For 240,000 British Columbian families, the new year brings the help they need with prescription drugs, thanks to a three-year $105-million investment that is reducing or eliminating deductibles and co-payments for lower-income households. “No one should have to make the …
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Transgender people in British Columbia will soon have access to publicly funded gender-affirming lower surgeries within the province, as British Columbia becomes the first province in western Canada to offer these procedures next year. “The trans community has advocated over …
Seniors and patients to benefit from fair workplace legislation
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Government moves forward on MSP premium elimination, tax cut for people
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