The NDP MLA for Vancouver-West End says he thinks the B.C. government may be preparing to renege on its promise to renew the aging St. Paul’s Hospital in its current location.

There is talk St Paul’s Hospital could be demolished and relocated.

“If the transportation referendum polls are correct, I am in the “yes” minority. I have been trying to figure out why.” Written by Dr. James Lu, a medical health officer at VCH.

VCH’s Whistler Health Care Centre recently got a bit of a facelift after B.C.’s Ministry of Health announced it would replace the facility’s aging, low-efficiency boilers.

VGH doctor Jeff Brubacher is warning drivers to avoid marijuana after his research has shown just over 7 per cent of those injured behind the wheel consume cannabis in the hours leading up to a crash.

Vancouver Coastal Health’s strategy to bring supervised injection services to community health centres across the city has drawn criticism from one of the most prominent recovery experts in Vancouver.

Vancouver Coastal Health is optimistic it will expand its supervised injection services, despite federal legislation that critics fear will make it harder to open new facilities. With quotes from Dr. John Carsley, a medical health officer at VCH.

According to the B.C. NDP MLA who represents Vancouver-West End, it’s looking like St. Paul’s will be torn down and moved to False Creek, with condos to be built at its prime downtown location.

“According to new data from Vancouver Coastal Health and Fraser Health, Metro Vancouver residents who take transit are 27 per cent less likely to report being overweight or obese, and those who bike or walk are 45 per cent less likely.”

Last week, Insite received its annual Controlled Drugs and Substances Act exemption that the supervised-injection facility requires in order to operate without breaking the law. With quotes from Gavin Wilson, a spokesperson for VCH.