Government has reached an agreement with B.C.’s registered midwives that will benefit mothers and their babies by improving access to midwifery services throughout the province.

The BC Centre for Employment Excellence is receiving more than $463,000 in provincial funding for three research projects that will, over the long term, help more British Columbians find and keep a job.

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.

The B.C. government is providing $1.6 million for 80 additional temporary winter shelter spaces, as well as rent supplements, for people who are homeless or at risk of homelessness in Vancouver.

A new supportive-recovery centre for women, the first of its kind on the North Shore, officially opened its doors with support from the governments of Canada and British Columbia, along with community partners.

PharmaCare will save up to $1 million this fiscal year, and $4 million each year afterwards, by changing its coverage of diabetes supplies called blood glucose test strips.

The B.C. government has provided $60,000 to complete renovations at an eight-bed supportive-housing building for homeless men in Kelowna.

British Columbia's doctors have voted in favour of accepting a new five-year agreement with the provincial government.