“ … The challenge is the economics that is going to come home fairly quickly. We’ve had too many people off business; off work. The bills are building and we must address that,” said BC Liberal candidate Norm Facey, in the only interview he granted Cortes Currents.
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anti-Indigenous racism in BC’s healthcare system
the Discourse, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
Friends, family and allies are calling for significant reform to B.C.’s healthcare system. Connor Sutton, a 23-year-old Indigenous man from T’Sou-ke Nation, received what they say was racist treatment and inappropriate care at two Vancouver Island hospitals.
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Temporary Farm Workers Don’t Have Access To Adequate Health Care
By Marc Fawcett-Atkinson, Canada’s National Observer, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
Every summer, thousands of migrant farm workers flock to B.C. bearing painkillers and antibiotics. These personal pharmacies reflect workers’ concerns they won’t have access to adequate health care in the province, despite working in one of B.C.’s most dangerous — and essential — industries. It’s a situation advocates say puts farm workers at risk despite government assurances the system is working.
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Investigation Into racism in the health care system
By Fran Yanor, The Rocky Mountain Goat, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
Flanked by First Nations and Metis Nation leadership, the independent investigator appointed by the province to examine racism in the health care system promised a ‘truth-telling’ process and encouraged Indigenous people and health care professionals to confidentially share their experiences with her team.
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The Moose Brings Health Services To The Campbell River Area
National Observer, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
It’s early morning and there’s still a hush in downtown Campbell River.
Stores are just starting to open in the small Vancouver Island town, which is experiencing a typical “Juneuary” West Coast day — mild temperatures paired with a grey and drizzly sky.
But lodged in the middle of the city’s core is a massive, snazzy, brightly coloured RV accompanied by a woman hanging out its entry door and greeting anyone and everyone who passes.
Folks walking by stop to ask what the splashed-out vehicle is all about or to chat with Leanne McIntee, who already knows a lot of the passersby by name.
McIntee is co-ordinator of the Mobile Outreach Unit for Health and Support Services (MOUHSS), which tends to go by its moniker, the Moose.
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