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Union renews call for independent investigation of “smelly” severance arrangements If Premier Campbell really wants to get the goods on rich severance provisions for ex-health executives, he should call in his six hand-picked health authority board …

The union representing most B.C. care aides and licensed practical nurses is demanding an apology from health services minister Colin Hansen after he referred to their role in providing quality patient care as “menial” on a Vancouver radio station Friday. …

Letters to editor bring termination threat Three long-time Williams Lake health care workers have received either written or verbal reprimands for exercising their rights as citizens by taking a public stance on the closure of two seniors care facilities …

On eve of government ad campaign, public increasingly critical of health reforms The Gordon Campbell Liberal government has failed to reverse public skepticism about its seniors’ care reforms, according to a new McIntyre and Mustel poll commissioned by …

Printer Friendly Version Another promise broken by B.C. Liberals A move by St. Paul's Hospital to privatize 1,000 day surgery procedures will lead to longer waits in public hospitals and is more evidence that the Gordon Campbell Liberals have long …

Six hundred front-line health and social service workers from every corner of B.C. meet in Richmond tomorrow for the 23rd biennial convention of the 46,000-member Hospital Employees’ Union (CUPE). It will be the first convention the union has held since …

Under cover of the Royal visit, the provincial government’s health authorities are set to announce the largest health privatization initiative to date that will hand control of critical hospital functions to private corporations and result in the firing …

Health authorities urged to make revised budgets public by end of May Yesterday’s announcement of the revised 2003/04 provincial health care budget that includes an additional $328 million in spending should have a positive impact on B.C.’s health care …

Convention delegates demand fair, equal access to services for all communities Policies of the Campbell government that have hurt rural communities in B.C. came under intense criticism at the Hospital Employees’ Union (CUPE) convention in Richmond today, …

Staff layoffs and resident evictions illustrate the tragedy of closing seniors’ care facilities Forty-five care aides and therapeutic and food services workers at Burnaby’s Cascade Residence received layoff notices late yesterday as the Fraser Health …