BC Seniors

• Meet the Nanaimo senior who’s warmed hearts and heads with more than 10K toques

  In the 30 years since she moved to B.C. from Winnipeg, Kathleen Rempel has crocheted more than 10,500 toques for people in need, from premature babies to professional mariners.

  Canada

  Dec 15, 2022
  
• B.C. doctor frustrated after finding terminally ill mother at home without care

  Eighty-six-year-old Marianne Lush's has terminal cancer and is legally blind and paralyzed in both legs, but was found in bed without a health-care worker last week.

  Health

  Sep 30, 2022
  
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• Victoria seniors stage protest at vacant school field, seeking park space for elders

  About 100 seniors took part in the protest near the land owned by the Greater Victoria School District, and say they are being shut out of green space near their homes.

  Politics

  Sep 27, 2022
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• B.C. seniors receiving less support than in other provinces: report

  Housing continues to be the greatest financial pressure on seniors, with the number of B.C. seniors in core housing growing by 17 per cent between 2011 and 2016.

  Politics

  Sep 22, 2022
• Phone scams against seniors on the rise, says Crime Stoppers

  Crime Stoppers acknowledges these crimes could be under reported as it can be embarrassing for seniors to come forward following the crimes.

  Canada

  Jun 4, 2022
• Volunteers who supported seniors a lasting legacy of pandemic, B.C. advocate says

  The advocate for B.C. seniors says nearly 26,000 seniors benefitted from the generosity of over 13,000 volunteers as part of a provincially-funded program.

  Health

  Feb 16, 2022
• ‘Late bloomer’: 97-year-old B.C. resident smashes swimming records

  Betty Brussel, who's originally from the Netherlands, didn’t start swimming competitively until she was 68 years old.

  Features

  Feb 10, 2022
• B.C. aims to bring one social visitor per resident back to long-term care homes

  Once rapid antigen tests and additional support staff are available, Dr. Bonnie Henry said the province will allow one social visitor per resident to return.

  Health

  Jan 4, 2022
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• B.C. seniors’ COVID-19 vaccine bookings to be accelerated this week

  B.C government announces seniors 80+ can begin calling for their vaccine appointment sooner than earlier planned.

  Health

  Mar 15, 2021
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• B.C.’s seniors advocate launches review into elder abuse

  Isobel Mackenzie said in her annual review that there were just over 5,500 total calls to the information line in 2019, an increase of 27 per cent from the year before.

  Dec 8, 2020