Patients and researchers will benefit from a new $11-million grant from the provincial government to the Michael Smith Foundation for Health Research (MSFHR).

Health Minister Terry Lake issued the following statement in recognition of the Sept. 13, 2014, provincial proclamation of Recovery Day:

Health Minister Terry Lake has issued the following statement in recognition of the Terry Fox Run and that September is cancer awareness month for childhood, ovarian, prostate and men's cancers:

Last Thursday afternoon, British Columbia's health-care professionals, and the overall health-care system, showed world-class skills, co-ordination, professionalism and compassion after a terrible accident on the Coquihalla Highway.

The Province of B.C. and Ron Mattson today announced that they have settled Mr. Mattson’s claims in B.C. Supreme Court arising from the termination of Mr. Mattson’s employment in September 2012.

The Professional Association of Residents of B.C. and the Health Employers Association of B.C. have ratified their agreement under the Province's Economic Stability Mandate.

Provincial health officer Dr. Perry Kendall released his second report on B.C.'s opioid substitution treatment system, showing both methadone and the newer Suboxone have helped decrease mortality rates and reduce health-care costs for opioid dependent patients.