AUER: Tales from the emergency department waiting room
The healthcare system is not working for anybody – doctors, workers, or patients. When there are gaps in our systems, people fall through them.
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TEGART: we’ve been loud and clear – but is the health minister listening?
As our community continues to try to cope with repeated emergency room closures and other health care challenges, frustration has been building as the government seems content to wait for longer-term results when in fact, we need urgent relief now.
A call to action: the return of the ‘Four Pillars’
“Across the province, the impacts of the toxic drug supply are demonstrated all too frequently. Human despair and misery are visible in parks, sidewalks, and in front of businesses. No one group is immune to the risks or the consequences of addictions.”
AUER: A community that truly cares about the ‘other’
Merritt deserves consistent healthcare, along with all other rural locations, and more effort must be made to find concrete and permanent solutions.
BDC hosts 43rd annual Small Business Week
The 43rd annual Business Development Bank of Canada (BDC) Small Business Week is taking place this year from October 16 to October 22. The celebration highlights the entrepreneurs and local businesses driving the Canadian economy.
BC Liberal Leader spends a day in Merritt
On Saturday, October 1, BC Liberal Party Leader Kevin Falcon met with the people of Merritt to hear their concerns. The engagement served as an opportunity for locals to meet the new leader in person as well as to voice out issues that he could bring up in the legislature.
Representative calls for change with Indigenous child welfare funding
BC Representative for Children and Youth (RCY) released a report on Tuesday, March 29. The report explores Indigenous child welfare as the representative makes recommendations to eliminate inequality in funding.
Tips on protecting flood vulnerable homes
Kimberley Fenwick, Director of System Risk at Technical Safety BC, has some pointers for people who live in the flood zone on how they can prepare and best protect their homes.
TEGART: Local tourism will be a cornerstone of economic recovery
MLA Jackie Tegart says that businesses must be ready when tourism reopens.
TEGART: Steelhead need our support
Steelhead stock in the Fraser River watershed has been dwindling for years.
ALBAS: Community awareness of COVID-19
Although the House of Commons is not sitting this week, the Prime Minister announced that...
TEGART: A future vision for Merritt
Last month the City of Merritt invited Nicola Valley residents to participate in the WorkBC...
Indian bands lose Trans Mountain appeal
The Trans Mountain Pipeline has been given the go-ahead by federal court.
Difficult birth for LNG cash cow
VICTORIA – Debate is underway on the B.C. Liberal government’s tax and environmental plan for...
One last holdup on railway tracks
VICTORIA – “Hands up.” That famous command is attributed to Bill Miner, an American career...
Questionable spending from B.C.’s capital
In case political expense scandals have been off your radar for a while, B.C. Speaker of the House...
Bleak summer for coastal ferry remake
VICTORIA – There was an uproar in the B.C. legislature this spring when Transportation Minister...
Ruts in road to farmland changes
The month-long Agricultural Land Commission consultation closed Aug. 22, and the B.C. government...
What we know about the mine spill
Today I’ll attempt to cut through the speculation and fear-mongering that have swirled around the...
Farm changes a great leap forward
VICTORIA – The B.C. government’s intentions for the Agricultural Land Reserve have been clarified...
