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• B.C. budget 2020 includes tax increases on top income earners, pop drinkers

  The B.C. government is increasing taxes on the rich and pop drinkers to help fund the continuation of its affordability agenda.

  Economy

  Feb 18, 2020
  
• B.C. government says more low-income families are accessing Fair PharmaCare

  Nearly 90,000 families in British Columbia benefited from the provincial government's decision to waive drug deductibles for those who make less than $30,000 a year.

  Health

  Jan 2, 2020
  
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• New hospital on the way for Surrey but shovels won’t be in the ground until 2021 at the earliest

  Premier John Horgan announced the new hospital after a transfer of land in Cloverdale beside the Kwantlen Polytechnic University campus at 5500 180 St.

  Health

  Dec 9, 2019
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• Nova Scotia premier to meet with Inez Rudderham, cancer patient who posted viral video

  David Jackson, a spokesman in the Premier's Office, confirms Stephen McNeil will meet with Inez Rudderham likely sometime later this month.

  Health

  May 1, 2019
• ‘This system is broken’: N.B. father speaks out about son’s psychiatric hospital mistreatment

  The report found many patients have been mistreated at Restigouche Hospital Centre in Campbellton.

  Health

  Feb 8, 2019
• Privacy ombudsman offers rebuke of N.S. premier’s claim to most transparent province in Canada

  Catherine Tully took the province to task for its failure to update the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy (FOIPOP) Act.

  Politics

  Nov 14, 2018
• ‘We feel like we’re the forgotten population’: N.S. disability advocate calls for dedicated care homes

  A disability advocate living in long-term care says Nova Scotia's facilities are geared toward and predominantly populated by seniors.

  Health

  Nov 7, 2018
• London politician pleads for the province to save Cardiac Fitness Institute

  During Wednesday's question period, London West New Democrat MPP Peggy Sattler once again called on the government to step in and provide funding for the Cardiac Fitness Institute at the London Health Sciences Centre (LHSC).

  Health

  Mar 8, 2018
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• New Brunswick insulin pump program expands to 18-25 age group

  The province is extending its coverage to access funding for insulin pumps and related supplies to the 18-to-25 age group.

  Canada

  Feb 26, 2018
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• Patients plead to keep LHSC’s Cardiac Fitness Institute open

  CFI patients say they might not be alive to without the program at LHSC, which is closing in March.

  Health

  Jan 15, 2018