Health Minister Terry Lake announced Wednesday that the region will get $60 million more over the next two years, on top of the $3.1 billion it already receives from government annually. The government looking at making Burnaby Hospital and its region part of VCH.

Patient care will be improved by reducing reliance on hospitals and providing more community services within the Fraser Health Authority, B.C.’s health minister says.

The cause is unclear, but operations are returning to normal following a hazardous materials call at VCH’s Richmond Hospital.

Marpole residents are concerned about a strip club scheduled to open this fall in the neighbourhood but others are more concerned with proposed new developments such as VCH’s Pearson Dogwood Lands. With quotes from Anna Marie D’Angelo, a spokesperson for VCH.

Four people have suffered minor injuries after a screaming man deployed pepper spray inside St. Paul’s Hospital on Monday afternoon. With quotes from Dave Lefebvre, a spokesperson for Providence Health Care.

There are a number of volunteer opportunities at VCH hospitals this summer.

“There’s a nagging question that’s been buzzing around in Brian Day’s head for 20 years: Why shouldn’t Canadians be allowed to spend their own money on their own health care?”

“Have patients in B.C. benefited from recent investments in primary care through family doctors’ offices?”

A new pilot program causing the dramatic increase in the number of hip-fracture surgeries done within 48 hours at Royal Jubilee Hospital is decreasing complications, saving money and maybe saving lives. Mentions the program is running at VCH hospitals as well.

The health consequences of high levels of mercury potentially associated with the extraction of natural resources from the oil sands of Alberta has had significant media coverage recently. Co-written by Judy Illes from the Brain Research Centre and Vancouver Coastal Health Research Institute.