The Province, through BC Cancer, is providing approximately $2.75 million annually toward the operating costs of the program. The BC Cancer Foundation contributed approximately $1.93 million to support specialized software needed to interpret the required scans. The Canadian Partnership Against Cancer provided nearly $800,000 in project funding to start the program.
With B.C. teen sick in hospital with suspected bird flu, what should parents know?
The surprising news that a teen is the first Canadian to contract avian flu in Canada, may have parents worried. But as Emily Lazatin reports,