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Printer Friendly Version Abbotsford P3 hospital only one of many private health facilities being planned across the country, says BC Health Coalition As Canada’s premiers meet in Vancouver with health care reform at the top of their “to do” list, …

Medicare campaigners visit Fort St. John at 5:00 p.m. Monday An ambulance carrying an important message about the future of Medicare will be in Fort St. John on Monday as part of a nine day province-wide tour. The ambulance is staffed by front-line health …

Why should we care about who cleans our hospitals? That’s the question being asked in a new TV ad campaign sponsored by the Hospital Employees’ Union (CUPE) that begins today. The ads respond to a wave of health care privatization that could result in the …

An ambulance staffed by health care workers and carrying an important message about the future of Medicare begins a nine-day tour of B.C. starting Monday in Nanaimo. The ambulance sports a visually striking paint job that calls attention to the threat …

An ambulance carrying an important message about the future of Medicare begins a nine-day tour of B.C. today and Ladysmith is one of the first stops. The ambulance is staffed by health care workers and sports a visually striking paint job calling …

Front line staff at the Dusk to Dawn Resource Centre, a night drop-in for street youth operated by Family Services of Greater Vancouver, have become the youngest group of workers to join the Hospital Employees’ Union (CUPE). “We’re honored these 16 young …

Year-end survey paints grim picture of health care’s front lines Health care workers are demoralized, worried about patient safety and they’re forgoing major consumer purchases because of job insecurity, according to a year end survey commissioned by the …

But resources for Medicare modernization in short supply as B.C. continues to make up for Ottawa's neglect of Medicare [Victoria] In the face of continuing underfunding of Medicare by Ottawa, the B.C. government has provided a $549 million boost to the …

HEU calls on Campbell government to build it public, build it now A privately owned and financed hospital for Abbotsford could result in a much more costly alternative than a traditional publicly owned and financed facility, forensic accountant Ron Parks …

While limiting impact on patient care, unions hope their efforts result in a fair agreement Unions representing 46,000 health services and support workers are announcing an expansion of job action on Thursday when legal strike notice comes into effect for …