Women in Burnaby and New Westminster in need of safe, affordable housing now have new options at the Elspeth Alley Housing for Elder Women in Burnaby.

Women who are homeless or at risk of homelessness soon will have access to 27 second-stage transitional housing apartments in Campbell River.

A tentative two-year agreement has been reached with the Facilities Bargaining Association under government's Cooperative Gains Mandate.

Three qualified teams have been shortlisted to participate in the next stage of the competitive selection process to design and build a new hospital in the Village of Queen Charlotte.

Health Minister Margaret MacDiarmid released the following statement on the response to flooding at Surrey Memorial Hospital due to a damaged water main.

Remote First Nations communities throughout British Columbia will receive $700,000 from the Heart and Stroke Foundation, through funding from the Provincial Health Services Authority, to grow community gardens - helping to provide fresh produce to those who would otherwise have limited access to these healthy foods.

The nurse-call system at East Kootenay Regional Hospital is being upgraded, improving patient safety.