A Sechelt resident asks the Health Minister to reconsider funding cuts to VCH mental health programs.

Despite all of the attention hepatitis gets, it’s still a major challenge for public-health practitioners. With mention of funding to St. Paul’s Hospital and of Dr. Mel Krajden the medical head, hepatitis, for the B.C. Centre for Disease Control and Dr. Julio Montaner, director of the B.C. Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS.

BC could serve as a model for effective treatment of opioid dependency for the United States, according to a new report by Canadian and American researchers. Refers to the B.C. Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS.

Nicole, now 30, was diagnosed with HIV at 21. Although she would like to help combat the stigma attached to HIV, she keeps her illness a secret from many in her life. Refers to the B.C. Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS.

Addiction to heroin and other opioids is a long-term, chronic disease that can’t simply be fixed with a few weeks or months on methadone, a group of BC-based researchers argue. Refers to the B.C. Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS.

Vancouver Coastal Health is keeping an eye on the waters at Sunset Beach in Vancouver after a report showed increased levels of fecal matter.

The coliform counts in East False Creek are almost twice the level safe for swimming and wading in the water, tests show, with counts also inching up for Sunset Beach in English Bay.

Vancouver Coastal Health is keeping a close eye on Sunset Beach in the West End, after testing revealed levels of coliform bacteria — an indicator of sewage contamination — increased more than 400 per cent over the past month.

Alcohol-related emergency room visits for youth have increased. Quotes from Kerrie Watt, an alcohol and drug prevention educator with VCH.

Vancouver Coastal Health is closely watching Sunset Beach after its weekly water quality report found a nearly five-fold increase in coliform count — caused by fecal material in water — over the past month. Quotes from Anna Marie D’Angelo.