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Moira Wyton
How medical bills can slam a newcomer to B.C.
Holly Noot had spent eight hours in excruciating labour at home in Courtenay before her…
Widen access to these HIV drugs in B.C., say advocates
Three years since Canada first approved an innovative long-acting drug called Cabenuva to treat HIV,…
The record is good for babies delivered by midwives in B.C.
Expanding midwifery care in British Columbia could help improve pregnancy outcomes for birthing parents and…
Brain injury from abuse puts women at risk in court: B.C. study
A study from British Columbia researchers sheds new light on how women surviving intimate partner…
A B.C. parent’s agonizing wait for a vital medical test
When Noël Nikitiuk turned four months old, his mother sensed there might be an issue…
B.C. health workers attacked, investigations bungled. Will this spur change?
Northern Health repeatedly failed to properly investigate assaults against staff, WorkSafeBC has found, something unions…
B.C. health-care workers are facing an epidemic of violence
Ten years after she was assaulted at work, Pam Owen still remembers her attacker’s empty…
Mapping where overdoses are more likely to kill in B.C.
Someone living in rural British Columbia who experiences a drug poisoning is 30 per cent…
Kamloops boy who needs heart surgery waits, and waits
When Rachael Armstrong learned her son’s long-awaited heart surgery was being postponed due to low-staffing…
Saving lives in B.C. one bathroom at a time
Shannon Riley spent nearly a decade in survival mode, responding when people overdosed in the…
Chronically ill B.C. woman ‘dying of poverty’
A disabled Vancouver woman says she is still fighting for government support to stay alive…
Work and the epidemic of men’s depression in B.C.
Nearly half of Canadian men meet the threshold for clinical depression and one in three…
The latest COVID wave in B.C. may have peaked but risks remain high
British Columbia’s third Omicron pandemic wave has likely peaked as hospitalization numbers, reported cases and…
Why monkeypox vaccine tourism is a good thing for B.C.
When Jackson Hern asked his primary care doctor about getting the monkeypox vaccine in Seattle…
Boost now or wait? What you should know in B.C.
If you were confused by the latest announcement about second booster shots in British Columbia,…