Housing Minister Rich Coleman describes his disappointment with the scandal and says funding for PHS from his Ministry and the Ministry of Health will not be cut.

Since an audit revealed unchecked spending by PHS Community Services, non-profit housing and service agencies are feeling increased suspicion.

The North Shore Table Matters Network is made up of 100 initiatives looking to promote food security and urban agriculture. With quotes from Margaret Broughton, a public health dietitian at VCH.

A national survey has found that close to 40 per cent of hospital infection-control experts believe their hospitals aren’t clean enough to prevent spread of the toxic gut infection C. difficile and other potentially lethal organisms. With quotes from Sidney Scharf, project manager for infection control at VCH.

Recent audits have shown RainCity Housing has balanced its budget over the last two years. With mention of funding from VCH.

“The research conducted by Providence Health Care and UBC found addicts who received heroin under supervised conditions made strides in terms of both physical and mental health. This was not disputed, merely ignored.”

Health Canada has renewed an exemption allowing the Insite safe injection site to continue operating. With quotes from Anna Marie D’Angelo, spokesperson for VCH.

Insite has received another year-long exemption from Health Canada. With quotes from Anna Marie D’Angelo, spokesperson for VCH.

The Portland Hotel Society’s services are going to be reviewed by its new interim board.

“In the media coverage of the recent spate of expense scandals, as seen with the federal Senate, Vancouver’s Portland Hotel Society, and B.C. Speaker Linda Reid — the legal term ‘theft’ hasn’t been used.”