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STORIES BY PENNY DAFLOS

• B.C. ambulances now at top alert level ahead of hot weather

  British Columbia's chief ambulance officer has ordered BC Emergency Health Services to its top alert level with hot weather on the way.

  

• 'Major shift' in weather the first test of B.C.'s revamped heat warning system

  Summer heat is arriving in Metro Vancouver on the anniversary of last year's deadly heat dome, and while there's no connection between the two, the first taste of summer weather is also the first test of B.C.'s revamped heat warning system.

  

• 'Chaos' and 'travel hell': YVR bracing for influx of travellers as vaccine mandate ends

  Vancouver International Airport is making preparations for an influx of travellers as industry experts warn more delays, not fewer, will be the result of the suspended vaccine mandate requirement for air travel.

• Two-thirds of B.C. residents oppose museum project after government 'stepped in the glue,' pollsters say

  Weeks after B.C.’s premier first admitted the announcement of a planned museum replacement “landed with a thud,” an opinion poll has found the majority of residents are against the controversial project.

• Dehumanizing and disruptive: Calls to end 'street sweeps' in Vancouver's Downtown Eastside

  People living on Vancouver's Downtown Eastside are calling for an end to so-called street sweeps, when city crews clean up debris each day, saying they're dehumanizing and disruptive.

• 'It's upsetting': Finger-pointing, obfuscation as Vancouver Coastal Health fights hospital outbreak disclosure

  A year-long tug-of-war has resulted in Vancouver Coastal Health producing some of the COVID-19 outbreak reports it repeatedly insisted did not exist.

• 'Outraged and distraught': Reaction to disabled B.C. woman's approval for medically-assisted death

  A B.C. woman speaking out about 'death care' being easier to access than adequate health care is sending shock waves throughout the country, with many saying her experience is a potent example of the slippery slope of expanding access to MAID.

• 'Easier to let go' without support: B.C. woman approved for medically assisted death speaks out

  A B.C. woman is speaking out about her experience accessing 'death care' with more ease than health care at a time when federal policymakers are considering further expanding access to medical assistance in dying.

• The daily 'marathon': A rare first-hand look at B.C. family doctors’ workload

  British Columbians are hearing an increasing number of family doctors, supported by their specialist colleagues and other healthcare workers, describing the gruelling workload and increasing demands.

• 'It's COVID plus': B.C.'s pandemic death toll under renewed scrutiny

  British Columbia had more excess deaths than any other province in the first year-and-a-half of the pandemic, according to a new analysis renewing scrutiny of just how many of those deaths were due to COVID-19.

• Signing bonuses, flexibility, culture: B.C. businesses offering incentives for new employees

  From offering several thousand dollars to flexible hours to a focus on workplace culture, B.C. employers are increasingly finding ways to stand out to job-seekers.

• Wave of health-care resignations in Northern B.C. as calls grow for audit

  A wave of resignations among Northern B.C. health-care workers – including half the doctors in the intensive care unit of the region’s biggest hospitals – is raising alarms among civic leaders already calling for an audit.

• How a 'Band-Aid' urgent care strategy contributed to B.C.'s primary care crisis

  The decision to focus on urgent and emergency health care to avert long waits played a key role in B.C.’s current primary care crisis, and the costlier care is compounding the problem.

• Time is money: B.C. doctors' group proposes 'overnight' fix for primary care crisis

  A new advocacy group of B.C. family doctors is coming forward to say the primary care crisis in the province isn’t the result of too few physicians, but a matter of priorities and compensation that could be solved virtually overnight.