People are a step closer to a new clinical support and research centre at St. Paul’s Hospital as the Province shortlists three proponents to participate in the request for proposal (RFP) to design and build the new centre.

People living with cancer and their caregivers throughout B.C. now have access to accommodation and support services at the Canadian Cancer Society’s new Centre for Cancer Prevention and Support.

People throughout B.C. will soon be receiving first-class care from more graduates of Thompson Rivers University’s (TRU) anesthesia assistant program.

People in acute care facilities will have more consistent, safe and stable patient care, now that government is bringing thousands of support service workers and services that were previously contracted out back to work directly for health authorities, after almost 20 years of these services being contracted to private companies.

People in Vancouver now have access to a new MRI at St. Paul’s Hospital, thanks to a multi-year fundraising effort supported by many donors.

The Province is taking action and mobilizing health authorities, Emergency Management BC (EMBC) and the BC Emergency Health Services (BCEHS) to assist this weekend as temperatures are expected to rise in the next 24 to 48 hours.