BC Seniors

• B.C. Office of the Seniors Advocate addresses impact of 2026 provincial budget

  'These are needed beds that are urgently needed from family caregivers who are really being pushed to the edge caring for someone,' Dan Levitt said.

  Politics

  Feb 18
  
• B.C.’s senior population is growing faster than new long-term care beds: advocate

  A report from B.C.'s seniors advocate says the province has seen a five per cent increase in long-term care beds since 2019 to 2020.

  Health

  Jan 28
  
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• Advocacy group says B.C. seniors should have free shingles, RSV vaccines

  A Canadian advocacy group said more about 70 per cent of B.C. seniors have not been vaccinated for shingles.

  Health

  Jun 2, 2024
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• ‘It’s silly’: B.C. seniors protest poverty-causing conditions in their golden years

  Carrying signs reading "Fair Pensions of Seniors Now" dozens of Vernon seniors heeded the call of the Tin Cup organization to protest poverty causing conditions.

  Canada

  Mar 21, 2024
• Ottawa, B.C. commit $733M to seniors’ health care

  The B.C. government will report on its progress annually against established performance targets as a condition of the $733-million deal.

  Health

  Feb 12, 2024
• B.C. seniors face poverty in ‘dramatic reversal’

  Keith Light, 77, is still living in a recreational vehicle outside a Walmart in East Vancouver. He's been on BC Housing's waiting list for subsidized housing for two years.

  Canada

  Jan 27, 2024
• Simon Fraser University professor, gerontologist is B.C.’s new seniors advocate

  Dan Levitt says he's "deeply honoured" to be appointed the province's second seniors advocate, and thanked current advocate Isobel Mackenzie, who is retiring in April.

  Jan 26, 2024
• ‘Brutal for everybody’: Abbotsford apartment building without heat for over a month

  'Our heat is included with our rent. Now who is going to reimburse us for our hydro?' asked longtime tenant Dennis Yurick.

  Canada

  Jan 23, 2024
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• Vancouver police provides free cell phones for low-income seniors to call 911

  The initiative is the brainchild of a patrol officer who noticed many older adults live alone, don't have cellphones, and are less likely to lean on someone in times of need. 

  Crime

  Sep 20, 2023
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• ‘There’s no words’: Thousands raised to help beloved Vancouver advocate retire

  "We were very luck to have women, straight and gay, that really stepped up and were there for us. Easter was that woman," said friend and fundraiser organizer Edgar Sandulo.

  Economy

  Sep 19, 2023