Profits from ticket sales going back in to the community through local Rotary clubs. RCMP vet Ron Maclaren says tickets can be bought through Ticketmaster. Health Care Workers A strike involving BC s Paramedicals is underway today. The job action will last until 11 this evening, but will not involve picket lines. That will ensure nurses and other unionized health professionals are able to make it in to facilities to serve patients.
Essential services are also in place, to ensure that urgent care goes ahead.
Their union is in contract negotiations with Health Employers. They want better wage hikes than what s been offered so far. The boil advisory may in fact last beyond the weekend, because test results may be slow in coming back from a lab. That s because lab technicians with our health region are among those on strike today. Meantime, alarms may be added to lake country s water system, so staff are alerted around the clock of any equipment failure.