Opinion

Editor: As Canada enters its 150th year, it faces no challenge more urgent or far-reaching than the reconfiguration of its energy supply.

Editor: Canada’s health care system is a group of socialized health insurance plans that provides coverage to all Canadian citizens.

Editor: It was standing room only for the meeting held on June 29 to consider the VCH plan to close Shorncliffe and Totem Lodge.

Editor: As a new senior, I find myself musing with some trepidation about what my decline to the finish line might look like. The apparent unfolding direction of Vancouver Coastal Health (VCH) is not reassuring.

Editor: Some 250 people filled the Seniors Centre in Sechelt June 29 to hear a litany of concerns about plans to replace existing extended care facilities with a single new one that will ostensibly add 20 beds.

Editor: After reading what Vancouver Coastal Health said about residential care services on the Sunshine Coast, I checked the definition of privatization.

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Editor: Like many of my physician colleagues, I was very disappointed that the recently announced decision by Vancouver Coastal Health to replace Totem Lodge and Shorncliffe Care Home with the new Silverstone Care Centre over the next two years fails

Editor: I want to add my voice to the growing concern about the decision of Vancouver Coastal Health to close down the long-term care homes in Sechelt – Shorncliffe and Totem Lodge – and replace them with a privately run facility.