First Nations Health Authority will serve the roughly 150,000 Aboriginal across the province.

“It’s time to stand up for people’s lives and take the leadership to ensure that supervised consumption services become a part of the continuum of care for people who use drugs in Canada.” With mention of VCH’s InSite facility.

Despite decades a decades-long war on drugs, a study done by BC and California researchers says the price of cocaine, heroin and cannabis has dropped and the potency has increased. With quotes from Dr. Evan Wood, one of the report’s authors and the Canada Research Chair in Inner City Medicine at UBC.

VGH is the first hospital in Canada to have specially trained radiologists available on location for 24 hours each day.

There is disagreement between health-care professionals and the health minister about prescribing heroin to addicts in Canada.

A study by the Dieticians of Canada says communities in the VCH region have the highest cost for a nutritious food basket.

The Lions Gate Hospital Foundation has launched a new campaign aimed at helping North Shore doctors make faster and more accurate diagnoses. With quotes from Dr. Philip Cohen, division head of nuclear medicine at LGH.

“In recent years positive steps have been taken in different parts of our country to reduce wait times.” With quotes from Michelle de Moor, Operations Director, Emergency Access and Flow at VGH.

“I encourage residents who want to know the facts about safe injection sites to read the evaluation of Insite.”

The Vancouver Police Department says VCH’s InSite facility isn’t increasing or decreasing crime in the Downtown Eastside.