How Café Ami started, which is now located at Vancouver General Hospital and UBC.

87-year-old points out the dangers of pedestrians using cellphones and not looking where they are going after a painful fall and surgery at LGH.

Penticton mother hopes to change system after son’s death from fentanyl overdose. VCH reports that Powell River Recovery Centre was in compliance with provincial regulations.

Dr. Meena Dawar, head of immunization programs for VCH, recommends people get their flu shot to protect themselves and loved ones from getting sick.

Green light given to turn Casa Mia into a senior care facility after a public hearing last night. VCH subsidizing 58 out of the 90 beds.

B.C. has highest rate in Canada of patients readmitted after heart procedures. Data from 38 heart centres included in the report, including St. Paul’s Hospital and VGH.

A national split is emerging on marijuana legalization that pits Ontario and eastern provinces opting for total control over pot sales against private retail regimes emerging in the West. VCH has written to the B.C. Government that a “state monopoly” is the most socially responsible option.

The Care Group, in collaboration with the VCH, has applied to the city for a rezoning amendment to transform a mansion on Southwest Marine Dr. into a community care facility for seniors. Vancouver newspaper executive David Radler opposes the bid.

Government says backlog of applications to blame for funding delays. VCH provided funding for one of the Indigenous groups that was struggling while it was waiting for funding.

The suspect in a double homicide in Vancouver appeared briefly in court Tuesday. Rocky Rambo Wei Nam Kam, 25, is facing two counts of second-degree murder in the killing of 68-year-old Richard Jones and 64-year-old Dianna Mah-Jones at their Marpole home in September.