Jody Wilson-Raybould, Joy MacPhail, Geoff Plant also among those to be honoured at fall ceremony Tk’emlúps te Secwépemc Kúkpi7 (Chief) Rosanne Casimir, Canadian soccer legend Christine Sinclair and outspoken former attorney general Jody Wilson-Raybould have all been appointed to the Order of B.C. The three women are among 14 new appointees to the province’s highest honour, Lt.-Gov. Janet Austin announced in a written statement on Monday, B.C. Day. “I share these congratulations with gratitude to these incredible individuals who have done so much to enrich their communities,” Austin said. “Their leadershipRead more

Federal health minister says Canada should apply lessons learned from pandemic to HIV/AIDS Federal Health Minister Jean-Yves Duclos on Monday announced nearly $18 million to expand HIV testing in Canada, with a substantial portion of the funding going toward self-administered kits. Of the $17.9 million, $8 million will go toward purchasing HIV self-testing kits and distributing them to community organizations, Duclos said at the 24th International AIDS Conference in Montreal. The other $9.9 million will go to the National Microbiology Laboratory in Winnipeg for expansion of HIV testing in northern, remote or isolated (NRI) communities. “HIV self-test kits offer aRead more