VICTORIA – The provincial government is providing nicotine patches and gum to British Columbians on income assistance who want to “butt out” through a $1.27-million pilot program called Quit Smoking Now!, Employment and Income Assistance Minister Claude Richmond announced.

VICTORIA – December 2006 is proclaimed as ‘Persons with Disabilities Month,’ Employment and Income Assistance Minister Claude Richmond announced today on behalf of the Province of British Columbia.