Mary Ellen Turpel-Lafond to investigate allegations of racism towards indigenous people by healthcare workers

Mary Ellen Turpel-Lafond, BC's former children's advocate will investigate a troubling allegation that health care workers played a game to guess the blood alcohol levels of indigenous people in at least one hospital emergency room.Two Nanaimo elementary schools will get seismic upgrades worth $18.8 million dollars. The work will begin at Cilaire Elementary and Pleasant Valley Elementary schools in the summer of 2021, and will be completed by the summer of 2022.A Nanaimo nightclub will open its doors tomorrow night, despite a raging controversy on social media. Nightclubs are not allowed to open in BC, under current health orders. But, Koncept Nightclub says its reopening as a pub, and not a club.The province is extending help for renters until the end of August. The temporary Rental Supplement provides between $300 and $500 dollars a month to landlords of renters who qualify.If you would like to help increase local news coverage on our station, please make a donation to chly.ca/support.Written and reported by Lisa Cordasco, News Director for CHLY 101.7FM.Have a tip? Email: [email protected] Find us on social media at Twitter: @lisacordasco / @chly1017FMFunded by Sustaining Donors and the Community Radio Fund of Canada and Heritage Canada’s Local Journalism Initiative. Sustain CHLY’s News Department for many years to come by signing up for a monthly Sustaining Donation.