Coquitlam’s mayor wants Riverview Hospital to remain a focal point for the treatment of mental illness.

Residents at Powell River’s Evergreen Extended Care Unit are concerned with VCH’s plans to cut some of the activity staff. With quotes from Anna Marie D’Angelo, a spokesperson for VCH.

Marian Mazurek is the 400th person to get a heart transplant in B.C. With quotes from Dr. Anson Cheung, a physician with VCH and Transplant BC.

Whistler Search and Rescue is continuing to pressure government to allow single-engine helicopters to land at the Whistler helipad. With quotes from Anna Marie D’Angelo, a spokesperson for VCH.

UBC donor Djavad Mowafaghian has been given an honorary degree by UBC. VCH and UBC recently opened the Djavad Mowafaghian Centre for Brain Health.

VCH and UBC’s Djavad Mowafaghian Centre for Brain Health, Canada’s largest integrated brain centre, officially opened today.

VCH’s Olive Devaud Residence in Powell River will be closing its doors at the end of the year. With quotes from Len Wenger, manager for resident care at the Olive Devaud Residence.

UBC’s Midwifery program will double its annual graduation rate by 2017. With mention of Lions Gate Hospital.

After being found hanging in a shower stall at Vancouver International Airport, Vega Jimenez was taken to Mount Saint Joseph Hospital.

A VCH psychiatrist says Vancouver could face a “crisis” due to loss of funding for mental-health services for refugees.