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Michelle Gamage
Outlaw BC compassion club argues it merited Health Canada’s support
Vancouver-based compassion club that was buying unregulated drugs, testing and then distributing them to people…
Meet the team facilitating a Good Night Out on this Vancouver strip
It’s quarter to midnight and the Good Night Out team are arriving bundled up and…
Five ways to fix emergency healthcare in BC
Medical students at the University of British Columbia have come up with five recommendations to…
What’s up with BC’s two-stream medical residency system?
An advocacy group trying to increase the number of highly skilled resident doctors who can…
How AI is helping BC researchers find high-risk cancers
Researchers at the University of British Columbia have created an artificial intelligence that can identify…
The changing the face of long-term care in BC
Groups of seniors and their loved ones are banding together to improve the quality of…
Keeping kids safe during BC’s summer heat
Emergency health providers are reminding families to keep kids safe during the hot summer months.…
A ‘gut-wrenching’ snapshot of First Nations Health in BC
Editor’s note: This story contains discussion about the wide-ranging health impacts resulting from settler colonialist…
Health Canada says expired COVID tests in BC are still good
COVID-19 rapid antigen tests that expired this spring can still be used to accurately detect…
Giving ‘heart and soul’: A status report on BC’s health-care workers
Union leaders say B.C.’s health-care workers have seen some minor improvements but there’s a long…
This wildflower could fight antibiotic-resistant tuberculosis: UBC research
Researchers at the University of British Columbia are using a North American wildflower called bloodroot…