Health officials are warning about an increase in drug overdoses in the Vancouver area, while police in Victoria say overdose calls are exhausting their resources.

Hemostemix Inc. is pleased to announce that it has entered into an agreement and has received all approvals from Vancouver Coastal Health Research Institute to be a clinical trial site for the Company’s Phase II clinical trial for critical limb ischemia.

Researchers at UBC and in Toronto have shown that a three-minute version of a brain stimulation treatment for hard-to-treat depression is just as effective as the standard 37-minute version.

The Oak Bay High School community gathered on Thursday to remember student Elliot Eurchuk. Elliot’s parents are committed to changing the B.C.’s Infants Care Act. Mention of Squamish teen Steffanie Lawrence, who passed away from an opioid overdose the day after discharging herself from Lions Gate Hospital.

Former Sechelt mayor criticizes the municipality’s spectrum of care policies, including the Trellis deal for a residential care facility.

Health officials are warning about an increase in drug overdoses in Vancouver, while police in Victoria say overdose calls are exhausting their resources. VCH is quoted, urging people to have their drugs checked at supervised consumption sites and overdose prevention sites.

Vancouver Coastal Health says the majority of the 220 people who received medical attention at this year’s 4/20 marijuana event at Sunset Beach had consumed edibles.

Author spoke to BC Emergency Health Services, VCH, PHC and VPD for details of the 420 festival and confirms cannabis edibles can lead to an overdose.

Dianne Doyle started her career as a nurse at St. Paul’s Hospital in 1976 and more than four decades later, she’s retiring as President and CEO of Providence Health Care.

Staff from the three municipalities, VCH, the Alzheimer society, a resident and an advocate living with dementia and a gerontologist, planned dementia-friendly activities.