Monday, November 27th, 2023
B.C. welcomes federal housing dollars, but co-ops disappointed by timeline
$1 billion in funding has been promised for affordable housing across Canada. How much will B.C. get? B.C. leaders say although they welcome Ottawa’s affordable housing funding pledge, they worry it will amount to few projects over the next four years, while co-op housing advocates say they’re disappointed by the plan’s lack of urgency. On Tuesday, Ottawa pledged $1 billion for non-profit, co-op, and public housing providers to build more than 7,000 new homes by 2028. “The billion dollars they’ve said that’s going to be additional for building affordable housing isRead more
This commonly prescribed cancer drug was supposed to help save this doctor’s life. Instead, it killed him
Some provinces pre-screen patients at risk of toxic reactions, but experts say tests don’t go far enough When Dr. Anil Kapoor was diagnosed with stage four colon cancer in January his prognosis was positive, and his family was hopeful treatment would buy him several more years. But weeks later, the 58-year-old Burlington, Ont., resident was dead — killed not by the cancer, say doctors, but by the commonly prescribed cancer drug Fluorouracil (5-FU) that was supposed to help save his life. “It was honestly a cruel rollercoaster of emotions,” Anil’sRead more