A new interactive website about prostate cancer called If I Were Tom created by Men’s Health Research at UBC launched this week.

The Pemberton Medical Clinic is circulating a strongly written letter admonishing employers who require sick notes from employees and charging $50 directly to the organizations.

Workers at St. Paul’s Hospital are seeing more used needles left in places that pose a risk.

A recent wave of overdoses reminds us that the Sunshine Coast isn’t isolated from B.C.’s fentanyl crisis. With quotes from Dr. Ron Mundy, anesthesiologist at Sechelt ER and Kendrah Rose, addictions nurse at VCH’s Mental Health and Addictions Clinic in Sechelt.

The temporary warming centre set up for homeless people in Creekside community centre has been closed, after an incident involving a child and a hypodermic needle.

VGH’s Angus the English springer spaniel is believed to be only canine hospital employee in the world trained to sniff out notorious bacteria Clostridium difficile.

The Vancouver Park Board is investigating after an incident involving a child and a hypodermic needle at the Creekside Community Centre.

Toronto is hoping to learn from cities like Vancouver to tackle the growing issue of overdose deaths.

Squamish will be home to the first hospice beds in the Sea to Sky corridor, the provincial government announced last Tuesday.

Canada has joined an international research partnership to determine why some people develop ALS while others do not. Research team includes Dr. Ian Mackenzie, neuropathologist at VCH.