
VaughnPalmer
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Vancouver Sun's provincial affairs political columnist, based in Victoria.
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http://www.vancouversun.com/columnists/Vaughn_Palmer.html 07-01-2009 22:17:43
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For the 43rd time this year, the ER at the hospital in Lillooet will be temporarily closed due to staffing shortages. Interior Health is directing anyone needing urgent care from 7pm (July 28th) until 8am (July 29th) to visit Royal Inland Hospital in Kamloops or call 9-1-1.






More than 10 drs on BC's rare drug committee have resigned after Josie Osborne 🇨🇦 restored meds to 10-yr-old Charleigh, saying she's undercut public confidence in their work. What a spectacularly delusional misreading of how and why the public lost confidence in the system.



Is denying a $1-million drug to a terminally ill 10-year-old cruel – or is it good governance? by André Picard theglobeandmail.com/opinion/articl… via Globe Opinion




Perhaps another reason for this sudden burst of outrage is that MPs on Friday will convene a committee to grill BC Ferries CEO and others under oath about how contract with the Chinese government was signed, and how much provincial and federal public money is subsidizing that.


Exclusive: Vancouver school board owns 223 properties worth $9.5 billion #bced story by loriculbert vancouversun.com/business/real-… via The Vancouver Sun

A real estate model fuelled by foreign capital is now only affordable to foreign capital? "'That model is dead:' B.C. Premier, housing minister rebuff developers' request for foreign real estate investment" as told by Dan Fumano #bcpoli #vanpoli #vanre vancouversun.com/opinion/column…

