From the Government of Canada: https://www.canada.ca/en/office-infrastructure/news/2022/12/canada-and-british-columbia-invest-in-new-wastewater-treatment-facility-to-protect-cultus-lake.html

Adrian Dix, Minister of Health, has issued the following statement in recognition of World AIDS Day and Indigenous AIDS Awareness Week:

Members of the BC Teachers’ Federation and members of the BC Public School Employers’ Association have ratified a new agreement under government’s Shared Recovery Mandate.

A holiday tradition is renewed with the opening of the Robson Square ice rink for another season of outdoor skating.

A survey about social work oversight in B.C. is available to social work practitioners and the general public.

The Ministry of Health has released a progress report on government’s steps to address Indigenous-specific racism in B.C.’s health-care system, as recommended in the In Plain Sight: Addressing Indigenous-specific Racism and Discrimination in BC Health Care report.

Sheila Malcolmson, Minister of Mental Health and Addictions, has issued the following statement regarding the BC Coroners Service’s report on illicit drug toxicity deaths in October 2022:

Preliminary reporting from the BC Coroners Service shows that illicit drugs have caused the deaths of at least 1,827 British Columbians in the first 10 months of 2022.