Prescribing medicinal heroin to prevent overdose deaths might appear to clash with common sense, but the provincial health officer in B.C. is backing the idea

Scott MacDonald, lead physician at the Crosstown Clinic, shares his views in the series, The Fentanyl Fix, solutions to B.C.’s overdose crisis.

A tragic story for two Vancouver children, orphaned by the fentanyl crisis. A two-year-old and a six-year-old have lost their mother to an overdose.

Prescribing medicinal heroin to prevent overdose deaths might appear to clash with common sense, but the provincial health officer in B.C. is backing the idea because he says European-style drug treatment programs work.

The 10th annual North Shore Health Care Awards for outstanding achievement were held Jan. 19 at Lions Gate Hospital and hosted by Dr. Allan Burgmann.

The Senft family recently donated $100,000 to the Royal Columbian Hospital neonatal intensive care unit to show their gratitude for the care they received.

Following a heartbreaking plea for better daycare options from the parents of a toddler who died on Jan. 18, daycare advocate Sharon Gregson says the numbers show that thousands of B.C. parents are being forced to make the same hard choices about who cares for their young children. Vancouver Coastal Health said there was no licensed daycare at the East Vancouver home where Macallan died.

Some Vancouver families are echoing the call for an overhaul of B.C.’s childcare system, following a heartfelt plea for reform from the grieving parents of a toddler who died at a daycare earlier this month. With quotes from VCH spokeswoman Anna Marie D’Angelo.

The number of senior-care facilities in B.C. that don’t meet Ministry of Health staffing guidelines has increased 10 per cent, despite a government-ordered review.

Paul Johnston talks about employee insecurity, financing for the project and links it all to provincial Liberal strategies.