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Health Minister Terry Lake

Make a healthy choice by filling half your plate with fruit and vegetables

Health Minister Terry Lake and Agriculture Minister Norm Letnick joined Half Your Plate ambassador chef Michael Smith in a cooking demonstration to remind British Columbians how important it is to...

B.C. considers paying donors for blood products despite Ontario, Quebec bans

KAMLOOPS, B.C. — Health Minister Terry Lake is open to allowing a pay-for-plasma clinic in British Columbia, saying the province already gets about 85 per cent of its supply from the United States,...