News Items tag as: Retirement Concepts

Owners of three B.C. Interior seniors homes being sued as part of class action lawsuit
March 04, 2020 - 12:20 PM

Retirement Concepts, the owner of three seniors care facilities in the B.C. Interior, is the subject of a class action lawsuit.
Family alleges Kamloops retirement home covered up assault on disabled 75-year-old
May 07, 2015 - 7:29 PM

KAMLOOPS - The family of a disabled B.C. man is suing a retirement home, alleging staff did nothing to stop a sexual assault by another resident, then conspired to keep it quiet.
Summerland retirement home under investigation: senior near death
December 04, 2012 - 12:04 PM

"We're sick and tired of hearing they're working on this. They (policies) should be in place before they go into business."
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Kelowna winery says accountant took almost a half-million dollars
The owners of a Kelowna winery and golf course allege their former controller took nearly $450,000 in just 30 months on the job. The Turton Group, which owns The View winery as well as Orchard Greens golf course and a rental business, is su

No weed, just beer: Bavaria bans smoking cannabis at Oktoberfest and beer gardens
BERLIN (AP) — You can get drunk at Bavaria's world-famous Oktoberfest, but don't get high. The southern German state will ban smoking cannabis at public festivals, inside beer gardens, and even at the Oktoberfest, the world

B.C. home sales slide almost 10 per cent in March despite mortgage rate drop
VANCOUVER - Home sales in British Columbia fell by almost 10 per cent in March compared with the same period last year, in a slowdown an analyst says could be buyers waiting for lower interest rates. The B.C. Real Estate Association says th

Owners of three B.C. Interior seniors homes being sued as part of class action lawsuit