Writer says Vancouver is in its second decade of dealing with an injected-drug crisis and it seems to be getting worse.
Read MoreVancouver scientists find cancer-causing mutations in common non-cancerous gynecological disorder
VCH involved with study on cancer-causing gene mutations that were found in the pelvic lesions of women with atypically non-cancerous gynecological disorder.
Read MorePowell River Hospice Society plans facility
Powell River Hospice Society has committed to raising a significant amount of money for hospice and palliative care.
Read MoreOwnership matters
Gayle Duteil, President of BC Nurses’ Union wants to save Sechelt’s publicly owned and operated care homes and ensure seniors’ care is not contracted to for-profit companies.
Read More‘Poor man’s methadone’: Imodium is a potentially fatal high
Imodium is worrying doctors and emergency room staff because of the dangerous high it gives opioid abusers. With quotes from Dr. Chris DeWitt of St. Paul’s Hospital.
Read MoreMom survives heart attack during childbirth thanks to “heroic” team
Jaxon Gallagher is only one month old, but one day he’ll be old enough to tell his mom “Happy Mother’s Day,” and learn the story of how her heart gave out the day he was born.
Read MoreWoman and baby alive after medical drama unfolds at St. Paul’s Hospital
Doctors at St. Paul’s Hospital managed to save a young, pregnant woman and her baby after the mom went into sudden heart failure.
Read MoreHOpe on a Grand Scale
North Shore Registered Music Teachers raised $24,347.37 for the Carlile Youth Concurrent Disorders Centre, a new youth mental health facility in the HOpe Centre.
Read MoreCarlile youth centre opening
The opening of the Carlile Youth Concurrent Disorders Centre at the HOpe Centre was celebrated on March 29.
Read MoreRichmond Steveston Liberal John Yap says getting the hospital improvement developed is his priority
Yap secured his fourth term as MLA for Richmond-Steveston. When asked what projects he’ll be working on, he said a new hospital for Richmond was “clearly a priority.”
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