Parksville Qualicum Beach News, April 17, 2012

TUESDAY APRIL 17, 2012

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IT’S CANCER MONTH

OPENING DAY FOR ROYALS

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Parksville sweeps Whalley in their BCPBL home opener

Cancer Society volunteers are out and about this month

STATE OF SENIORS’ CARE

Making it work

Ombudsman Kim Carter wants seniors’ care to be more fair AUREN RUVINSKY writer@pqbnews.com

A large audience of around 100 attended a talk in Parksville to hear about the recent ombudsman’s report on seniors’ care. Held at Knox United Church Thursday night, ombudsman Kim Carter spoke about the processes that led to her office releasing Best of Care, the two-part, 450 page report, complete with a list of 143 specific findings and 176 recommendations for better services and programs. “The report is the longest by far we’ve ever done,” Carter told THE NEWS before the talk. She described it as “very accurate and objective. I’m apolitical, I leave it to others to interpret.” AUREN RUVINSKY PHOTO And — perhaps preKim Carter. dictably — critics have interpreted it as painting a negative picture with the NDP calling it a scathing indictment of the Liberal record on seniors’ care. “The government has failed to provide adequate assistance and support to navigate the complex home and community care system or to effectively address concerns and complaints,” said NDP critic for seniors’ care Katrine Conroy in a news release. See REPORT URGES, page A6

Duke Point to re-open soon BC Ferries terminal has been closed since December after collision NEIL HORNER

put the ramp through commissioning tests, which will take several days, so I would expect probably by the middle of Repairs at the Duke Point ferry terminal are nearing the week we should have an announcement.” completion. The $2.2 million repair job was necessitated by a colBC Ferries director of communicalision with the dock on Dec. 20, 2011, Add your COMMENTS at tions Deborah Marshall said work has caused by a malfunctioning electronic www.pqbnews.com been progressing well and regular pascomponent. senger and freight service at the termi“The root cause of the incident was nal should resume shortly. the failure of an electronic card,” Marshall said. “After that “We had an alignment issue with the lower ramp, but failure, there were some secondary backup procedures that they sorted that out today,” she said. “Now they will have to weren’t executed properly.” news@pqbnews.com

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LUMPS ON A LOG: A raft of sea lions relax and pose at the Island Timberlands log sorting facility off of Northwest Bay Road in Nanoose Bay.

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