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Despite promises to make changes to child-care fees, advocates say Manitoba is slow to enact those pledges. Under a Canada-Manitoba agreement announced in 2021, a 50 per cent reduction in average parent fees was promised by the end of 2022, with an average of $10 per day by 2025-2026 for …
Read More »Winter closing of Toronto shelter hotel causing ‘chaos’ for some, advocates say – Toronto
With a week to go before homeless residents have to leave a Toronto hotel-turned-shelter, some say they don’t know where they’ll end up once they have to move out while advocates say the timing means many could be left to fend for themselves in the cold. The shelter site at …
Read More »Kamloops doctor advocates for car-free zones around schools
A Kamloops pediatrician has approached the Kamloops-Thompson school board about creating car-free zones around schools to encourage more people in the B.C. Interior city to use their feet instead of a gas pedal. Dr. Trent Smith told CBC Daybreak Kamloops host Shelley Joyce that car-free zones around schools would alleviate …
Read More »Advocates push for more details about expansion of Red Deer hospital
As the government reveals new information about expansion plans for the Red Deer Regional Hospital Centre, community advocates say the province should publicize a detailed timeline of construction goals for the project. “I think everyone is a little skeptical,” said Dr. Kym Jim, an internal medicine specialist and a member …
Read More »Most toxic drug deaths are now from smoking. Advocates ask when B.C. will adjust to that reality
Last year, up to three quarters of people killed by B.C.’s toxic drug supply in parts of the province had smoked — not injected — their fatal dose, according to figures from the coroners service. But in some regions of B.C. that saw the highest rates of death by inhalation, …
Read More »Interior Health’s slow progress on safe supply frustrates doctor, advocates
A doctor in Nelson, B.C., says after four years of trying to establish a safe supply program through conversations with the local health authority, he is making his frustrations public with hopes it will pressure officials into action. Michael Vance, a family physician who focuses on addictions, says he’s had multiple …
Read More »Accessible housing urgently needed in B.C., advocates say, with thousands on wait-lists
Kyle Jacques has one wish before his 29th birthday this month — to find an accessible home. Jacques uses a wheelchair and has spent the past nine months looking for an affordable, accessible home in Vancouver. At his current rental, he grapples with everyday tasks such as getting his wheelchair inside …
Read More »B.C. invests $63.8M in back-to-school affordability fund, advocates wonder if it will go far enough
B.C. announced an investment of almost $64 million on Monday to help ease the burden on families sending children back to school amidst soaring inflation. The money will go toward meal programs, school supplies and fees for field trips. “This is the first of several measures we will be rolling out in the weeks ahead to help people …
Read More »More people living in RVs on Vernon, B.C., streets because they can’t find a home, housing advocates say
Robert Brown never thought he’d be living like this — all of his possessions crammed into an old, 30-foot motorhome, moving from place to place in search of some place to rent or park his RV. Brown and his partner Mathie Franchuck moved to Vernon, B.C., one month ago on a promise …
Read More »Do SUVs, pickups cause more deaths? Safety advocates say they have the numbers to prove it
Ontario safety advocates say they have research that suggests large SUVs and pickup trucks cause more pedestrian and cycling deaths than other vehicles, and they’re calling on the province’s chief coroner to investigate the problem. In 2015, Jessica Spieker was riding her bicycle on a Toronto street when she was struck by a …
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