VICTORIA — British Columbia's new health minister says she's aiming for more treatment beds and fewer deaths in a revamped approach to the province's drug overdose crisis.
VICTORIA — British Columbia's new health minister says she's aiming for more treatment beds and fewer deaths in a revamped approach to the province's drug overdose crisis.
"I think we're in a much better position to expedite action and decision making," Osborne said in an interview."Now is the time to bring that together. The premier's been very clear he expects an all-of-government approach to this." "It's good because the Ministry of Mental Health and Addictions wasn't ever really set up to succeed," said DJ Larkin, executive director of the Canadian Drug Policy Coalition and an adjunct professor at the faculty of health sciences at Simon Fraser University.
"I'm optimistic now, of course," said McBain."I think change is better than being stuck in a place where there hasn't been great movement. These seven or eight years we've been waiting for things to improve and they have not. So, with a change, there's hope."
Canada Latest News, Canada Headlines
Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.
Final count begins in razor-thin provincial election in British ColumbiaVICTORIA — British Columbians are awaiting the final tally of last week's razor-thin provincial election, with several ridings that could determine the next government still hanging in the balance.
Read more »
Final count begins in razor-thin provincial election in British ColumbiaVICTORIA — British Columbians are awaiting the final tally of last week's razor-thin provincial election, with several ridings that could determine the next government still hanging in the balance.
Read more »
Final count begins in razor-thin provincial election in British ColumbiaVICTORIA — British Columbians are awaiting the final tally of last week's razor-thin provincial election, with several ridings that could determine the next government still hanging in the balance.
Read more »
Final count begins in razor-thin provincial election in British ColumbiaVICTORIA — British Columbians are awaiting the final tally of last week's razor-thin provincial election, with several ridings that could determine the next government still hanging in the balance.
Read more »
Final count begins in razor-thin provincial election in British ColumbiaElection BC says counting of the more than 43,000 mail-in ballots gets underway today and is expected to be completed Sunday
Read more »
NDP widens lead in tight British Columbia election racesThe resumption of counting in last week’s nail-biting British Columbia election has seen the NDP widen its lead in two crucial races and move within 14 votes of the B.C. Conservatives in another.
Read more »