“Every day I hear from people about how glad they are that they have their own hospital here in Richmond.” Written by Natalie D. Meixner, president and CEO of the Richmond Hospital Foundation.

Medical marijuana shops popping up all over Metro Vancouver are giving parents and their children the wrong impression about weed, says Dr. Siavash Jafari, an addictions specialist at VCH.

Vancouver Coastal Health says there is no risk to the general public from the oily substance washing up on some Vancouver beaches after a spill in English Bay Thursday. With quotes from Anna Marie D’Angelo, a spokesperson for VCH.

The number of measles cases connected to an Air China flight from Beijing to Vancouver last month has now reached 11. With quotes from Tiffany Akins, a spokesperson for VCH.

After 120 years on its current downtown Vancouver site, the venerable St. Paul’s Hospital is moving three kilometres across town to a new $1-billion health centre that planners hope will be ready within seven years.

Vancouver will get a new billion-dollar hospital on the False Creek flats, but lose historic St. Paul’s Hospital in the city’s downtown core, under a plan to be unveiled today.

Two seniors staffers at a Burnaby Care home have been fired for their alleged involvement in a pyramid scheme. With quotes from Dave Lefebvre, spokesperson for Providence Health Care.

For the second time in a month, health officials have issued a warning about a case of measles on a flight from China. With quotes from Dr. Reka Gustafson, a medical health officer at VCH.

Medical officials have concerns about a proposed coal port on Texada Island. With quotes from Dr. Paul Martiquet, a medical health officer at VCH.

Insite has survived many challenges, including from the federal government. But new legislation has arisen as a major threat. Bill C-2 passed in the House of Commons late last month. And it’s expected to make its way swiftly through the Senate, and then become law. With quotes from Dr. Patricia Daly, chief medical health officer at VCH.