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Monday, September 23, 2019 11:22 AM
Watching a young person struggle with mental health or addictions challenges is a parent’s worst nightmare. We all want to see our children thrive. And yet when they need help, families in crisis have had to struggle to navigate a fragmented system that doesn’t get their kids the care they need. There are waitlists to navigate, expensive bills to pay and doors that seemingly lead nowhere.
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Tuesday, May 7, 2019 8:00 AM
Judy Darcy, Minister of Mental Health and Addictions, and Katrine Conroy, Minister of Children and Family Development, have issued the following statement in recognition of Child and Youth Mental Health Day, May 7, 2019:
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Wednesday, July 18, 2018 9:15 AM
Twenty high-priority B.C. communities are receiving funding from government’s new Community Overdose Crisis Innovation Fund.
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Monday, May 14, 2018 12:20 PM
People will be supported to move from a cycle of addiction, homelessness and incarceration, with greater opportunities to rebuild their lives with dignity and respect, at a new Victoria recovery centre.
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Tuesday, February 20, 2018 1:40 PM
Budget 2018 carves a new path to shared prosperity for everyone in the province with a made-in-B.C. child-care plan, a comprehensive housing plan and record levels of capital investment in every corner of the province, Finance Minister Carole James announced today.
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Friday, November 3, 2017 1:30 PM
Vulnerable people experiencing homelessness will now have access to additional safe shelter spaces during the cold winter months and times of extreme weather in communities around British Columbia.
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Sunday, October 8, 2017 9:30 AM
Minister of Municipal Affairs and Housing Selina Robinson and Minister of Social Development and Poverty Reduction Shane Simpson have issued the following joint statement in recognition of Homelessness Action Week, Oct. 8-14:
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Wednesday, August 16, 2017 11:01 AM
The stories of people taken by the overdose crisis come from every corner of the province. A forestry worker in the North who became addicted to painkillers for a workplace injury and then turned to street drugs. Friends celebrating after a wedding in the Interior. Suburban parents who left behind young children. Middle-aged men who were clean and sober for years.
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Tuesday, August 1, 2017 1:45 PM
Last week I met Don, a carpenter who became addicted to painkillers after an injury he got on the job. He ended up on the streets, and says he was in and out of the hospital about 100 times over a period of four years.
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