“(Matthew Wilson) Please be sure your information is 100 per cent accurate, and not just a platform to advance your political ambition.”

“Why would VCH tell Mathew Wilson, a candidate in the upcoming election, that Shorncliffe and Totem would be kept open, and wages will be kept the same, at the new Trellis facility? VCH and Trellis have both informed the staff personally, and in writing, that this will not be the case.”

Writer points out that the new wages will be non-livable wages for the cost of living on the Sunshine Coast.

“There’s a lot of misinformation flying around about the new long-term residential care facility in Sechelt. Let’s look at the facts…The assertion that government-owned care facilities provide better care than those in the private sector is unfounded.”

Liberal candidate Mathew Wilson offers a reassuring view of the future awaiting Totem Lodge and Shorncliffe workers but writer wants clarification.

Strategic voting emerged as a local issue and a union representing workers at Shorncliffe and Totem Lodge is challenging claims in a Liberal campaign ad.

The BC Liberal candidate for Powell River-Sunshine Coast has come under fire for suggesting jobs at two soon-to-be closed seniors’ homes in Sechelt are safe.

Vancouver Police officers moved in with guns drawn after an ambulance was reportedly stolen from VGH.

VCH collected more than 250,000 used syringes in the city last year. Vancouver has had needle exchanges since the mid-1980s and a supervised injection site since 2003.

Overdose deaths have skyrocketed but the issue has barely factored into the provincial election. With quotes from Dr. Patricia Daly, chief medical health officer for VCH.