Nurses play important roles in promoting quality health care and advocating for social justice, says the president of the BCNU.

Increase spending on law enforcement and the legal system would have be better spent on mental health services. With mention of a report urging a strong relationship be built between VCH and the legal system.

Sunshine Coast residents are being surveyed on whether they would support bylaws that ban smoking from parks, beaches, trails and restaurant patios. With quotes from Caitlin Etherington, a tobacco reduction coordinator at VCH.

The Textile Arts Guild of Richmond unveiled over 100 quilts it made for residents at VCH’s Richmond Lions Manor.

New research by the Providence Health Care Research Institute (PHCRI) tackles a major problem plaguing long-term care facilities and hospitals. With quotes from Dr. Paul Hiebert from St. Paul’s Hospital.

A Lower Lonsdale resident is using a high-frequency sound-emitting device to deter loiterers. With quotes from Randy Ash, senior environmental health officer for VCH.

Before jumping off the Alex Fraser Bridge, a young mentally ill man was taken to hospital by police, given a pill by the doctor and released back onto the streets. With mention of Riverview and Vancouver General hospitals.

Legislation needs to change around cannabis possession. Written by Dr. Paul Martiquet, a medical health officer with VCH.

Prescribing exercise to patients is a proven medicine, says Steven Blair, a professor at the University of South Carolina’s school of public health. With mention of the Centre for Hip Health and Mobility, a centre of the VCH Research Institute.

The BC NDP says the province’s promise to build hospitals is mired in an unaccountable budget process and lacking clarity on such projects as replacing Burnaby Hospital.