BC Gov News

A $2-million provincewide investment in school-based student mental health will help ensure kids can access support when they need it and that they feel safe and connected at school.

More people in B.C. will have access to community-based low- and no-cost mental health and substance use supports as part of $10 million in grants awarded to community counselling programs throughout the province.

Judy Darcy, Minister of Mental Health and Addictions, has issued the following statement on International Overdose Awareness Day, Aug. 31, 2019:

People in assisted living residences, including supportive recovery homes, will have access to more care options and added protection as amendments to the Community Care and Assisted Living Act come into force.

The BC Coroners Service has published an updated report on suicide deaths in B.C. up to the end of 2017.