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Former Duncan Mayor Mike Coleman Passes Away
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Tributes are pouring in for former Duncan Mayor Mike Coleman, who passed away at home Tuesday morning at the age of 78.
His family announced his passing, saying he spent his final days at home peacefully surrounded by the love of family and friends.
Duncan Mayor Michelle Staples paid tribute on social media, posting that “through the tough times and good ones, you never lost sight of the goodness in life, the love of family and dedication to community.”
Mayor Staples says the flags at City Hall will be lowered in honour of his passing.
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Enhancements over three years include $748 million to expand urgent and primary care centres of which there are 23 so far and reduce surgery wait times made worse by the pandemic, as well as diagnostic services, and $585 million to hire about 3,000 new care aides. That’s a “really significant” and necessary investment, said Mike Old, interim secretary-business manager for the Hospital Employees’ Union, which represents about 50,000 health workers, including more than 15,000 care aides. Christine Sorensen, president of the B.C. Nurses’ Union, was disappointed with the budget, however, saying the pandemic has shown there’s a nursing shortage, with a significant deficit of critical-care nurses at a time of record-high admissions to intensive-care units.
As well, the budget recognized the day-to-day living constraints on low-income seniors with the doubling of the seniors supplement, a top-up for low-income seniors unchanged since 1987. The maximum of $49.30 goes to $99.30 a month for a single person. About 80,000 British Columbian seniors receive it. “I think it’s a fairly positive budget in respect of seniors,” said Mackenzie. “They have thrown a lot of money at seniors. “I think there’s still some things to sort out once we’re on the other side of the pandemic but the money for the wage levelling, the single-site order, and training of new care aides, that’s a lot of money.”