Richmond has signed on, under protest, to the new RCMP deal but they also might not be using the mounties for very long.Mayor Malcolm Brodie says the city signed on because it was either that or pay out four-million dollars in extra costs.When asked if the city plans to use the two year opt-out clause in the contract Brodie said, "This is really … [Read more...]
Ten recommendations made after death of developmentally disabled woman who was waiting for long-term care
A coroner's inquest jury has made ten recommendations in the case of a developmentally disabled woman on Vancouver Island who died while waiting for long-term care. 76-year-old Joan Andrews died last year after she crawled over a bed railing and injured her head. She was a client of Community Living BC at the time, at a caregiver's Langford … [Read more...]
Inquest into case of woman who died waiting for long-term care wraps up tomorrow
An inquest into the case of a Vancouver Island woman who died while waiting for a room in long-term care is expected to wrap up Friday. Joan Andrews, a 76-year-old client of Community Living BC, died in February 2011 from a head injury after crawling over a bed railing. At the time, she was living in the Langford home of a caregiver who believed … [Read more...]
Chumby halts hardware sales, long-term support looking mighty unlikely
"The site is closed temporarily." Never a good sign, indeed, and particularly not when it's plastered across Chumby's own webstore. For over two days now, that's the message given to anyone attempting to buy hardware from the company, and it looks as if the Chumby we knew may be counting down its final days. A scrappy upstart attempting to bring … [Read more...]