The fentanyl test strips are available for take-home at community-based agencies in Vernon, Kelowna, Penticton, Kamloops, Merritt, Cranbrook and Nelson. Continue reading →

Dr. Bonnie Henry, the province’s chief medical health officer, committed to providing weekly Tuesday updates on the virus last week. Continue reading →

For the first time in British Columbia, the public will be able to check drugs at home with take-home fentanyl test strips. Continue reading →

VCH says about 3,500 people die of the flu every year in Canada, with people in hospitals and long-term seniors’ care facilities the most vulnerable. Continue reading →

Vancouver Coastal Health said staff and students were notified about the case on Thursday. Continue reading →

The Vancouver resident, who is now in Mount Saint Joseph Hospital for treatment of an infection, claims the hospital is now pressuring him to be discharged. Continue reading →

British Columbia’s superbug hunting K9 team is doubling in size. Continue reading →

The initiative sees firefighters and health officials follow up with recent overdose patients and offer them access to services. Continue reading →

Nearly two weeks after it was reopened for swimming, Vancouver’s Kits Beach has been closed to swimmers once again. Continue reading →