picket Wednesday at Gorge Road Hospital Health care workers will hold an information picket this afternoon outside Gorge Road Hospital to raise the alarm about the future of the facility’s residents and workers. Hospital …