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BC Gov News
Wednesday, November 12, 2025
Effective immediately, new rules limit when employers can ask for sick notes and will allow more time for health-care providers to spend with patients.
Wednesday, November 12, 2025
More young people in Surrey have better access to essential mental-health and substance-use services with the opening of Foundry Surrey Central on Monday, Nov. 17, 2025.
Wednesday, November 12, 2025
As part of ongoing work to incorporate Indigenous perspectives into healing, the new Cowichan hospital will carry a Hul'q'umi'num' and English dual name celebrating the deep cultural and linguistic heritage of the Quw'utsun Peoples and their connection to the land.