Beedie Development Group bid to rezone underused city lot at 105 Keefer Street. Article notes that 1,854 independent living units for seniors are in VCH region at market rents, and even fewer – 1,130 – at non-market rents.

RepliCel Life Sciences Inc. announced collaborative research project agreement with UBC. Co-lead by Professor Youwen Zhou, founder of Chieng Genomics Center at VCHRI.

Alternative units have been found for Balmoral Hotel tenants. VCH continues to work with tenants to identify housing options to meet their needs.

B.C. residents at risk of contracting HIV are buying anti-HIV drug online that isn’t covered by the provincial drug plan. Website created by a Vancouver health-care worker. With quotes from Dr. Mark Hull at St. Paul’s Immunodeficiency Clinic.

Ground-breaking research by Dr. Julio Montaner from the BC Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS was celebrated.

B.C. health authorities are increasingly hiring the private clinics on contract to treat patients needing minor surgeries. VCH has ongoing contracts with two private clinics.

Squamish Hospice Society is seeking public donations for a proposed Sea to Sky Community Hospice facility. Project is a partnership with VCH.

Over the past 15 years, research in Canada has seen funding decline by about 35 per cent, robbing the future of innovations in science, health and technology.

The Canadian Foundation for AIDS Research (CANFAR) continues to face the challenge of combatting the spread of HIV. Partnership with St. Paul’s Hospital mentioned.