Housing for healthcare professionals in Oliver has made an incremental but important step forward following meetings between the Oliver delegation and the Ministry of Health during the recent Union of BC Municipalities (UBCM) convention in Vancouver.
Oliver is establishing a group to support recruiting and retaining healthcare professionals in the town.
Monday’s speech from the Throne leaves students hopeful that Budget 2023 will include provisions that increase funding to post-secondary institutions in the province.
While the province is making it easier for internationally-educated nurses to work in BC, the mayor of Oliver is perplexed why the town is being left out of an incentive program for healthcare professionals.
