Barbara Vance, 76, organizes a sock drive with help of Little Mountain Place residence.

Air ambulance helicopters will be allowed to continue using the Sechelt Hospital helipad, thanks to Transport Canada’s approval.

VCH’s Sunshine Coast director Lauren Tindall says the health authority doesn’t dispute a claim by local doctors that 20 new long-term care beds will not meet future needs.

Patricia Daly, VCH’s chief medical health officer joins Mayor Gregor Robertson at Vancouver town hall meeting on the fentanyl crisis.

Whistler resident thanks bus driver, passengers and professionals in the emergency department at the Whistler Health Care Centre for their kindness and medical attention.

VCH is working to address services for people with mental health and addictions issues on the Sunshine Coast. With quotes from Lauren Tindall, VCH Sunshine Coast director.

The founder of two pop-up injection sites is running a life-saving harm-reduction service without any help from governments.

Outreach worker says going to Insite was a key part of her own recovery and believes proposed sites in Surrey will have a similar effect south of the Fraser.

It appears the province is pushing ahead with supervised injection sites, despite a lack of federal approval, with the opening of six overdose prevention facilities in Vancouver, Surrey and Victoria amidst an ongoing public health emergency and record number of opioid-related deaths.

Today two new supervised-injection sites for drug users will open in Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside.