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Study ranks local health region at the bottom – but what do the results mean? Andrew Fleming staff reporter
TheFraserHealthAuthority scored the lowest marks in Canada for its size category, according to a recent report. Wallace Lockhart of the University of Regina studied statistics ranking quality of care, access to services and patient satisfaction to analyze 45 different health regions across the country – 30 regions representing health regions with populations of 200,000 or more, and 15 regions representing health regions with fewer than 200,000 people. In the larger category, the combined health region for BurnabyandNewWestminster came dead last. Abbotsford and Chilliwack, also represented by the Fraser Health Authority, combined to take the third-to-last place, coming in 28th out of 30. Red Deer, Alta. came in 29th. The New Brunswick city of Moncton was the overall winner, followed by Regina, Victoria, Ottawa and Nanaimo. Lockhart, an accounting professor in the university’s school of business, was able to obtain the patient-satisfaction
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A place of their own: Gale Stewart, executive director of Aunt Leah’s Independent Lifeskills Society, at the group’s home in Burnaby. The society just received a financial boost from the federal government – money that will allow them to buy the home they are currently renting to help young aboriginal moms who are homeless or at risk of becoming homeless.
Breaking the cycle of poverty Jennifer Moreau staff reporter
A group that helps young aboriginal moms with housing in Burnaby is getting a financial boost from the federal government. Aunt Leah’s Independent Lifeskills Society is receiving $666,500 through the Government of Canada’s homelessness partnering strategy. Aunt Leah’s runs a transitional hous-
ing program that provides a safe place for young aboriginal moms who are homeless or at risk of becoming homeless. About eight to 10 moms go through the program each year. The federal funding means the organization can buy the home it was renting. “This purchase will ensure that vulnerable young mothers always have support and a home to return to,” said Gale Stewart, executive director of Aunt Leah’s. “Our government is giving a hand up
to Canadians with housing needs and is helping those seeking to break free of the cycle of poverty and homelessness in Burnaby,” said Senator Yonah Martin in a press release. Aunt Leah’s has headquarters in New Westminster but runs the transitional housing program in Burnaby and has other projects all over the Lower Mainland. For more information, visit www. auntleahs.org. jmoreau@burnabynow.com
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