BC's Environment minister says the province is taking a wait and see approach to the Kinder Morgan trans-mountain pipeline expansion. Terry Lake says at the moment all they can do is wait because there really aren't many concrete details. "Well the Kinder Morgan proposal is at this stage not really a proposal in that it hasn't gone in … [Read more...]
Society claims wait time data falsified
September 19, 2012 by
The BC Anesthesiologist Society is levelling serious accusations at the Health Ministry over patient wait times. Doctor Roland Orfaly says health officials have manipulated or falsified patient treatment data to show on paper wait times are being addressed. Orfaly says wait times are instead "exploding". The society is now applying as intervenor in … [Read more...]
Lengthy wait for RCMP officer
July 30, 2012 by
It will take almost a year for an RCMP officer accused of impaired driving to go to trial. Constable Tina Kerton was charged with one count each of operating a vehicle while impaired, and exceeding the blood alochol limit -- after crashing her car in January. She was off-duty at the time of her arrest on Highway One, near the 160th street overpass, … [Read more...]
Taxpayers will have to wait to see a report on MLA expenses
July 25, 2012 by
An Auditor General's report examining the legisature's budget and MLA expenses was supposed to be released Tuesday but it has been delayed. The NDP's Shane Simpson says a special five member MLA's committee and the speaker of the house have to give the okay before the report is released. He says both NDP members have done just … [Read more...]
Private health providers not an option for reducing surgical wait times
June 20, 2012 by
Long waits for surgery are costing Canadians over one billion dollars according to the Fraser Institute but politicians doubt the group has the right prescription to cure the problem. The report says waiting times are costing Canadians over one billion dollars a year, $ 116 million here in BC. Health Minister Mike De Jong says BC has … [Read more...]
Surgical wait lists proving costly
June 20, 2012 by
The Fraser Institute says surgical wait lists cost the Canadian economy over one billion dollars last year.The think-tank's study author, Nadeem Ismail, says waiting for treatment means many people aren't able to work – and the cost works out to around 11-hundred dollars for each Canadian waiting in line. "We have to look to countries … [Read more...]
After long wait, cop gets day in Court
April 11, 2012 by
An Abbotsford Police officer accused of using excessive force during an arrest will have his day in court Thursday. Constable Adam Page is charged with assault, after the arrest of a shoplifter one night in September of 2009. Officers were called to a store in the 327-hundred block South Fraser Way. They arrested a 37-year-old man who had … [Read more...]
PK Dick’s “Now Wait” Gets Adapted
December 6, 2011 by
We've had "Blade Runner," "Total Recall," "Minority Report," "Paycheck" and more recently "The Adjustment Bureau." Now another story from sci-fi author Philip K. Dick is hitting the big screen. Lila 9th and Electric Shepherd Productions have optioned the film rights to Dick's "Now Wait For Last Year" with Ted Kupper set to adapt the script says … [Read more...]
Wait continues for Fraser family
October 21, 2011 by
The family of a truck driver murdered in Surrey thirteen years ago will have to wait a little longer to learn more of his killer's prison sentence. Crown and defence argued today over parole eligability for Gary Johnston, found guilty of second degree murder in Vic Fraser's death in 1998. The crown pushed for 17 to 21 years before Johnston could … [Read more...]
Some lengthy wait times for mammograms
October 4, 2011 by
Wait times for mammograms in BC can still be up to two months in some places and only 54-per cent of eligible women get screened. Residents of Williams Lake wait the longest for a mammogram, roughly seven-and-a-half weeks. On the Lower Mainland most waits are one to four weeks. Janette Sam with the screening mammography program says … [Read more...]
