British Columbia's health minister has weighed in on hockey violence, saying the Criminal Code applies both on and off the ice, after an incident in which a player appeared to put a goalie in a chokehold.
VICTORIA - A British Columbia company offering health services to patients who pay annual fees starting at $4,650 has agreed to modify its policies, averting a court challenge over public health care, says the province's health minister.
VICTORIA - British Columbia's health minister plans to announce how the government will ensure patients in the province will have secure access to the diabetes and weight loss drug Ozempic.
VANCOUVER - British Columbia's health minister says more than 1,000 family doctors have so far signed onto the province's new compensation model that takes effect today as part of a plan to address the crisis in the primary health-care system.
VANCOUVER - British Columbia has expanded PharmaCare coverage of four drugs used to treat diabetes, heart failure and blood clots, including one medication the health minister says has been promoted as a weight-loss aid, "notably in Hollywood."