North Island residents living with chronic kidney failure today have improved access to hemodialysis now that a $2.25-million project to expand the outpatient Cumberland Community Dialysis Facility is complete.

British Columbia today launched a provincewide program to make sure that at-risk or potentially vulnerable first-time families get the healthiest start in life for mom and baby.

B.C. seniors built our province and provided our families the many great opportunities and stability that we enjoy today. June 5-11 is BC Seniors Week and it's a chance for us to look back on the many contributions our parents and grandparents have made, to say thank you and to highlight what the provincial government has done to meet seniors' needs.

Five new integrated cancer care centres, including a virtual one in Vancouver to serve rural and remote parts of British Columbia, will open as part of Healthy Families BC.

June 3, 2011 marked the grand opening of The Rosewood at Harmony Court Care Centre and Fraser Health's first model of care designed for medically stable, independently mobile seniors with dementia.

Health Minister Michael de Jong is highlighting Stroke Awareness Month and how families can stay healthy by learning the signs of stroke.

The $237-million Jim Pattison Outpatient Care and Surgery Centre was officially opened today - on time and on budget - making it the first of its kind in British Columbia to provide additional health-care capacity for families and communities across the region.