Breadcrumb Home About us Media centre News Updates regarding Vancouver Coastal Health people, programs, services and initiatives. Keywords Authored on 20242023202220212020Select a year2025 Category - Any -2SLGBTQIA+Awards and recognitionCommunity engagementCommunity eventsEmergency careEquity, diversity and inclusionHome and community careHospital careIndigenous HealthInnovation and researchMental health and substance usePublic HealthRedevelopment projectsRehabilitationSurgerySustainabilityVCH staffWellness Type - Any -StoryPress releaseInformation bulletinBC Gov. NewsNews releasePublic service announcement Apply Search Sort: Sort Old-NewNew-OldA-ZZ-A Showing 563 Article(s) August 30 2023 New Dogwood Care Home opens in South Vancouver Vancouver, B.C. – Seniors receiving long-term care now have access to a new living space in South Vancouver, as Vancouver Coastal Health (VCH) welcomes the first residents to the new Dogwood Care Home. With home-style living and an innovative-care model, Dogwood Care Home will help to accommodate a growing seniors’ population and enable VCH to continue to deliver safe, quality and compassionate care for seniors in our community. Press release ➞ August 20 2023 Lower Mainland Health Authorities welcome Vineyards Residence care home residents evacuated due to wildfires Vancouver, BC (August 20, 2023) — As a result of a wildfire threat and evacuation alert in area, Vancouver Coastal Health (VCH), Fraser Health and Interior Health (IH) have worked closely together to temporarily relocate residents of the Vineyards Residence assisted living and long-term care home in Kelowna to George Pearson Centre and Villa Cathay in Vancouver. Press release ➞ August 13 2023 Fraser Health and Vancouver Coastal Health heat warning guidance SURREY – Environment Canada has issued a heat warning for August 13 to 17 for the following areas within the Fraser Health and Vancouver Coastal Health regions: Press release ➞ August 9 2023 Do not mistake dangerous carbon monoxide (CO) exposure symptoms with heatstroke or a hangover this summer Technical Safety BC and Vancouver Coastal Health encourage campers, adventurers, and festival-goers to beware of this “silent killer” and to add a portable CO detector to their packing list Press release ➞ July 25 2023 Embracing the vision: meet the dedicated staff bringing life to the new Paul Myers Tower Lions Gate Hospital is building a new six-floor acute tower projected to open to patients in early 2025. The Paul Myers Tower, named after Paul Myers, a North Shore businessman and philanthropist who is supporting the hospital expansion through a $25 million donation. To learn more about this exciting project, we spoke with Primavera Douglas, a coordinator in the Medical Device Reprocessing Department at the Lions Gate Hospital and a long-standing Vancouver Coastal Health employee. Story Redevelopment projects ➞ July 20 2023 New Public Health guidance for landlords and stratas encourages removal of rules against air conditioning Public Health at Vancouver Coastal Health (VCH) and Fraser Health have issued new guidance for landlords and managers of rental housing, and residential strata corporations providing strata housing in the Lower Mainland. The guidance is to encourage the removal of barriers that prevent residents from staying cool during heat events. Press release ➞ Pagination First page First Previous page ‹‹ … Page 14 Page 15 Current page 16 Page 17 Page 18 Page 19 … Next page ›› Last page Last
