Children and families will have more opportunities to get involved with the YMCA, thanks to a total of $11 million in government funding.

The Province announced $2 million to the Michael Cuccione Foundation to support new advances in research at Michael Cuccione Childhood Cancer Research program at BC Children's Hospital.

To provide better access to needed health services, Health Minister Terry Lake announced an additional $25 million to increase surgical capacity in the next year. He also announced the provincial government will fund four new MRI machines.

The Province, in partnership with Vancouver Coastal Health and the VGH & UBC Hospital Foundation, announced a $102-million project for 16 new state-of-the-art operating rooms to be built at the Jim Pattison Pavilion at Vancouver General Hospital (VGH).

Health Minister Terry Lake announced $4 million provided to the Canadian Institute for Advanced Research (CIFAR) to strengthen health research in British Columbia.

Some of the province’s most vulnerable people will benefit from research into HIV/AIDS, addiction and viral hepatitis that will be carried out at the world-class Hope to Health Research Centre following a successful expansion project supported in part through $2 million in government funding.

The Province has provided $14,000 for improved access to hospice palliative care in Vancouver.

On the surface, Tianna Richards has it all—a growing career as a doula, beginning her education in the midwifery program at the University of British Columbia, a great social life and community roots.

The Province today announced $100,000 to the Michael Cuccione Foundation to support childhood cancer research and new treatments.