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) May 30 2019 Health officials raise concerns about youth vaping on World No Tobacco Day Vancouver, BC – With trendy devices and enticing flavours like gummy bear and cotton candy, it’s easy to understand why youth are attracted to vaping. Vancouver Coastal Health (VCH) is concerned the young e-cigarette users of today don’t know the risks of vaping, and could become the tobacco smokers of tomorrow. Their gateway product is the e-cigarette. Information bulletin ➞ May 24 2019 Deer Crossing the Art Farm: Raising the curtain on dementia Raising the Curtain is an innovative collaboration between three partners: a community-engaged arts organization Deer Crossing the Art Farm; Lower Mainland academic institution Douglas College; and Good Samaritan Christiansen Village, a 140-bed "Campus of Care" on the Sunshine Coast. Story ➞ May 23 2019 Tackling climate change through food systems Vancouver Coastal Health supports over 60 organizations through long-term, core funding streams, SMART and CFAI. One of our CFAI-funded organizations, Squamish Climate Action Network (CAN), is helping to bring climate change solutions to their community through food systems initiatives. Story ➞ May 15 2019 Street-smart peers receive Canada's first certificate in overdose response Peer support workers Joy Phelps and VCH clinical educator Sally Kupp outside the Molson Overdose Prevention Site in Vancouver. Matt Kieltyka/VCH Information bulletin ➞ May 14 2019 Research study evaluates safety of take-home drug checking kits A fentanyl check in progress. One red line on top is a positive result for the presence of fentanyl or one of its analogs. Two red lines is a negative result. Information bulletin ➞ May 2 2019 LGH power plant reaches significant construction milestone On April 25, the Lions Gate Hospital (LGH) power plant relocation project reached a significant milestone with the pouring of the suspended slab that tops off the underground plant. Leadership and team members from VCH, LGH and Lower Mainland Facilities Management (LMFM) came to witness and celebrate the topping off of the plant along with representatives from the contractor, Turner Construction Canada, and designers, DIALOG Design and HH Angus. Story Redevelopment projects ➞ Pagination First page First Previous page ‹‹ … Page 62 Page 63 Current page 64 Page 65 Page 66 Page 67 … Next page ›› Last page Last
