The Province is introducing proposed amendments to the Mental Health Act to strengthen and protect mental-health care in B.C. and improve supports for people who suffer from severe, overlapping mental-health and substance-use challenges.

Young people in Burns Lake and surrounding communities now have better access to vital mental-health and substance-use services with the opening of a new Foundry centre in Burns Lake.

First Nations, Métis, Inuit and urban Indigenous Peoples in B.C. will have access to stronger cultural treatment and recovery services thanks to new funding.

Men living with substance-use challenges now have access to more treatment and recovery options with the opening of new treatment beds on the Sunshine Coast.

Adults living with mental-health challenges will continue to have access to low- or no-cost counselling services to help them get well.

First Nations people living with substance-use challenges will soon benefit from a new Tŝilhqot’in-led healing and wellness model as the Province provides $8.3 million for recovery supports.

People in northeastern British Columbia are one step closer to a new centre that will offer a holistic, culturally safe approach to addictions treatment and recovery, supporting more people on their healing journey.

New minimum standards for overdose prevention services are being introduced to enhance safety, improve consistency, and ensure greater oversight for clients, staff delivering life-saving services and members of the community.

New care beds at Alouette Homes will soon support more people requiring long-term involuntary care with a safe, home-like setting and specialized care that meets their unique needs.