Jennifer Timer has filed complaints with Fraser Health and the B.C. coroner after her 70-year-old mom, Rosemarie Timer, died at Eagle Ridge Hospital after a fall that, she believes, should have been prevented through routine measures. Jennifer Timer is identified as a cardiology researcher at VGH.

10 individuals, five community or volunteers groups and six businesses are among the latest recipients of the Freedom of the City awards. The winners include VCH donor Jim Pattison, Dr. Michael Krausz, a VCH research scientist, QMUNITY, a group partially funded by VCH and FCV Technologies, which worked with VCH on an HIV testing program.

Despite lacking a business license, a medical marijuana pizza says it’s expanding their menu. With quotes from Anna Marie D’Angelo, a spokesperson for VCH.

“Psychiatric care and other treatment for mental illness are expensive, but failing to provide that treatment is proving to be even more costly, and police departments are picking up an unfair share of the burden.”

“Since 2006, British Columbia has spent more than $1-billion to improve primary health care. So, have B.C. patients benefited from such a massive investment? Sadly, it appears not.” Written by Ruth Lavergne a doctoral candidate in the School of Population and Public Health at UBC and Kim McGrail, an associate professor at the Centre for Health Services and Policy Research and the School of Population and Public Health at UBC.

The authors argue that Dr. Brian Day’s constitutional challenge to medicare law in British Columbia threatens to do away with the universal public health-care system in our country.

A paralyzed North Vancouver father is cycling from Northern B.C. to the Lower Mainland to raise money and awareness for spinal cord injuries. He received treatment at VGH and GF Strong.

The Lions Gate Hospital Foundation could be out at least $10,000 thanks to an alleged fraud. With quotes from Joanne McLellan, director of gift planning for the foundation.

With a growing community and senior population, Richmond Hospital’s emergency department is getting busier and busier. With quotes from Dr. Matthew Kwok, a Richmond Hospital emergency physician.

Staff at VCH, Providence Health Care and Provincial Health Services Authority watched so much World Cup soccer at work last week it threatened to impact patient care, according to a memo obtained by CTV News.