Local MLA Jordan Sturdy and the Whistler RCMP are echoing recent calls from a frontline worker to expand services for victims of sexual violence throughout the Sea to Sky.

The Trudeau government’s move to legalize pot comes after decades of calls to revise Canada’s drug laws. With quotes from Patricia Daly, chief medical health officer at VCH.

Nearly one year since B.C. health officials declared the overdose crisis a public health emergency, none of the applications for new supervised injection sites from BC have been approved, says Dr. Patricia Daly, chief medical health officer of VCH.

Provincial health officer Dr. Perry Kendall and VCH’s Chief Medical Health Officer Patricia Daly told council the overdose crisis is getting worse in Vancouver.

Dr. Patricia Daly, VCH chief medical health officer, tells Vancouver City council that approving consumption sites and treatments programs to address overdose crisis should be up to provinces.

Health experts updated Vancouver’s mayor and council on the opioid crisis that has spread from the Downtown Eastside to touch every part of the province. With quotes from Dr. Patricia Daly, chief medical health officer at VCH.

It’s been one year since a public health emergency was declared in BC yet in the last 3 1/2 months, another 110 died have died in Vancouver alone. With quotes from Dr. Patricia Daly, chief medical health officer at VCH.

Ad states MLA Liberal candidate Mathew Wilson received commitment from VCH that Totem Lodge and Shorncliffe will be kept open. With quotes from Anna Marie D’Angelo, VCH media relations officer.

The future of long-term care on the Sunshine Coast is expected to be front-and-centre during the election campaign. VCH has signed with Trellis, a private for-profit, to provide long-term care beds in a facility the company plans to build in Sechelt.

A specialized mental health and addictions team has been created in Powell River to provide additional support for people using illicit drugs. With quotes from Nora Koros, VCH manager of mental health and addictions.