A local doctor is calling out Whistler officials after another May long weekend was beset by violence, recommending the resort close all nightclubs for the duration of the beleaguered holiday. With quotes from Dr. Clark Lewis, a physician at VCH’s Whistler Care Centre.

B.C. methadone patients may soon have the alternatives they have been waiting for. With quotes from Dr. Even Wood, VCH medical director for addiction services.

Whistler ski resort in BC, Canada, has announced it will roll out a resort-wide no smoking policy from May 31, to coincide with World No Tobacco Day. With mention of a VCH-staffed information booth distributing resources and information on the health benefits of quitting smoking.

Unless you’re one of the 8,000 people who work in Vancouver’s False Creek Flats, chances are, it’s not a place you give much thought to. With mention of the new St. Paul’s Hospital, which will be located on the False Creek Flats.

Roughly 250 people packed the West End Community Centre auditorium for a town hall meeting to discuss the proposed closure and relocation of St. Paul’s Hospital. The meeting was an opportunity for people voice their concerns and find solutions to keep health care in the neighbourhood.

Residents in Vancouver’s West End have voiced their concerns at a community meeting on the future of St. Paul’s hospital.

The province says it will replace the aging St. Paul’s facility with a new billion-dollar hospital across town, a plan that doesn’t sit well with many.

St. Paul’s Hospital’s relocation is upsetting many West End seniors, who say they need to be able to walk easily to healthcare services.

Debbie Sesula, peer support program co-ordinator, North Shore Adult Community Mental Health Services, speaks at a North Shore Schizophrenia Society Public Education Lecture Series event. With mention of Dr. William, head of the UBC Department of Psychiatry, speaking at LGH on May 27.

“These (home care aides) are there because they care about their clients, but since the early 2000s, government cutbacks have taken away many of their duties,” says letter, which is of critical of VCH’s decision to remove housekeeping services from some of its home support clients.