Jenny Kwan is taking a leave of absence as the MLA for Vancouver-Mount Pleasant after a VCH audit showed she and her family benefited from lavish trips paid for by the Portland Hotel Society.

“What have all those millions that we’ve poured into the Downtown Eastside – and the millions more to come – really bought us, other than a vague feeling that we must be doing good?”

B.C.’s housing minister says money-losing social enterprises and complicated real-estate ventures are what prompted the province to look into the Portland Hotel Society’s (PHS) spending. With mention of the new PHS board having VCH members.

VCH’s medical health officer says it does not make sense to force children to be vaccinated against the measles.

A new study has found that chronic alcoholics benefit from receiving housing and regular doses of alcohol. With mention of VCH and PHS Community Services’ managed alcohol program in Vancouver.

Six months after the mayor declared a crisis, St. Paul’s Hospital is opening a nine-bed Acute Behavioural Stabilization Unit.

A nine-bed psychiatric unit is opening at St. Paul’s Hospital this week. With quotes from Dianne Doyle, CEO of Providence Health Care.

St. Paul’s Hospital has opened a new unit for people with severe mental illnesses and addiction. With quotes from Dr. Anna Nazif, medical director of emergency psychiatry at St. Paul’s Hospital.

The leadership of the Portland Hotel Society were given a choice of resigning or challenge the provincial government over receivership. With quotes from Gavin Wilson, director of public affairs at VCH.

A new team will be looking at the Portland Hotel Society’s programs, including InSite which is also operated by VCH.