The $15-million expansion and renovation project at the Kootenay Lake Hospital was officially opened today by Boundary-Similkameen MLA John Slater, West Kootenay Boundary regional chair Marguerite Rotvold, local elected officials and dignitaries.

It's the second-leading cause of death for youth aged 15-24 years in B.C. and Canada. By the end of high school, one in five teens will seriously consider it, and one in 10 will attempt it. More B.C. youth die from it than anything else except car crashes. "It" is suicide, and it can be prevented.

Did you know that approximately nine out of every 1,000 babies in Canada are born with Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD)?

The nurse call system at Kiwanis Care Centre is being replaced to improve and protect patient safety.

The parking lots at Dawson Creek and District Hospital and Rotary Manor are being resurfaced and upgraded to add more space and improve access for visitors as well as emergency and delivery vehicles.

Future health professionals in British Columbia will benefit from additional student spaces at the British Columbia Institution of Technology (BCIT) to get the training they need as diagnostic medical sonographers to provide the high-quality health care B.C. families deserve.

Future health professionals in northern British Columbia will benefit from an additional 28 student spaces at the College of New Caledonia to get the training they need as health-care assistants to provide the high-quality health care B.C. families deserve.

Future health professionals in the East and West Kootenay regions will benefit from additional student spaces at College of the Rockies, Selkirk College and the Justice Institute of British Columbia to train health-care professionals to provide the high-quality health care B.C. families deserve.

The B.C. government is pleased to once again congratulate swimmer Brianna Nelson on another medal at the Paralympic Games in London, announced Ida Chong, Minister of Community, Sport and Cultural Development.