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Pharmacare costs for seniors could quadruple, CUPE charges British Columbians will be forced to shell out $400 million to pay for added costs of the Campbell government’s new Pharmacare scheme, B.C. largest union charges, and that means drug bills will …

Public denied information, input as Victoria secretly decides fate of new health facility The PricewaterhouseCoopers study on privatization and other options for the new hospital promised to Abbotsford residents last spring is finished according to …

30 per cent mortality rate for former residents of Kelowna care home closed by Liberals Research commissioned by B.C.’s largest health care union suggests that death rates among frail elderly nursing home residents relocated as a result of facility …

Seniors, patient advocates and health workers are gathering at a public meeting Sunday, Sept. 30 at 1 p.m. at the Hilton-Metrotown’s Crystal Ballroom, 6083 McKay, Burnaby, to sound the alarm about threatened cuts to B.C.’s Pharmacare program. Sunday is …

Move will backfire on patients and hurt local economy, says HEU The Vancouver Coastal Health Authority told health unions this afternoon that it will award lucrative contracts for hospital dietary, cleaning and security services over the next few weeks at …

BCGEU, BCNU and HEU News Release Court dates set in unions’ Charter challenge B.C. health care unions are gearing up their legal challenge to the Campbell government’s draconian contract-breaking legislation now that the B.C. Supreme Court has set aside …

Buoyed by strong vote results, unions say they're determined to reach a negotiated settlement by March 31 [Vancouver] Health care workers from across B.C. have delivered a convincing 90 per cent strike mandate to back their unions' efforts to reach a …

Health care workers, seniors and other concerned citizens will rally at noon today in front of the Vancouver Coastal Health Authority offices to protest the cuts and changes being made to health care without open, comprehensive public consultations or a …

Premier Campbell well-advised to dump similar deal for health CEOs, union says The Hospital Employees’ Union (CUPE) is applauding the Interior Health Authority’s bonus-busting decision announced earlier today and is calling on Premier Campbell to follow …

Next step should be to create plan to protect seniors’ care, groups urge Premier Vancouver — The Seniors’ Network BC is pleased to learn that the Liberal government has placed a moratorium on closures of long-term care facilities in B.C., a move sources …