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Thursday, December 11, 2014 9:00 AM
Twenty-eight B.C. communities have been awarded age-friendly community planning and project grants to support strategies to help seniors stay mobile, physically active, socially connected and healthy.
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Wednesday, October 22, 2014 11:00 AM
Health Minister Terry Lake issued the following statement in response to the Office of the Seniors Advocate report "The Journey Begins: Together, We Can Do Better":
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Tuesday, September 23, 2014 9:30 AM
Government is committing $500,000 for 2015 Age-friendly Community Planning and Project grants to help local governments establish or continue projects and community planning that supports healthy, active seniors.
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Wednesday, September 17, 2014 11:15 AM
The symbolic sound of shovels piercing through the ground marked the start of construction of Eden Gardens.
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Monday, September 15, 2014 1:30 PM
The Ministry of Health, in partnership with Northern Health, is responding to an urgent need for more primary health-care resources in Fort St. John by funding three new nurse practitioners for the community's unattached patient clinic.
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Monday, July 28, 2014 12:30 PM
Parliamentary Secretary for Healthy Living and Seniors Michelle Stilwell announced that eight B.C. communities will receive Age-friendly BC Recognition awards for 2014.
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Tuesday, July 8, 2014 10:00 AM
The First Nations Health Authority and the Ministry of Health released the first edition of the BC Elders' Guide.
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Thursday, June 5, 2014 9:30 AM
The week of June 2, 2014, has been proclaimed Seniors Week in British Columbia.
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Thursday, May 29, 2014 1:00 PM
A pilot project that helps high-risk inmates transition back into society through housing, health and community supports has shown promise in reducing criminal behaviour among program participants and is being implemented at three B.C. correctional centres.
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Friday, May 9, 2014 9:00 AM
Early intervention and support for those in their teens and twenties struggling with mental health issues received an added boost with $1 million funding for programs at Coast Mental Health.
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