We are writing to express our deepest thanks and appreciation for the exceptional care and support provided by the Maternity staff at Richmond Hospital.

Helmut Weber, a patient, speaks about gaps in health care around the ability to see patient files in different departments. Kudos given to leukemia/bone marrow transplant program at VGH.

Former Vancouver mayor Philip Owen says we’re right and Stephen Harper is wrong about Insite, Vancouver’s supervised street drug injection facility.

It has survived political venom and high court challenges that threatened to close it down, but two million injections later, North America’s only legal supervised injection site is marking a milestone anniversary.

Despite all that money, the council concluded, “the decade saw few notable improvements on measures of patient care and health outcomes, and Canada’s performance compared to other high-income countries is disappointing.”

Vancouver’s supervised injection site — the only legal supervised injection site in North America — is marking 10 years since its doors first opened. Quotes from Liz Evans, executive director of Portland Hotel Society.

Staff and residents of Sumac Place, the Coast’s only recovery home for people with mental illness, celebrated 10 months in their new facility on Kiwanis Way with a barbecue, games, music and tours on Sept. 13.

Vancouver Police say their officers have been dealing with several additional mental health related calls since a news conference last week where they declared a “mental health crisis.”

It’s ironic, and typical, that as Insite celebrates its 10th anniversary of successful operation in Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside, the Conservative government in Ottawa is still railing against safe-injection sites and no doubt has Bill C-65 ready to go when Parliament returns October 16.

Ten years ago, North America’s first and still only legal safe-injection site opened in Vancouver. Today, Insite in the troubled Downtown Eastside, is marking the milestone, and reflecting on a bumpy path over the last decade.