BC Gov News

Policy changes implemented to help break the cycle of poverty and build a better B.C. for vulnerable citizens will take effect July 1, 2019.

The B.C. government has provided the Canadian Men’s Health Foundation (CMHF) with $1 million to support three programs designed to improve men's health.

To help link vulnerable seniors to vital mental health and addictions services, the Province is providing $500,000 to the Seniors Services Society to expand outreach through its existing programs and partnerships.

Adrian Dix, Minister of Health, has directed a review of an emergency medical response for a patient who died in the Lower Mainland in November 2018.

Year two of the B.C. Surgical and Diagnostic Imaging Strategy continues to move forward, with the opening of a new magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) suite at the Jim Pattison Outpatient Care and Surgery Centre in Surrey.

The business plan for a new state-of-the-art Mills Memorial hospital has been completed and officially approved on time and on schedule.