This is a great day for B.C. and, in particular, a great day for health care, … We are saying big tobacco has to be held to account.

I think we’re saying Big Tobacco is going to be held to account for their products,

We’re particularly concerned with the lack of disclosure in the ’50s, ’60s and ’70s around the potential damages of this product.

For the present time, there are probably only a few areas in which one might be able to move forward by evidence-based benchmarks,

The bad news is that [Maximus] failed to meet their service-level requirements for paper-based turn-around times in September and as a consequence are being penalized for that, … it is likely that there will be...

[B.C. Health Minister George Abbott praised the initiative.] The province commends the Lois Fish Palliative Society for creating a source of comprehensive information on palliative resources in B.C., … By January 2006, we are hopeful...

with the average response time in the last two weeks of September hitting two minutes, two seconds.

The number of youth addictions treatment beds will increase by approximately 75 per cent and allows us to build capacity to ensure youth across the province get the assistance they need.

We are very appreciative of this opportunity to hold the tobacco industry to account for its destructive products. That it was unanimous indicates the power of this ruling.

Obviously if you’re among the three per cent that didn’t get it within 12 months you’re going to be concerned, and rightly so,

I think it’s the right model. That has to be part of the continuum of services. The aim is not to keep people addicted to their addictions in the long term. It’s trying to get...

They have been penalized for both of those in the month of July, as they were in the month of June and the month of May, … Are we seeing improvement? I am happy to...

We have not found any evidence or data either within the Ministry of Health or within the Fraser Health Authority that would appear to substantiate that particular suggestion, so we’re following up now with the...

This kind of technique will enable medical centers like ours to to bring advances in medical techniques to others more quickly.

[The unanimous decision upholds legislation passed eight years ago by lawmakers in British Columbia that allowed the province to seek restitution for health care costs related to smoking for the last 50 years and for...