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The BC NDP’s efforts to improve health care through a new payment model for family physicians and the establishment of urgent and primary care centres has had the unintended consequence of cutting the ranks of walk-in clinics across the province. According to the medical mapping service MediMap, the number of walk-in clinics across BC has dropped between 30 to 50 per cent in recent years as clinics move to an appointment-only model or close their doors ... CLICK HERE for the full story

The leader of the BC United Party says a breakdown in communication is one reason that Vernon’s last walk-in clinic is set to close its doors for good on Wednesday. Kevin Falcon was in Vernon Tuesday, Nov. 14, meeting with newly-chosen candidate Kevin Acton, the long-time mayor of Lumby, and with local party officials and supporters. The doctors that operate the Sterling Centre walk-in clinic on 25th Avenue say their inability to secure support staff is why they can no longer keep the clinic open ... CLICK HERE for the full story

The only walk-in health clinic in Campbell River will stop seeing new patients, while a clinic in Vernon is closing for good.  The operators of both facilities blame a lack of staff CLICK HERE for the full story

Want to guess which BC provincial political party, waiting to become the next government, said the following? we believe that government is making life tougher instead of better for the average BC family while households scrimp, save, and cut back on essentials, the one expense they cannot control or escaper is government taxes.   The main reason British Columbians are working harder and falling behind is the constant and rapid rise in taxes while everyone is paying higher taxes, the return to taxpayers on the things that matter most is declining the major problems facing this province all have one key element in common    -- they are being created by our government British Columbians need a government that will base its decisions on common-sense principles, and live within its means the sacrifices made to get our financial house in order must not be sabotaged by future increases in government spending by ...

The Armchair Mayor , Mel Rothenburger, gave me an interesting read this morning.  Entitled, " Thank you, Lord, for giving us more places to buy $5 coffee and $40 wine ", it was a sarcastic, yet accurate, portrayal of what some at least find most important in their day to day lives.   It got me to thinking about what really is important, at least to me, as an immediate need ... having a family doctor (our family has had four in the past 24 years ... all who have eventually moved from our city to greener pastures).   Unless you've been hiding under a rock these past several years, we are all very well aware that nearly a third of the population of Kamloops residents is without a family doctor. The insanity of this situation ... the fact that it has been an ever growing epidemic for many many years  ... and that no provincial government (NDP or Liberal) has found a solution to this BC health care crisis ... is quite frankly, ridiculous! BC Liberal He...