The annual 4/20 event cost the city a total of $245,379. Not included are costs incurred by BC Ambulance Services, VCH or hours put in by city staff.

Firefighters from the City and District of North Vancouver donated $15,000 to support the work of the trauma team at Lions Gate Hospital.

Health Canada has approved plans to create four new supervised consumption sites. With quotes from Dr. Patricia Daly, VCH chief medical health officer

Vancouver is getting a third legally sanctioned supervised injection site after the federal government approved an application from VCH for a facility on Powell Street.

New supervised-injection sites have been approved by Health Canada. VCH will fund the Lookout Society Powell Street Getaway location at 528 Powell Street.

Health Canada approved four new supervised injection sites, but some health officials say it falls short of the needs of communities devastated by overdose deaths. With quotes from Dr. Patricia Daly, VCH chief medical health officer.

Study showed some Squamish kids weren’t quite developmentally prepared for kindergarten. With quotes from Julia Wayatt, a Squamish-based VCH public health nurse.

Arrowhead Clubhouse is a safe, supportive place for adults with mental illness but short $15,000 to stay open five days a week until the end of 2017.

Coast Hospice continues to raise money to create hospice rooms on the Sunshine Coast and VCH provides the staffing.

B.C.’s illicit-drug users are going through 15 million needles a year, and a lot wind up in alleys, parks and playgrounds. According to VCH, 250,732 sharps were recovered in 2015.