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Vol.8 • Issue 71
BC Lions go green See Page 10
Pain killer overdoses rising in Nelson See Page 19
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From left, Eva Hernandez of SEEDS, Steve Sabo of the City of Nelson, and Jim Parr of SEEDS surveyed the construction of the new Lakeside Park greenhouse on Wednesday. The non-profit seniors’ group produced 30 pounds of food per week in the city-owned greenhouse before it was destroyed in a windstorm last June. The new structure is a “modern, state of the art greenhouse,” said Sabo. Hernandez said construction is going surprisingly fast and she expects SEEDS to be planting seeds within a few weeks.
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Nelson hospital laundry to be privatized 17 jobs to be lost at Kootenay Lake Hospital as Interior Health opts to contract out service GREG NESTEROFF Nelson Star
Interior Health will push ahead with contracting out
laundry services at Kootenay Lake Hospital and several other larger centres, but continue to do the job in-house at some smaller facilities. The health authority announced Tuesday that it has reached a 20-year agreement with Ecotex Healthcare Linen Service Inc. to provide the majority of linen and laundry services through a centralized
Kelowna facility, supported by regional distribution centres. “A clear case exists to proceed with outsourcing laundry services at our major facilities,” board chair Erwin Malzer said in a news release. “With an anticipated savings of about $35 million over the life of the contract we will be able to increase our investment in facilities and equipment to support direct
patient care, including necessary upgrades and expansions of our emergency departments and operating rooms.” Hospitals in Kelowna, Penticton, Vernon, and Kamloops are affected in addition to Nelson. A total of 93 full-time equivalent positions will be lost, including 17 in Nelson. However, smaller laundries in Ashcroft, Lillooet,
Golden, Princeton, 100 Mile House, and Williams Lake were spared the axe and will continue to be operated by Interior Health. Ecotex is expected to take over laundry services by the summer of 2017. The company is headquartered in Seattle but has an Abbotsford office, and CONTINUED ON A9
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