‘Scotch Tape and Wet Paper’: Healing Fragile BC Health System Is Key Election Issue

Ambulances parked at the central reporting station in Victoria, B.C., on Nov. 9, 2023. The Canadian Press/Chad Hipolito

Mike Goetz has added bill collector to his list of responsibilities as mayor of Merritt in British Columbia’s Interior.

In June, Goetz sent the province an invoice for $103,831.87, the cost, he said, for closures of the Nicola Valley Hospital emergency room.