Dealing with local impact of B.C.’s fentanyl crisis has been added to the 2017-18 policing priorities for Sunshine Coast RCMP. Overdose statistics for Sechelt Hospital mentioned.

Health authorities review notification policies for when a classmate falls ill with a rare infection after a Grade 5 Spul-u-Kwuks student became infected with a flesh eating disease. Quotes from Dr. Althea Hayden, Medical Health Officer.

Trellis Seniors Services’ decision to use a site in Gibsons for a long-term care facility is set to build under contract to VCH may have lowered municipal approval hurdles, but hasn’t calmed opposition. Quotes from Anna Marie D’Angelo, VCH media relations officer.

The federal health minister is planning a visit to Portugal as Canada looks for solutions to its drug problem. Quotes from Dr. Patricia Daly, VCH chief medical officer.

More than 200 people have died of suspected drug overdose in Vancouver this year, but death toll could have been higher. Quotes from Dr. Patricia Daly, VCH chief medical officer.

The Balmoral Hotel is now deemed stabilized. VCH and other partners worked alongside the City to secure housing that met the specific needs of each person that was relocated.

A brain cancer patient from Winnipeg is hoping to raise enough money for a trip to the US, where she can undergo laser-based surgery. With quotes from VCH spokesperson.

Dr. Paul Gross is wants to know why four out of five deaths from opioid overdoses in Canada are males. With quotes from Dr. Patricia Daly, chief medical health officer for VCH.

The Chinese boy who was infected with a flesh-eating disease is still hospitalized. They have raised more than 30,000 yuan, but still need 150,000 yuan more.

VCH sent a letter to parents about an infection at school, but father of a boy battling flesh-eating disease wants a review of parental notification procedures. With quotes from Dr. Althea Hayden, medical health officer at VCH.