Vancouver Mayor Gregor Robertson says the annual 4/20 marijuana-smoking rally is “very disruptive” and better planning by police and city officials is required to manage it.

A larger than usual number of people showed up at St. Paul’s Hospital from Monday’s 420 rally in Vancouver. Providence Health Care spokesperson Dave Lefebvre says 64 people jammed the ER, most of them having consumed marijuana in some form of food.

The city will have to foot the bill for Monday’s 4/20 pot fest that closed down major traffic arteries, because the organizers did not have an official permit to run the event. With quotes from Dave Lefebvre, spokesperson for Providence Health Care.

Vancouver Coastal Health has formalized a collaborative relationship with the Town of Gibsons, the District of Sechelt and the Sunshine Coast Regional District to help promote better health for their residents.

Dr. Erin Michalak, University of British Columbia department of psychiatry associate professor, and Kerry Dennehy, co-creator of the Kelty Patrick Dennehy Foundation, invite community members to the upcoming HOpe Centre Mental Health Clinical Research Day, Friday, April 24.

Providence Health Care confirms nearly 40 people were admitted to hospital Monday in connection with the 4/20 marijuana celebration in downtown Vancouver. The revelers were taken to St. Paul’s Hospital on Burrard Street and treated for symptoms including nausea, dizziness and vomiting.

“Forget the spin that closing St. Paul’s Hospital and opening a giant new facility in east Vancouver’s False Creek flats is ‘world-leading.’ It’s actually an enormous error – an outright betrayal of Premier Christy Clark’s 2012 promise to renovate St. Paul’s.”

An innovative program spearheaded by Dr. Christine Korol of the VGH Concurrent Disorders Intervention Unit hopes to make PTSD therapy easily accessible to first responders.

Firefighting efforts were hampered by high tide as dock burned; Squamish officials are still awaiting word from VCH on the toxicity of the smoke. With quotes from VCH rural Medical Health Officer Dr. Paul Martiquet.

A multi-million dollar real estate deal involving Vancouver’s Pearson-Dogwood lands has been finalized for $302 million. With quotes from VCH spokesperson Gavin Wilson.