Darpan News Desk The Canadian Press, 12 Sep, 2024 04:18 PM
British Columbia is becoming the first province in Canada to sign a pharmacare agreement with the federal government.
The agreement means B-C is the first province to have the federal government help fund hormone replacement therapy and diabetes expenses.
Federal Health Minister Mark Holland says B-C will see an estimated 195-million dollars, with funding potentially beginning by April once the legislation makes it through the Senate.
Today with B.C. we announced our commitment to work together on our national pharmacare plan, helping residents access the diabetes medications and contraceptives they need.
This will improve health equity, affordability, and health outcomes for British Columbians. pic.twitter.com/X0eHN74VcK
A group of local politicians from B.C.'s Lower Mainland are asking the provincial auditor general to investigate how the cost of a wastewater treatment plant could balloon to $3.86 billion. The original cost of the North Shore Wastewater Treatment Plant in 2018 was $700 million and it was expected to open in 2020, but the Metro Vancouver regional district fired the contractor over construction delays in 2021.
The Canada Border Services Agency says a man from Nanaimo has been charged with nine counts of gun and drug-related offences. The agency says it launched an investigation after border officers inspected three firearm suppressors at the Vancouver airport between August and October 2022.
Mounties in Penticton are asking for the public's help after a man was shot in the leg. They say officers responded to the call around 7 a-m yesterday, and the victim was brought to hospital.
Mounties at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver are searching for a suspect after an attempted robbery with a weapon. Police say officers responded to an assault near the school's Rose Garden parking structure around 1:30 p-m yesterday, and found a victim suffering from non-life-threatening injuries.
Repairs to a fractured Calgary water pipe were paused Thursday after two workers were injured at the site, while the city's mayor pleaded with residents to step up their conservation efforts. Gondek said daily water use increased by another eight million litres on Wednesday.
Global technology conference Web Summit is headed to Vancouver next May. Destination Vancouver says it expects the event to generate 172-million dollars in direct spending and 279-million dollars in overall economic impact for B-C over three years.
