Andy Longhurst News Today

Hundreds of millions in taxpayer dollars have gone to private for-profit clinics in B.C. providing surgical and medical imaging services, according to new research by a left-leaning think tank and an advocacy group.

Millions of dollars in funding for surgeries and medical imaging are being given to private clinics, taking away from funds for public health care, the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives says.

Sharon Longhurst, 45, and husband Andy, 55, found the packet of pickled onion Tudor Crisps at Dunnikier Park, Kirkcaldy last week. And environmentalist Oly Rush, 37, found a bottle of Doby near Swanage.