Health Minister Margaret MacDiarmid and Vernon-Monashee MLA Eric Foster today unveiled floor plans that will finish the top two floors of Vernon Jubilee Hospital's Polson Tower by adding 60 beds at a cost of around $29.6 million.

All around the globe, people are marking today as the International Union Against Cancer's World Cancer Day.

A two-year tentative labour agreement has been reached with the Health Science Professionals Bargaining Association.

Minister of State for Seniors Ralph Sultan joined the United Way of the Lower Mainland to announce that the Better at Home program is more than tripling the number of sites, adding 38 new locations including First Nations communities around the province.

Soon an additional 45 new nurse practitioners will be working around British Columbia, as part of government's commitment to substantially increase the number of nurse practitioners employed in the province.

Surrey seniors will benefit from a $20,000 Age-friendly grant to help create programs or tools that address the needs of the city's older residents.

Northern Health has issued a tender for site preparation work for the new Queen Charlotte/Haida Gwaii Hospital Replacement project.

Kent seniors will benefit from a $15,000 age-friendly grant to help create programs or tools that address the needs of the district's older residents. The District of Kent is one of 27 communities receiving grants for 2013.

Mission seniors will benefit from a $20,000 age-friendly grant to help create programs or tools that address the needs of the district's older residents.