The Ministry of Health is clarifying information that has been reported about the province's Home and Community Care policy for publicly subsidized residential care.

In honour of BC Coaches Week (Sept. 14-22, 2013), coaches will have the opportunity to take advantage of free National Coaching Certification Program (NCCP) courses, Minister of Community, Sport and Cultural Development Coralee Oakes announced today.

Continued funding of $500,000 for the Age-friendly Community Planning and Project Grant program will help support seniors in every region of British Columbia.

Sept. 9 is Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD) Prevention and Support Day in B.C., an opportunity to raise awareness around the risks of alcohol use during pregnancy and to support healthy women, their infants and their families.

Health Minister Terry Lake issued the following statement in recognition of the second annual Recovery Day in Canada:

St. John Hospice, a new comprehensive palliative care facility in Vancouver providing 14 bedrooms for individuals in need of end-of-life care, has officially opened.

Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD) affects an estimated nine in every 1,000 infants. And because the wide-ranging symptoms are not always visibly apparent, it is sometimes called an invisible disability.

Students throughout British Columbia head to the classroom on Sept. 3, many of them feeling first-day jitters. But for an estimated 25,000 students, first day of school stress can lead to anxiety that interferes with their daily activities.