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NEW PROGRAM SUPPORTS B.C. FAMILIES WITH SICK KIDS Premier Gordon Campbell and Minister of Health Services Kevin Falcon announce increased access to travel and accommodation support for families with children needing care at BC Children’s Hospital. 
B.C. LAUNCHES PATIENT-FOCUSED FUNDING PROVINCEWIDE Patients will benefit from more timely, accessible care as British Columbia invests an additional $250 million over the next two years to launch its patient-focused funding model to the 23 largest hospitals across the province. 
SPECIAL ADVISOR APPOINTED TO VANCOUVER SCHOOL DISTRICT A special advisor has been appointed to examine the Vancouver Board of Education’s financial performance, Minister of Education Margaret MacDiarmid announced.
PREMIER COMMEMORATES 30TH ANNIVERSARY OF FOX MARATHON Premier Gordon Campbell issued the following statement on the 30th anniversary of Terry Fox’s Marathon of Hope.
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| | "We have already seen the value of patient-focused funding and innovation in health care across the Lower Mainland...Thousands of patients have benefited from decongestion in emergency departments and reduced waiting times for surgery. We hope to build on that provincewide." David Thompson, Chairman, B.C. Health Services Purchasing Organization The Province, Apr 13, 2010. | | | 
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| | "We have shown that by doing so [seeking and treating HIV-infected individuals], with the support of the provincial government, by expanding the treatment over the last five years, we have actually been able to reduce the number of new infections diagnosed among injection drug users in the province of B.C. by 50 per cent in B.C. alone." Dr. Julio Montaner, Clinical Director, BC Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS & Professor of Medicine at UBC CKNW, April 13, 2010. | | |
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| | New Program Helps Families With Sick Kids | | | 
| | Marking Yom Hashoah, Holocaust Remembrance Day | | | 
| | Celebrating Vaisakhi | | | | | | 
April 17, 2010 Harry Bloy, MLA for Burnaby-Lougheed, will be a guest on Shaw's "Constituency Report" at 8:00 AM and 5:00 PM. April 18, 2010 Minister of Forests and Range Pat Bell will be a guest on CFAX 1070AM "Public Eye Radio" at 8:30-8:45 AM. April 21, 2010 Minister of Energy, Mines and Petroleum Resources Blair Lekstrom will be a guest on Shaw TV North's "Constituency Report" at 6:00 PM. | 
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| | Harry Bloy, MLA Burnaby-Lougheed | | | Commenting on the implementation of B.C.'s harmonized sales tax. "In July, we will level the playing field for B.C. businesses. The cost of producing goods and services will drop, and these savings will be passed on to consumers and it will be a major boost to any company." 
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