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Volume 57 No. 40
Police investigate house shooting
Wednesday, October 3, 2012
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Cameron Orr The police are currently investigating a shooting of a home on Fulmar Street near midnight on Sept. 23. The police are not releasing much information at this time while local RCMP and the Forensic Identification Unit continue their work. A house on Fulmar Street was cordoned off with police tape early last week, as well as the section of the street immediately in front. Orange traffic cones marked certain areas. Staff sergeant Steve Corp of the Kitimat RCMP detachment said that no one was injured in the attack and that police do not believe the incident was random. The suspects in the case are thought to have fled in two separate vans, which may have been gold or silver in colour. Anyone with information on this incident is encouraged to call the RCMP at 250-6327111 or call Crimestoppers to remain anonymous at 1-800- The police continue to investigate an incident at a house on Fulmar Street which was the target of a shooting on Sept. 23. Police do not believe the incident was random. 222-8477.
Quality of food in the hospital questioned Cameron Orr Hospital food doesn’t have a great reputation even at the best of times but the selection at Kitimat General Hospital has been coming under particular scrutiny. Leading the charge is private citizen Ernie Archer, who has been campaigning the issue of food quality ever since an extended stay at the hospital resulted in significant weight loss, he claims. Since then he’s been on a campaign to see food quality brought up to better standards, a fight he’s taken to the Kitimat Health Advocacy Group. Rob Goffinet, who chairs that group and is also a town councillor, said that the issue of food quality will be a topic when he and the rest of Kitimat Council meets with senior members of Northern Health this month. (It won’t, however, be the only issue, he added.) He said the group is still “trying to come to grips” with the issue of food quality, but is aware of reports from patients, including those in multi-level care, regarding the un-
appetizing nature of the food. Meanwhile Archer is just hoping something gets done as his phone rings every day with someone calling to complain to him about something they have eaten or something served to a person they know.
“The food service is delivered in this manner because it is the best practice for food service.” “Nobody seems to do anything,” Archer told the Sentinel. He will gauge his success by seeing the kitchen at the hospital put into full use to prepare and cook food, instead of just being a reheating station, he said. And until then, he said the only action he can take is to
“just repeatedly keep complaining about the food.” Northern Health Authority’s (NHA) communications officer Jonathon Dyck told the Sentinel that food quality is constantly being evaluated. He said that NHA is constantly working with patients and clients to improve the quality of food and that NHA incorporates the input of many levels of people, including dieticians and nutritionists. He said NHA’s core foods menu is designed to provide high quality, nutritious food with a variety of menu choices. He confirmed that food is brought into Kitimat General Hospital from elsewhere and that the food is then prepared on-site. “The food service is delivered in this manner because it is the best practice for food service, particularly for residential care clients,” he said. When asked if there are any known concerns with food quality from the public, Dyck said that the issue of food can be very personal and affected by personal tastes.
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