Olympic silver medallist Patrick Chan helped raise the money by participating in a fundraising breakfast at River Green. With a quote from Natalie Meixner, president and CEO of the Richmond Hospital Foundation.

People over 65 are readily seeking out information about Alzheimer’s online and ending up with useless tests linked to sales pitches, says a UBC researcher. Mentions PHC’s Tapestry Foundation for Health Care.

The Obama administration’s plan to restrict emissions from coal-burning power plants in the United States is expected to intensify an environmental battle that is already under way over coal-port expansion in British Columbia. Mention VCH’s concerns over the expansion.

A new study looked at 120 patients with MS and 60 healthy controls and found no meaningful difference in vein abnormalities between the groups. With quotes from VCH’s Dr. Anthony Traboulsee, MS Society of Canada Research Chair.

Last December, VCH shut down an unsanctioned supervised-injection site, which was operating for four years in the Downtown Eastside. With quotes from Dr. Patricia Daly, chief medical health officer at VCH.

Community workers say VCH’s recent closure of an underground supervised injection site has created an “exponential increase in drug-related debris” on the streets.

A Vancouver cat café has raised more than half of its goal of $50,000. Mentions the café complying with VCH’s food safety regulations.

An AIDS-free B.C. is in sight, as Premier Christy Clark along with UN under-secretary and executive director for UNAIDS, Michel Sidibé, and Dr. Julio Montaner, director for the BC Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS, and Health Minister Terry Lake announced that ward 10C at St. Paul’s Hospital will no longer be used as a dedicated AIDS ward.

Ted Bruce, former executive director of population health at VCH, has been named the new executive director of the Portland Hotel Society.

Heroin addict Lorn Bird talks about how prescription heroin saved her life. With quotes from Anne McNabb, director of Inner City Mental Health and Addiction Services at VCH.