BCNU In the News

December 30

• Man Charged After Nurse Attacked and Seriously Injured at B.C. Hospital – The Canadian Press

December 18

• Pop-Up Overdose-Prevention Site Returns at Nanaimo Hospital – Times Colonist

December 16

• New Province-Wide Holiday Ad Recognizes Nurses’ Care and Dedication – Indo-Canadian Voice

December 12

• BC Nurses Rally in Surrey to Demand Safer Working Conditions – Surrey Now Leader

December 10

• BC Nurses Rally for Safer Working Conditions – Global News
• BC Nurses Rally for Safer Working Conditions – CityNews Vancouver
• Fake Nurse Worked at Vancouver Hospital for a Year – Healthcare Technology

December 9

• Feeling the Heartbreak of those Left Behind: Memory Walk in Trail Draws Many – Rossland News

November 16

• ‘A Wake-Up Call’: Union Voices Safety Concerns After Student Nurse Stabbed at Vancouver Hospital – CTV News
• Student Nurse Attacked with Knife at Vancouver Hospital, Union Says – CBC
• BC Nurses' Union Demands Better Security After Student Nurse Stabbed at VGH – CityNews
• BC Nursing Student Attacked with Knife during First Clinical Placement: Union – CHEK News

November 15

• Student Nurse Attacked at Vancouver General Hospital: Union – Global News

November 1

• Interior Health Fined $274,000 After Penticton Hospital Staff Exposed to Illicit Drugs  – InfoTel News
• WorkSafeBC Fines Interior Health After Nurses Exposed to Illicit Drugs  – Global News

October 29

• BC Nurses’ Union Gather in Penticton to Talk About Challenges  – Global BC
• PHOTOS: Nurses Rally for Change and Rural Health in Penticton  – Creston Valley Advance
• Interior Health Nurses Rally in Preparation of Contract Renegotiations  – My Kootenay Now
• BC Nurses Union Gearing Up for Contract Negotiations; Hosting Regional Conferences  – My PG Now

October 28

• Hundreds of Interior Health Nurses in Penticton for Union Conference and Rally  – Castanet

September 29

• BC Announces New Minimum Nurse-to-Patient Ratios Province-Wide  – CityNews

September 28

• 'This is Unacceptable': Island Man Decries Room Conditions at Victoria Hospital  – Comox Valley Record

September 24

• BCNU Calls on Provincial Candidates to Pledge on Minimum Nurse-to-Patient Ratios  – City News
• How the Parties are Proposing to Fix BC's Health-Care System  – CBC
• BCNU is Calling on Candidates to Commit to Nurse-to-Patient Ratios for a Stronger Public Health-Care System  – Nelson Daily News

September 19

• Union Praises BC's New Nurse-to-Patient Ratios but Tempers Expectations  – Canadian Press
• Nurse-Patient Ratios at BC Hospitals Set to Expand in Fall: Health Minister  – Vancouver Province
• Province, Nurses Union, Determine Nurse-to-Patient Ratios in Multiple Hospital Settings  – My Bulkley Lakes Now

September 18

• BC Unveils Nurse-to-Patient Ratios, with Priority on Emergency Departments  – Global News
• Minimum Nurse-Patient Ratios Established at Most BC hospitals, Says Health Minister  – CTV News

September 3

• BC Nurses Haven't Had a Chance to Catch Their Breath: BCNU President  – Abbotsford News

September 2

• Giving ‘Heart and Soul.’ A Status Report on BC’s Health-Care Workers – The Tyee
• BC Healthcare System Demands Silence Over Safety – Northern Beat

August 28

• East Kootenay Nurse Retention  – CBC Radio

August 27

• Nursing in a Dangerous Time  – CBC - On the Island

August 26

• Nurses’ Union Says Immediate Solutions are Needed to Protect Nurses from Dangerous Patients in Island Care Homes  – CFAX Radio

August 22

• Nurse Sounds the Alarm over Staffing at Surrey Memorial Hospital – Surrey Now Leader
• Nurses' Union Seeks Immediate Action to Deal with Violent Patients at Care Homes – Times Colonist

August 12

• 'Serious Trouble': New Ontario Report Latest Example of Canada's Health-Care Crisis – CTV National
• Despite Staffing Incentives, Masset, BC, ER Closures Continue – CBC

July 29

• Rallies Call Attention to ER Closures Plaguing Northern B.C.  – CBC

July 28

• BC Nurses Union President Tours Through Kootenays  –  Cranbrook Townsman

July 26

• BC Nurses’ Union’s Response to Lifting of Public Realth Orders Related to COVID-19  –  Indo-Canadian Voice
• COVID-19 Public Health Emergency in BC Declared Over  –  CBC News
• British Columbia Lifts COVID-19 Vaccine Mandate for Health-Care Workers  –  Global News

July 25

• BC Nurses’ Union Leaders Touring Kootenay Hospitals This Week  –  My Kootenay Now

July 24

• Nurses Union Says Changes Needed to Alleviate ER Closures.  –  CBC Daybreak North

July 23

• Williams Lake Faces Overnight ER Closure After Says of Sudden Wildfire Emergency  –  CityNews

July 9

• Nurses, Leaders Speak Out After ER Closures Across BC  – CityNews

July 5

• More BC Hospitals Embrace Trend of Sending 'Admitted' Patients Home to Heal  – The Province

June 30

• More Security, Outdoor Drug-use Sites Help Address Illicit Drug Use in BC Hospitals  – Vancouver Sun

June 19

• Poor Use of BC Taxpayer Dollars or Necessary Health-care Expense? Critics Slam Secrecy and Soaring Costs  – CTV News

June 13

• Nursing Shortage Affects Delivery Ward  – CTV News

June 12

• Interior Health Talks Cariboo Memorial ER Closures  – Williams Lake Tribune

June 11

• Go North: Nurses Offered $30K Signing Bonus to Work in BC Health Region   – Global News

May 31

• BC Nurses Union Calling on Health Employers to Shore up Hostile Working Conditions – Tri-Cities Dispatch
• Douglas College Receives Historic Donation to Support Nursing Students – My Cariboo Now

May 30

• Nurses Rally in Vancouver to Demand Safer Working Conditions – CityNews
• Nurses Rally for Safer Working Conditions – CTV News Vancouver

May 8

• BC Nurses' Union Finds Vancouver Island Nurses at Higher Risk of Physical Violence – CBC All Points West

May 7

• Effective Immediately, It’s Illegal to Consume Hard Drugs in Public in BC – The Province

May 6

• National Nursing Week Recognizes How Nurses Change Lives For The Better – Nanaimo News Bulletin

May 2

• Urgent Message tp BC Government on Unsafe Conditions  – Global News

April 29

• Health Authority Confirms Cockroaches at BC Hospital, Insists They 'Do Not Bite'  – CTV News

April 26

• BC Seeks Ban on Public Drug Use, Dialing Back Decriminalization  – CTV Vancouver

April 25

• BC United Says Health Authority Actively Supporting Hospital Drug Use  – Black Press

April 24

• Island Health Memo Instructs Nurses Not to Stop Illicit Drug Use in Hospitals  – Times Colonist
• Leaked Memo Shows Illicit Drug Use Inside Island Hospitals, Despite Government Denials  – CHEK News

April 22

• Merritt ER Shutdown “Bill” Now in Hands of Health Ministry  – RadioNL

April 19

• Vancouver Nurse, Union Say Concerns Over Drug Use in Hospitals Politicized   – CTV News

April 17

• BCNU Stresses Nurse-to-Patient Ratios During Rally at Oft-Closed Nicola Valley Hospital – CFJC News
• Nurses Rally at B.C. Interior Hospital Over Security, Staffing Concerns – CTV Vancouver
• BC Nurses Union Members Rally for Better Working Conditions in Merritt, BC – Global News
• Nurses Protest Staff Shortage Outside Nicola Valley Hospital – Merritt Herald
• Nurses Hold Noon-hour Rally at Merritt Hospital Calling for Better Staffing, Security – RadioNL
• Nurses Rally Wednesday for Better Staffing at Merritt's Nicola Valley Hospital – Castanet News

April 16

• BC Labour Minister Talks Task Force Addressing Illicit Drug Use During Stop in Vernon – Castanet News

April 12

• CKNW's SImi Sara Discusses Having Designated Spaces For Drug Use in Hospitals  – CKNW Radio

April 11

• ‘Hidden in Their Bags’: BC Nurse Speaks Out About Drug Use in Hospital – Global News
• Concerns About Illicit Drug Use in Hospitals are Being Politicized, Nurses' Union Says   – CBC
• Drug Use in BC’s Hospitals Sparks Feisty Debate in the Legislature   – Global News

April 10

• Staff Treated for Drug Exposure at Penticton Hospital  – Penticton Herald
• Vaughn Palmer: Reality Trumps BC NDP Efforts to Control Drug-use Narrative – Vancouver Sun

April 9

• Nurses say Rules for Illicit-drug Use in Hospitals Won't Work Without Enforcement  – Times Colonist
• BC’s Nurses Support Harm Reduction, But Call for Additional Safety Measures  – Black Press

April 8

• Rob Shaw: ‘Outrageous,’ Rampant Drug Use Make St. Paul’s Unsafe for Staff, Patients Glacier Media - April 8
• Lockboxes For Drugs and Weapons: Nurses Fed Up With Drug Use in BC Hospitals – Vancouver Sun
• Task Force Will Determine One Standard For Dealing With Drug Use, Weapons in Hospitals, Dix Says  – Times Colonist
• Task Force to Tackle Concerns About Drugs in BC Hospitals, Health Minister says – Global News
• BC Taskforce Will Look at Hospital Drug Use, Weapons Policies – CityNews

April 5

• Focus BC: Nurses Exposed to Illicit Substances, Police Act Changes Coming – Global News
• Nurses Speak Out About Consequences of Drug Use in Hospitals – Vancouver Sun
• Mike Smyth Show – Global News
• Northern Health Clarifies Policies After Leaked Memo— Peace River North MLA, BCNU President respond – Energetic City

April 4

• BC Nurses' Union Concerned With Rise of Illicit Drugs, Weapons Inside Hospital – Global News
• ‘Happening Daily’: Vancouver Island Nurses Raise Concerns About Open Drug Use in Hospitals – CHEK News
• ‘Nobody Signed up … to be Exposed to Fentanyl in the Workplace,’ Says Nurse – Northern Beat
• Illicit Drug Use in Island Health Hospitals Sparks WorkSafeBC Investigation – Vancouver Sun
• Are the Effects of Decriminalization Putting Our Healthcare Staff in Danger? – Jas Johal Show, CKNW
• Illicit-drug Use by Patients at Victoria General Hospital is Common, Says Nurse – Times Colonist
• Health Authorities Need to Keep Nurses Safe From Illicit Drugs and Weapons: BCNU – CityNews
• BC Nurses Speak Out Amid Concerns About Drug Use in Hospitals – CTV News

April 3

• Leaked Northern Health Memo Tells Nurses Not to Confiscate Drugs or Weapons From Patients – Vancouver Sun
• BC Nurses’ Union Concerned With Rise of Illicit Drugs, Weapons Inside Hospitals – Global News
• BC Hospital Memo Raises Safety Concerns Over Patients' Drug Use – CBC

March 22

• Interior Health Spending On Agency Nurses Up 2,476% in Two Years – InfoNews

March 19

• Concerns Over ER Closures in BC's North  – CTV News

March 7

• DTES Health-care Workers Handcuffed by Police While Taking Client to Appointment  – CTV News

March 6

• BC Introduces Canada’s First Mandatory Nurse-to-Patient Ratios – The Tyee
• Island Health Paid $21.5 Million in Nurse Overtime in 2022/23 – CHEK News

March 2

• BC Implements Nurse-to-patient Ratios in Hospitals – Global News

March 1

• BC Sets Nurse-to-patient Ratios For 6 Areas of Hospital Care – CBC
• BC Nurse-patient Ratios Coming as Gov’t Announces Signing Bonuses – CityNews
• BC Announces Minimum Nurse-to-patient Ratios, $237M to Recruit and Retain Staff – Times Colonist
• Province Announces New Nurse-to-patient Ratio and Financial Incentives to Aid Nurse Recruitment – Prince George Now
• Nurse-to-patient Ratios Unveiled as BC Pumps $237M into Nurse Incentives – Canadian Press
• Nurse-to-patient Ratio, Financial Incentives Coming to BC to Help with Recruitment and Retention – CHEK News
• BC Announces Minimum Nurse-to-patient Ratios, $237M to Recruit and Retain Staff – Energetic City
• BC Offering Up to $30k in Bonuses to Recruit and Retain Nurses – DailyHive

February 26

• BC Budgets Funds for IVF, Staffing Vacancies and Capital Investments – The Tyee

February 23

• Focus BC: Reaction to Provincial Budget – Global News

February 22

• The Provincial Government Will Release its Budget for 2024 Today (Listen at 4:36) – CBC
• First Round of IVF to be Covered by BC Government Starting in 2025 – CHEK News
• BC Budget 2024: Focused on New Health-care Infrastructure, Not Workers – Penticton Western News

January 26

• Vernon Hospital Struggling to Staff ER, Recruit Nurses – The Pique

January 11

• The Frontlines of BC’s Healthcare Crisis – The Georgia Straight

January 9

• Royal Inland Hospital Had Improved Staffing in 2023 – But Shortages Still Linger – CFJC TV

January 3

• Northern BC ER Closures (Listen at 1:41:40) – CBC Daybreak North

December 7

• Addressing BC's Nursing Shortage – CKNW Mike Smyth Show

December 5

• BC Touts ‘Radical Change’ in Health-care System as Recruitment Efforts Continue – Global News
• More Than Twice as Many Foreign-educated Nurses Registered in BC This Year, Over Last Year – CBC

November 17

• ‘Our Nurses Are Drowning’: BC Nurses, Union Rallies at Fort St. John Hospital  – EnergeticCity.ca

November 15

• 'Northern Health Making Things Worse Not Better' - Nurses Rally in Front of Dawson Creek Hospital  – CJDC TV
• Vernon's Last Walk-in Clinic Closes  – CBC BC Today

November 1

• BC Nurses Will Soon be Able to Prescribe Opioid-use Disorder Medication  – CBC

October 31

• Northern Health CEO says Boost to Primary Care, Nursing Numbers Will “Take Time” – My PG Now

October 26

• Vernon Jubilee Hospital Will be Impacted by Walk-in Clinic Closure, says Nurses Union – Castanet

October 20

• Nurse-patient Ratio a Key to Helping fix BC Healthcare Challenges – CFJC TV

October 10

• BC First to Sign Individual Health Deal With Feds, Gets $1.2 Billion  – Vancouver Sun
• BC Becomes First Province to Sign Individual Health Deal With Feds, Worth $1.2 Billion  – CBC
• BC Signs Individual Health Deal With Feds, Worth $1.2 Billion  – Canadian Press
• 100 Cops, Not Even 10 Nurses – The Tyee

October 8

• UVic Nursing Students Urge Financial Relief, Seek Pay for Practicums – Times Colonist

October 4

• Mask Ambassadors Return to Hospital Entryways; Masks Mandatory for Staff – Times Colonist

October 3

• Health-care Professionals React to Return of Mandatory Mask Policy – Global News

September 29

• Public Support of Masking Helps Avoid Further 'Incredible Stress' on Health System: Nurses' Union  – CBC
• Bonnie Henry Clarifies Mandatory Masking in B.C. Health-Care Settings  – City News

September 22

• Lack of Housing Blamed for Below-average Nursing Program Enrolment  – CTV News Vancouver Island

September 20

• From Waitlist to Vacant Seats in Camosun Nursing Program  – Times Colonist
• Union of BC Municipalities Proposes Urgent Reforms to Tackle Opioid Crisis  – Prince George Citizen

September 13

• Staffing Issues Close Maternity Ward at Prince Rupert Regional Hospital  – The Northern View
• Staffing Shortages Leave Expectant Parents in the Lurch  – The Tyee

September 12

• BC's Health-care Crisis: First Look at Massive Markups by 'Parasitic' Staffing Industry  – CTV News Vancouver

September 9

• Surrey Residents Feel ‘Failed by the Healthcare System’  – Surrey Now Leader

September 7

• Gregor Craigie Speaks with Adrian Gear, the new President of the BC Nurses' Union  – CBC On the Island

September 1

• Greater Victoria Will Have Four Empty ORs This Fall, Surgeries Postponed for 160 People  – CHEK News
• New President of BC Nurses’ Union Starts Duties  – Vernon Matters

August 31

• BC Marks Overdose Awareness Day as Toxic Drug Supply Continues to Kill – CityNews

August 18

• Vaughn Palmer: Advice to Understaffed BC ER — Call 911 – Prince George Post

August 17

• ‘Bizarre to me That They Would be Saying for an ER to be Calling 911’: BC Nurses' Union  – The Interior News
• Leaked Memo Outlines Plan to Keep Smithers ER Open With Nurses Calling 9-1-1  – CBC Daybreak North  (Listen at 35:26)

August 16

• 'It’s Lunacy': BC Nurses Told to Call 911 When No ER Doctors on Shift  – CTV News

August 11

• Why Some BC Nurses are Leaving Hospitals, Opting to Work in Other Clinics and Practices  – CTV News
• Why These Metro Vancouver Nurses Left Hospitals to Run Salons and Cosmetic Clinics  – CBC News

July 18

• CNC, UNBC Vying for Students to Address Nursing Shortages  – Prince George Citizen
• Inside Victoria’s Escalating Hospital Staffing Crisis  – The Tyee

July 10

• Nurses Rally at Victoria General Hospital, Calling for Workload Relief  – Times Colonist

July 9

• ‘Morally distressed’: B.C. Nurses Hold Rally Outside Victoria General Hospital – Global News
• Nurses Rally Outside of Victoria General Hospital Over Staffing Concerns – CHEK News
• 'Morally Distressed': Nurses Rally Outside Victoria General Hospital Over Staffing Shortages – CTV News

June 26

• Island Health Nurses Face Months-long Wait for Thousands Owed in Retroactive Pay – CBC News

June 24

• Why ERs are Under Intense Pressure Across Canada — And How to Help Fix Them – CBC News

June 14       

• Health Workers Doubt BC’s New Whistleblower Protections – The Tyee 

June 11

• Health Minister’s Hospital-Circuit ‘Vacation’ Signals Spending Spree – Northern Beat

June 7

• Health Minister Announces Expansion of Services at Beleaguered Surrey Memorial Hospital – CBC

June 6

• ' Someone is Going to Die,' Prince George Nurses' Union Head Warns – Prince George Citizen

June 3

• Pandemic-Related Surgery Backlog Virtually Cleared: Health Minister Adrian Dix – MY PG Now
• Grand Forks Pride Day Grows Bigger With More Support From Community – Partners Grand Forks Gazette

May 31

• Emergency Operations Centre Activated at Surrey Memorial Hospital – CTV News
• BC Nurses Calling on the Government to Address Staffing Shortage – CBC On the Coast
• BC Nurses Rally in Vancouver, Call on Government to Address 'Untenable' Conditions – City News
• Hundreds of BC Nurses March in Vancouver Amid Staffing Crisis  – Global News
• PHOTOS: Protest Highlights BC’s ‘Dire’ Nurse Staffing Shortage  – Kelowna Capital News
• 'We Believe Patients Deserve Better': BC Nurses Rally in Vancouver to Demand Better Working Conditions  – CTV News

May 30

• Health Minister Dix will “Almost Certainly” Come North to Personally Assess UHNBC this Summer  – PF Now
• Care Homes Say Agencies Lure Away Nurses With Higher Pay – Times Colonist

May 25

• BC Nurses’ Union Demands Action During Latest Rally – CKPG TV
• “Our Entire Region is in Crisis:” Nurses Demand Action at Rally in Prince George – My Cariboo Now
• Nurses Warn of 'Breaking Point' at Prince George Hospital, the Largest in Northern BC – CBC

May 15

• Teen, Dad Hurt After Surrey Hospital Stabbing – CityNews
• The Jill Bennett Show Speaks to BCNU President About Increased Security in Health-care Settings – CKNW  (Listen at 18:03)
• Father and Son Stabbed in Random, Unprovoked Assault at Surrey Memorial Hospital – Global News

May 9

• Patients’ Healthy Futures Depend on the Care That Nurses Provide – Nanaimo News Bulletin

May 8

• BC is Pushing to Add Thousands More Nurses. But Nurse Educators Say the Field Needs Major Change First  – Capital Daily
• It's National Nurses Week - CKPG speaks to BCNU Regional Chair Danette Thomsen – CKPG

April 28

• BC Nurses Ratify New Three-year Collective Agreement  – CHEK News
• BC Nurses Reach 'First-in-Canada' Deal With Province – City News
• BC Nurses Ratify New Three-year Collective Agreement – CTV Vancouver
• Increased Wages, Workplace Reforms Part of Ratified Agreement With BC Nurses' Union – Kelowna Now

April 27

• BC Nurses' Union Ratify New Contract by 61 Percent – Vancouver Sun
• BC Nurses Ratify New Deal With More Than 13% in Wage Increases Over 3 years – Global BC
• Nurses Ratify Collective Agreement With BC Government – My PG Now

April 10

• Supreme Court of Canada Refuses BC Surgeon's Private Health-care Challenge – Western Standard
• “We’ve Been Asking for This for 25 Years,” BC Nurses Union CEO on New Patient-nurse Ratios – My PG Now

April 7

• Ontario Nurses Eye BC's Plan to Cap Nurse-to-patient Ratio, Ease Workload  - The Canadian Press 

April 5

• BC Nurses Contract Aims to Recruit, Retain and Increase Nurse-to-patient Ratio – CityNews
• BC to Become 1st Province to Adopt Nurse-to-patient Ratio – CBC News
• BC to Become First Province in Canada to Mandate Nurse-to-patient Ratios – CTV News
• BC to Become First Province to Set Patient Ratios for Nurses – Vancouver Sun
• BC to Roll Out Minimum Nurse-patient Ratios in Deal Union ‘Has Waited Years For’ – CHEK News
• Province Announces New Staffing Model for Nurses Across BC – CKPG Today

April 4

• BC to Get Patient-to-nurse Ratios, a First in Canada – Global News

April 1

• BC Nurses' Union Praises 'Groundbreaking' Commitment in Tentative Labour Deal With Province – CBC
• BC Nurses’ Union, Health Employers Association Reach Tentative Agreement – Global News

March 31

• BC Workplace Violence Claims See Increase Since 2018: WorkSafeBC – CityNews
• Workplace Claims Related to Violence Increased by 25 Per Cent in The Past Five Years: WorkSafeBC – CBC News

March 19

• Cost of Travel Nurses in Sask. Justified Due to Threat of Service Disruptions: Province – CTV News

March 14

• North Island Health-care Crisis Gets Shot in the Arm as 4 Nurses Hired, but Port Hardy ER Closures Remain – CHEK News

March 11

• Longer Surgery Waits, Overflowing Hospital Beds in North – Northern Beat

March 10

• Patient Charged with Manslaughter After Another Patient Dies in Prince Rupert Hospital – The Province

March 5

• Recruiting More Male Nurses Would Help Ease Shortfalls, But Stigma Persists – Times Colonist

February 28

• Budget Includes $6.4B in New Funding for Health-care and Training in BC – CTV News
• Health Budget Includes Free Contraception, $1-Billion Boost for Mental Health and Addictions – Times Colonist
• Son Whose Father Died After Long Wait to See Oncologist Hopes to See More Health Funding – Times Colonist

February 27

• BC Budget Lookahead: Housing, Health-care, and Affordability – CityNews Vancouver

February 23

• Greater Victoria's Unaffordable Housing Market is Forcing People into Extreme Situations – CBC News

February 21

• BC Budget 2023: Advocates, Business Owners Outline Their Budget Wish Lists  – Vancouver Sun

February 16

• Eagle Ridge Hospital: A Case Study in BC's Health-care Crisis – CTV News
• Nurses Rally in Port Moody For Better Working Conditions, Safe Patient Care - Indo Canadian Voice

February 8

• BC Nurses' Union Suggests Federal Health-care Funding Offer a Positive Step – Radio NL

February 7

• BC Health Workers Face Record Levels of Violence – Asian Pacific Post

February 1

• New Federal Recommendations on Long-term Care Standards Has BC Nurses' Union Asking for Clarification – Global News

January 31

• BC Health-care Workers at 'Breaking Point' Seeking Mental Help in Growing Numbers – CTV News Vancouver
• Daphne Bramham: BC Health Professions Bill Hands New Weapon to David Eby Haters Seeking His Recall – Vancouver Sun
• Health Workers Are Facing Record Levels of Violence  – The Tyee
• Patient Dies After Suffering Injury in Incident at Hospital: Northern Health  – The Province

January 27

• North Vancouver Island Hospitals Close Overnight Indefinitely – Capital Daily Victoria

January 24

• Some Rural BC Mayors Call for End to Vaccine Mandates to Get More Nurses Working – Vancouver Sun

January 22

• Despite Staffing Crisis, Nurses Face Roadblocks in Upgrading, Returning From Retirement – Times Colonist

January 20

• BC Nurses and Union Cry Foul After Professional College Increases Annual Fees by 15%  – CBC
• BC Nurses Frustrated After Registration Fees Set to Increase – CityNews

January 19

• 'Insult to Injury': BC Nurses' Union Calls Out Professional College Over Fee Increase – CTV News 

January 18

• Threats, Discipline, Fear: The Muzzling of BC Health-care Workers – CTV News
• Spotlight on Travel Nurses on Vancouver Island – CTV Vancouver Island

January 17

• Nurse Vacancy Rate Down, Short Staffing Challenges Continue at RIH – CFJC News
• Leaked Employee Survey Shows Issues With Senior Leadership at Island Health – CHEK News

January 16

• The Need for Protective Service Officers in Our System – Mike Smyth Show  (Interview Begins at 00:20)
• Inside a Vernon, BC Care Centre’s Struggle With a ‘Critical’ Nursing Shortage – Global News

January 12

• Daphne Bramham: Canada's Response to Nursing Shortage Lacks Urgency and Co-ordination  – Vancouver Sun

January 11

• Only 4 of 334 'Protection Officers' Have Been Hired for BC Hospitals  – CTV News

January 10

• Advocates Question Whether BC's Supports for Nurses Go Far Enough  – CBC
• BC Offers Support for Internationally Educated Nurses  – CTV Morning Live
• BC Takes Steps to Bolster Nursing Workforce – Global News

January 9

• BC Announces Incentives to Get More Nurses Working  – Times Colonist
• BC Government Announces More Support for Nurses  – CKNW  (Interview Begins at 20:45)
• BC Government Covering Costs for Internationally Educated Nurses to Deal With Staffing Shortage  – Global News
• BC Plans to Streamline Licensing for Internationally Trained Nurses  – CBC
• BC Removes Financial Barriers in Attempts to Recruit More Nurses  – CTV News
• BC Will Help Pay for Former and International Nurses to Relieve Staffing Shortage, Burnout  – CHEK News

December 19

• The Growing Toll of Job Injuries You Can’t See – The Tyee

December 12

• Health Workers Attacked. Investigations Bungled. Will This Spur Change?  – The Tyee

December 10

• Nursing Crisis at Lady Minto Hospital  – The Times Colonist

December 8

• Northern Health Fined for Long-term Care Safety Investigation Violations – CityNews

December 7

• BC Health Authority Fined $355K for Insufficient Response to Care Home Violence – CTV News
• Northern Health Fined for Work Safety Investigation Violations – Coast Reporter 

December 6

• Northern Health fined $355K for Failing to Adequately Complete Workplace Safety Investigations – CBC
• Health-Care Workers Are Facing an Epidemic of Violence – The Tyee
• Northern Health Fined Over $350,000 – CKPG TV
• Northern Health Slapped With $355,000 Fine After Failing to Complete Safety Investigations – My Cariboo News 

November 25

• BC Flush With $5 Billion in Extra Cash, Officials Say in Quarterly Update – CTV Vancouver 

November 24

• Health Officials Brace For Surge in Hospital Visits Due to Flu, COVID, RSV  – CHEK News
• Nurses Rally in Nanaimo to Demand Action With Health-care System ‘In a State of Crisis’  – Nanaimo News Bulletin
• VIDEO: ‘It’s Just Not Sustainable, They’re Exhausted:’ Nurses Rally at Nanaimo Hospital For More Resources  – Nanaimo News Now

November 22

• BC Nurses' Union Calling For Action From Province With New Ad Campaign  – Radio NL

November 17

• Canada's Health-care System Has A Data Problem, Experts Say. And It Puts Patients At Risk  –CBC News
• Violence at Vancouver General Hospital Highlights Need for Security Improvements  – Global News

November 8

• ‘They’re Burnt Out’: Nurse Shortage a Challenge for Port Hardy Hospital  – CHEK News
• “We Need Investment Into Health Care Now,”: BC Nurses' Union President  – My Cariboo Now

November 7

• Ottawa Hints at Cash Injection for Beleaguered Health-care System  – CTV News

November 6

• Ottawa and Provincial Health Ministers Urged by Nurse Union Head to Stop ‘Squabbling’ as They Sit Down for First Meeting Since 2018 – Globe and Mail

November 4

• BC Nurses Hold Rally in Downtown Vancouver – Global News

November 3

• Interior Health Responds to Growing Safety Concerns at Penticton, BC Regional Hospital – Global News

November 2

• Doctor Travels to Port Hardy to Keep ER Open, Department Closes Anyway Due to Lack of Nurses – CHEK News

October 24

• With Violence in Health Care Rising, BC Announces New Protection Service Staff for High-risk Facilities – CBC News
• Nurses Being Punched, Grabbed, Kicked to Benefit from Anti-violence Program: Union – CHEK News
• The BC Government Announced Funding to Help Keep Health-care Workplaces Safer – Global News
• 'Punched, Kicked, Sexually Harassed': BC to Hire 320 Security Guards to Address Hospital Violence – City News
• Health Minister Unveils Violence Reduction Plan for Hospitals – Canadian Press
• BC to Hire 320 Protection Services Officers for Healthcare Settings – Prince George Now

October 19

• Vancouver Health-care Workers Question Ken Sim's Plan to Hire More Nurses – City News

October 18

• BC's Population Surge Adds to Health-care Stress – Richmond News

October 13

• NDP Leadership Hopeful Anjali Appadurai Promises 25% Raise for Nurses – Global News
• BC NDP Leadership Race: Anjali Appadurai Pomises 25-per-cent Pay Raise for Nurses – Vancouver Sun
• BC Nurses Rally Outside VCH as Hospital Employee's Union Ratifies New Agreement – CityNews

October 5

• BC Nurses Hold Protest in Vancouver on Health-care Crisis – Vancouver is Awesome
• BC Nurses March in Downtown Vancouver Amid Health-care Pressures – City News
• BC Nurses’ Union Hold Demonstration in Downtown Vancouver, Wednesday – Global News
• Hundreds of Frustrated Nurses March Through Downtown Vancouver (PHOTOS/VIDEOS) – Daily Hive
• Nurses Rally in Vancouver to Sound Alarm Over System in Crisis – Global News at Noon
• Nurses Rally to Highlight 'Crisis' in BC Health-care System – CTV News

October 3

• BC Nurses Left Out of Provincial Health-care Changes – Global News

September 30

• BC to Train More Doctors, Expand Pharmacists’ Ability to Provide Primary Care Under New Health Plan  - Globe and Mail

September 28

• BC Could Move 1,800 Patients Out of Hospital to Free Up Beds for COVID, Flu  - Global News

September 21

• BCNU Members Tour Northern BC; Rally Friday in Prince George  - Prince George Daily News
• BC Nurses’ Union Sounds Warning: ‘System is on the Brink of Collapse’  - Castanet

September 20

• BC Nurses’ Union Travelling to Meet With Northern Nurses This Week  – My PG Now 

September 9

• Port McNeill Emergency Room Faces Weekend Closure Due to Staff Shortage  – CHEK News

September 7

• Canadians Less Satisfied With Their Access to Health Care Than Americans: Poll  – CHEK News

September 2

• BC Nurses Are Burnt Out. BC’s Health Care System Could See More Shortages and Emergency Room Closures.  – Press Progress

August 25

• 'A Disaster': $64 Million in a Single Year to For-profit BC Nursing Companies Amid 7-fold increase  – CTV News
• 'We Need Respect' Overworked Kelowna Hospital Staff Bristle After Being Given Art Supplies  - Castanet

August 23

• Time to Start Seeing More of BC's 'Top Nurse?' New Federal Chief Spurs Discussion  – CTV News
• Will Appointing a New Chief Nursing Officer Help British Columbia's Nurse Shortage?  - CKNW  (Listen at 9:56)

August 19

• Closures of 2 ERs in BC's Southern Interior Putting Pressure on Region's Biggest Hospital  – CTV News

August 18

• Pressure Mounts on BC Government as Public Sector Strike Drags On  – Global News
• BC Nurses Sound Alarm, Working up to 133% Overcapacity at Kootenay Hospital  – Global News
• BC Nurses' Union Tours East Kootenay to Hear Feedback on Staffing Concerns, Challenges  – The Cranbrook Townsman
• BC Nurses’ Union Discussing Staffing Shortages With Members  – Castanet

August 15

• BC Liberals Push 30-day Action Plan for Doctor Shortage  – Glacier Media

August 10

• Nurses’ Union to Hold Rally at Campbell River Hospital Over North Island Closures  – CHEK News
• Nursing Shortage Plaguing North Island Communities  – My Comox Now
• Nurses Rally for Change in Campbell River  – Campbell River Mirror

August 9

• BCNU VP Adriane Gear speaks to Mike Smyth about the tremendous pressure on the health care system  – CKNW  (Listen at 25:49)

August 8

• RCMP Investigating After Nurse Assaulted at RIH Emergency Room  – Radio NL
• A BC Nurse is Speaking Out After Being Assaulted at Her Work, in the Kind of Attack her Union Says is Happening More Frequently  – CTV News

August 6

• ‘Situation is Dire’ BC Nurse Staffing Shortage Reaching Crisis Level, Union Says  – CityNews
• BC’s Unemployment Rate Remains Little Changed, But Faces Headwinds  – Vancouver Sun

August 5

• BCNU VP Adriane Gear Speaks to As It Happens Guest Host Paul Hunter About the Nurse Shortage in BC Hospitals  – CBC Radio  (Listen at 27:50)
• 'Extremely Dire': Nurse Union VP Says Staffing in BC Hospitals is Worst She's Ever Seen  – CTV News
• Alert Bay Residents Worried as Overnight ER Services Shut Down for Two Weeks  – National Observer

July 27

• Bond Calls for Audit on Urgent and Primary Care Centres  – CKPG TV

July 26

• 'Devastated' Nurses Point to Short-staffing in Patient's Death in Lions Gate Hospital ER  – North Shore News
• Lions Gate Patient Died in ER Got Significant Care': BC Health Minister  – Vancouver Sun

July 22

• 'It's a Disaster:' Deaths of Women in North Van, Ashcroft Blamed on ER Staff Shortages  – Vancouver Sun
• BC Doctors Ask for Help, Support Amid Growing Health-care Crisis  – City News
• Patient Dies After Being Stuck in Hospital Waiting Room for Two Days  – The Jill Bennett Show  (BCNU VP’s interview starts at 17:49)

July 20

• Primary Health Care ‘Collapsing’ in Rural BC Cities, Critics say  – National Observer

July 19

• More Weekend ER Closures Put Pressure on Health-Minister for Long-term Fix  – Vancouver Sun
• ‘We are Getting Ourselves Set up for the Future’  RIH Surgeon Excited About New ORs.  – CFJC TV

July 15

• Court Rejects Private Care; Clinic Operator Says Solutions Must be Found to Long Waits  – Times Colonist
• BCNU Pushing for More Nursing Students, TRU says Not enough Clinical Space at RIH  – CFJC TV

July 14

• Staffing Shortage in BC Emergency Rooms Piles Pressure on Those Left to Pick Up the Slack  – The Globe and Mail
• BCNU President Worries About Decreasing Staff at New Patient Tower  – CFJC TV

July 12

• Let's Talk About Staffing Shortages  – Working Short The Nursing Podcast
• BC Nurses Add Their Voices to Calls for More Federal Health-care Funding  – Global News
• Staff Shortages Driving BC Nurses to the Breaking Point  – CKPG TV
• BC Nurses' Union President Aman Grewal to Canada's Premiers: Action is Needed Now  – Indo Canadian Voice

July 11

• Premiers Unite to Demand More Health-care Dollars From Ottawa  – Vancouver Sun
• Premiers Pressure Federal Government to Carry Half the Health-care Load: Horgan  – CHEK News
• BC Nurses Union President Calling on Premiers to Address Overrun Health-Care System  – My Bulkley Lakes Now

July 4

• Vaccine Doses for 'Everyone' This Fall, BC Minister Says as Next COVID-19 Wave Approaches  – CTV News Vancouver

June 3

• 'This is Not Right': BC Cancer Patient's Chemo Treatment Delayed Because of Staff Shortages  – CTV News Vancouver

May 30

• Construction Begins on New Burnaby Hospital Redevelopment Project  – Global News

May 27

• Nurses in Kamloops Meet With Interior Health Brass to Discuss Concerns — And Solutions  – CFJC

May 19

• Patients and Nurses Are Feeling The Squeeze of Staffing Shortages — But They Don't Feel Free to Talk About It  – Capital Daily News

May 16

• BC Nurses’ Union ‘Not Surprised’ After Nurse Shortage Leads to Weekend Closure at Royal Inland Hospital  – Radio NL

May 14

• Port McNeill Hospital ER Closed This Weekend Due to Nurse Shortage  – Times Colonist
• Growing Wait Times, Nurses and Doctors’ Shortage: ‘BC’s Healthcare Being Pushed to the Brink’  – The Link Newspaper

May 13

• Vancouver Island Emergency Room Closes Again Due to Staff Shortage  – Victoria Buzz

May 12

• BC Nurses Demand Government Action  – CTV Vancouver Morning Show

May 11

• BCNU Hosts ‘Vigil to Heal Health Care’  – Merritt Herald
• ‘Help BC Nurses’ Campaign Wants to Highlight Nurse Shortage  – Merritt Herald

May 10

• Not All BC Nurses Celebrating Nursing Week  – City News
• BC Nurses Rally at Legislature Against ‘Reckless’ Staffing Levels in Precursor to Contract Negotiations  – CHEK News
• 'Burnt out' BC nurses Hold Rally at Legislature Over Staffing Shortages  – CBC
• Nurses ‘Burnt Out’ During Ongoing Public Health Emergencies Rally at Legislature  – Times Colonist

May 9

• BCNU Taking Nursing Strain Concerns to BC Legislature  – CFJC
• Three Nurses in Emergency: Opposition MLAs Press Health Minister on RIH Nursing Shortage  – CFJC
• BC Nurses Hold Vigil in Victoria to Demand Government Address Health-care Crisis  – Global News

May 4

• BC Completes Record-Breaking Number of Surgeries  – Global BC
• BC Hiring More Health-care Staff as it Wipes Out Surgery Backlog  – Canadian Press
• BC Health Agencies Target Workers Who Report Under-staffing, Burnout: Nurses’ Union  – Vancouver Sun
• Majority of Non-urgent Surgeries Postponed During Pandemic Now Completed: Dix  – Times Colonist
• An Emergency Doctor’s Life: Constant Extra Shifts, Worry About Being Able to Provide Needed Care  – Times Colonist

April 27

• Acute-care Patients Not Being Sent to Hotels, Health Minister Says  – Times Colonist

April 26

• Hotels Being Considered for Use for Rehab Patients Due to Pressure on Victoria Hospitals  – Global News
• South Island Hospitals Operating at Overcapacity, Says BC Nurses’ Union  – CHEK News

April 19

• 'We Need More Nurses Now': BC to Fast Track Approval for Internationally Trained Nurses  – Vancouver Sun
• BC to Spend $12 Million to Help Internationally Educated Nurses Get Licensed  – CBC
• BC Moves to Attract Foreign Nurses to Overcome Critical Nurse Staffing Crisis  – Toronto Star
• BC Spends $12M to Streamline Certification for Internationally Trained Nurses  – Daily Hive

April 5

• BCNU Launches Grim Ad Campaign Highlighting Nurses' Struggles  – Burnaby Now

April 4

• BC Nurses’ Union Starts New Ad Campaign Calling for Support  – My PG Now
• BCNU Launches New Advertising Campaign Highlighting Nurses’ Struggle as Staffing Crisis Deepens  – Indo Canadian Voice

March 31

• BC Nurses Getting Squeezed by Parking Tickets  – Global News

March 30

• BCNU Calls to Recognize April 10 as Indigenous Nurses Day  – Kelowna Now

March 28

• Health Care Hits a Breaking Point  – The Tyee

March 10

• Planned Vaccine Mandate for Some BC Health Care Workers Replaced With 'Informed Consent' Program  – CTV News
• Union Calls on Province to Take 'Bold Action' to Cope With Nursing Shortages  – Tri-City News

March 9

• 'Everyone Should be Concerned About This': Union Sounds Alarm About Shortage of ICU Nurses  – CTV News
• Nursing Hopes of a Contract Boost  – The Orca

March 8

• BC has a Critical ICU Nursing Shortage and No Plan to Address it: Union  – The Vancouver Sun

March 4

• Nurses, Patients, Visitors ‘Disappointed' Pay Parking Reinstated at BC Hospitals  – CHEK News

Feb. 23

• More Nurse Training Seats Coming to the North  – CKPG TV
• BC Budget: Funds Earmarked for New Medical Centres, Paramedics and Surgeries  – Times Colonist

Feb. 22

• Concern, Disappointment and Optimism: Health-care Unions React to BC Budget  – CTV News
• BC Budget 2022: Gov't Commits $875 Million Over Next Year To Keep Fighting COVID-19  – Vancouver Sun
• BC Government Adding 602 New Nursing Seats in a Move to Address Skills Gap  – City News

Feb. 21

• BC Government Creating 602 New Nurse Training Seats to Ease Staffing Shortage  – Victoria Times Colonist

Feb. 20

• BC Government Funding 602 New Student Nursing Spots  – Global News
• Province to Add Hundreds of Post-secondary Nursing Seats to Address Skills Gap  – CBC
• Lions Gate Hospital Nurses Struggling Amid Staffing Shortages says Union  – Coast Reporter

Feb. 12

• IH Closes 14-bed Wing at Fischer Place  – 100 Mile Free Press

Feb. 10

• ‘People Have Threatened to Beat Us’: Prince Rupert Nurses Face Staffing Shortages and Violence  – Peach Arch News
• 42-year-old Charged After Alleged Violent Assault at Chilliwack General Hospital, Tuesday  – Chilliwack Progress

Feb. 08

• 'We Will Not Cower' Letter From Doctors, Nurses Condemns Hate Directed at Them  – CHEK News
• BC Grapples with Health-care Worker Shortage  – Business in Vancouver Magazine

Feb. 07

• Mass Retirement Exodus to Leave Hole in BC’s Labour Market  – City News

Feb. 05

• BC Nurses’ Union Asking MLAs to Address Key Issues in Health-care System  – My Cariboo Now
• British Columbians Increasingly Concerned About Quality of Heath-care  – Black Press

Feb. 03

• BC Nurses’ Union Calling on MLAs to Address Key Healthcare Issues as Staffing Crisis Continues  – CHEK News
• ‘It’s Not OK’: BC Nurses’ Union Demands Better Working Conditions  – Black Press
• Nurses Share First-hand Accounts About the Deterioration of Patient Care  – Burnaby Now

Jan. 31

• 'No Idea Why,' Qualified BC Nurses Not Getting Shifts as Hospitals Short-staffed  – CTV News

Jan. 25

• Downright ugly: Pandemic Increases Need, Challenges For Health-Care Security In BC  – City News

Jan. 24

• COVID-19: BC Health-care Needs to be ‘Reimagined’ as Pandemic Hits Two-year Mark, Experts say  – Vancouver Sun

Jan. 21

• BC Signals Shift Away From Contact Tracing, Widespread Testing To Control The Spread Of COVID  – CHEK

Jan. 20

• BC Nurses' Union President On Dramatic Surge In Hospitalizations  – CBC

Jan. 19

• "Patient Care Is At Risk,": BCNU President On Nurse Exhaustion During Fifth-Wave  – My PG Now

Jan. 18

• BC Doctors, Nurses Warn Breaking Point Is Near As Omicron Wave Surge Hits Health-Care System  – CityNews
• ‘Ready To Quit,’ BC Nurses, Doctors Exhausted As COVID-19 Hospitalization Expected To Peak  – CTV News
• How COVID Related Staffing Challenges Are Impacting BC Health Authorities, Hospitals  – Daily Hive
• BC Nurses, Doctors Exhausted As Next COVID Peak Comes This Week  – CHEK

Jan. 13

• Health Care Absenteeism Expected to Climb  – CKPG Today
• BC Nurses Past Their ‘Breaking Point,’ Survey Finds  – Kelowna Now

Jan. 12

• 'At their breaking point': BC nurses sound the alarm over staff shortages  – Daily Hive
• COVID-19: BC Health-Care System 'Stretched' By Staffing Shortages  – The Province

Jan. 11

• 'We Can Help': Internationally Trained Nurses in Canada Eager to Work  – CTV News
• Daphne Bramham: Political Will Needed to Break Licensing Logjam so Qualified, Foreign Nurses Can Work  – Vancouver Sun

Jan. 7

• Urgent Plea for Doctors at Vancouver General Hospital Amid 'Critical Staffing Shortages'  – CTV News

Jan. 6

• Almost Half a Million BC Booster Appointment Invitations Ignored  – CTV News
• Staff at Testing Centres Harassed  – CTV News