The Province, in partnership with Vancouver Coastal Health and the VGH & UBC Hospital Foundation, announced a $102-million project for 16 new state-of-the-art operating rooms to be built at the Jim Pattison Pavilion at Vancouver General Hospital (VGH).

Government has accepted all of the recommendations in the representative for children and youth’s (RCY) latest report and has committed to additional actions to further strengthen the contracted residential care system and improve planning for all children and youth in government care.

Green Frog is a pest control company that is doing more than just dirty work. By working with and hiring people with barriers to employment at risk of homelessness, they are helping others to rebuild their lives.

PBX Engineering and IBI Group, both of Vancouver, took the top award for Specialized Engineering Services at the 13th annual Deputy Minister’s Consulting Engineers Awards, for their exceptional work on the variable speed limit systems.

McElhanney Consulting Services Ltd. of Vancouver took the top award for Design and Contract Preparation – Roads at the 13th annual Deputy Minister’s Consulting Engineers Awards, for its exceptional work on the Sicamous Roundabout at Highway 97A and Main Street in Sicamous.

SNC Lavalin Inc. of Metro Vancouver took the top award for Alternative Transportation at the 13th annual Deputy Minister’s Consulting Engineers Awards, for its exceptional work on the Evergreen Line.

SNC Lavalin Inc. of Metro Vancouver took the top award for Structures at the 13th annual Deputy Minister’s Consulting Engineers Awards, for its exceptional work on the Evergreen Line’s Inlet Centre Station.

Health Minister Terry Lake announced $4 million provided to the Canadian Institute for Advanced Research (CIFAR) to strengthen health research in British Columbia.