Seniors in Delta, Langley and Surrey are benefiting from more than $12.8 million in 2018-19 funding to increase staffing levels and ensure that seniors get the care they need in residential care homes.

For 240,000 British Columbian families, the new year brings the help they need with prescription drugs, thanks to a three-year $105-million investment that is reducing or eliminating deductibles and co-payments for lower-income households.

Seniors on Vancouver Island are benefiting from a more than $6.4-million investment in 2018-19 to increase staffing levels and ensure that seniors get the care they need in residential care homes.

Residents in Vancouver’s downtown and West End now have improved access to team-based urgent primary care with the opening of the City Centre Urgent Primary Care Centre.

A new intensive care unit (ICU) at Nanaimo Regional General Hospital (NRGH) will help meet the demands of a growing and aging population and offer improved care for critically ill patients.

A new totem pole has been unveiled to the public at the government building at 1515 Blanshard St. in Victoria, which houses the ministries of Health and Mental Health and Addictions.