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BC Health Coalition ACTION ALERT: Dear Friend of Medicare, Vancouver General Hospital (VGH) has begun to shut the doors to its much-needed Domestic Violence Program after a sudden announcement last week. The well-respected outpatient program has been serving the community for 18 years. Some 25 people experiencing violent relationships access the program each week for counselling, support, and education as...

Join HSA, the BC Federation of Labour and friends for a fun and relaxing family day at the annual Labour Day Picnic Monday, September 6, 11 am to 2 pm Central Park in Burnaby (Kingsway between Boundary and Patterson) -- a 5-minute stroll from adjacent Patterson Skytrain Station The day will include family entertainment, fun (games and prizes), and food...

Comox Valley Record

Less than a week after a sudden announcement to emergency room staff, Vancouver General Hospital has already begun dismantling a much-needed Domestic Violence Program that has been serving the community for 18 years. The outpatient Domestic Violence Program serves 20-25 clients per week, providing counselling for patients experiencing violent relationships. The program also provides support, education and referrals for child...

Comox Valley Echo

Nanaimo News Bulletin

Nanaimo Daily News

The Report: August 2010 vol.31 num.4 DELEGATES TO THE RECENT HSA CONVENTION in Vancouver asked a number of questions about the role and responsibility of workplace occupational health and safety committees: When should worksite inspections occur, who organizes them and how are members freed up to do them? The Workers Compensation Act (Divsion 4 Item 130) addresses this, and while...

The Report: August 2010 vol.31 num.4 AS DIETITIAN SANDRA HOMENUK heads into retirement, shes pleased to see that the profession shes leaving looks very, very different than the one she entered 40 years ago. -I started working in the fall of 1970," says Homenuk, who retired from her position as Dietetics Practice Leader at BC Womens and Childrens Hospital on...

The Report: August 2010 vol.31 num.4 THE TINY BEADED FIGURE HSA member JoanneSchwartz wears on her lanyard every day at workcould be dismissed as just a colourful trinket.However, for Schwartz and for over 100 SouthAfrican women infected with HIV, along withtheir families, this ornament has more valuethan the most luxurious of necklaces. In fact, it represents survival, health, financial security...