Almost 80 per cent of street drugs tested for fentanyl at Insite were laced with the potentially deadly opioid, a nine-month pilot study has found.

Canada’s first women-only supervised consumption site has opened. With quotes from Bonnie Wilson, VCH Director of Home Support, Complex Rehab and Supported Housing.

A safe injection site that will only serve women has opened on Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside. With quotes from Dr. Patricia Daly, VCH’s chief medical health officer.

A first-of-its-kind overdose prevention site for women only has opened in Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside. With quotes from Dr. Patricia Daly, VCH’s chief medical health officer.

VCH is opening BC’s first women-only supervised injection site in the Downtown Eastside. With quotes from Dr. Patricia Daly, VCH’s chief medical health officer.

Staff at Vancouver City Hall proposed changes to the 10th Avenue Health Precinct by VGH but people are worried about reduced parking spaces.

Parking in front of key medical agencies like the BC Cancer Agency, the Blusson Spinal Cord Centre and the Vancouver General Hospital (VGH) could get a whole lot tighter.

While some want tougher sentences against drug offenders, some states and counties are pushing back with a radical new approach: safe injection sites for heroin addicts. With video from Vancouver’s Insite.

Staff at Vancouver City Hall have made their presentation on proposed changes to the 10thAvenue Health Precinct.

Patient advocates say the parking options in Vancouver’s updated plan for 10th Avenue will cause hardship for those with mobility issues.