Forty-nine local governments have received BC Healthy Community Capacity Building Fund grants ranging from $2,000 to $20,000 to assist with healthy community planning, projects and policy development.

Health Minister Terry Lake and Children and Family Development Minister Stephanie Cadieux issued the following joint statement in recognition of Child and Youth Mental Health Day on May 7, 2014:

After the dust settles, people with severe addiction and mental illness can find help meeting the challenges of 'day-to-day' living, with two new Assertive Community Treatment teams.

Health Minister Terry Lake released the following statement in recognition of National Hospice Palliative Care Week.

Health Minister Terry Lake, Kamloops-South Thompson MLA Todd Stone, elected officials, Interior Health representatives, staff and health-care partners gathered to mark the start of construction on the new Clinical Services Building.

A $50,000 grant from the Ministry of Health will assist the Mountain Resort Municipality of Sun Peaks determine the viability of an expanded health-care centre.

Health Minister Terry Lake has released the following statement in recognition of Family Caregiver Week, May 3-9, 2014.

A first-of-its-kind pre-med program at Selkirk College aimed at encouraging students to pursue rural medicine has received $1 million from the provincial government and the Doctors of BC.

I'd like to address a common misconception regarding the way in which we support youth as they transition out of government care.