The pro-cannabis event on Friday looked to be larger than ever, a crowd estimated to have peaked at 40,000 packing Sunset Beach. The article mentions that VCH warned vendors not to sell samples to minors and to check all customers’ photo IDs.

Dr. Brenda Wagner, head of obstetrics and gynecology at Richmond Hospital (RH), improved maternal and child safety measures and cesarean delivery rate at RH is now the lowest in B.C.

A special panel event was held on April 10 featuring five inspirational women leaders, including Dianne Doyle, president and CEO of PHC.

Four communities in the Vancouver Coastal Health region are receiving age-friendly grants to support seniors, so they can live active, safe, socially engaged and independent lives.

Ceremony at city hall allowed volunteers to hand over donations raised in the past week for Victor Yu, who lost his wife in childbirth at Richmond Hospital.

When Dr. Brenda Wagner signed on as head of obstetrics at Richmond Hospital, they had the highest rate of C-section births in B.C. Now, it’s one of the lowest.

Vaping has become a problem at SD46 schools. Vancouver Coastal Health is giving resources on how to reduce the use of tobacco and vaping products at schools.

Recreational cannabis is set to be legal across Canada this year and the effect on youth needs to be considered. With quotes from Dr. Reka Gustafson, medical health officer with VCH.

Waterloo is preventing a safe injection site from going in the downtown core. Interview with Dr. Mark Lysyshyn, medical health officer at VCH.

Dr. Patricia Daly and Dr. Réka Gustafson attended last year’s meeting on the liquor policy review as VCH representatives and supported the store-in-store model over the wine-on-shelves.