Randene Neill

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• Binge drinking target of new campaign by Vancouver Coastal Health

  It's grad season and the beginning of the summer party season - and Vancouver Coastal Health says that correlates to higher than normal rates of binge drinking among youths, and attempts by kids to get alcohol from their parents.

  May 11, 2016
• Dry forest conditions in BC cause for concern

  It's still early May, but B.C.'s forests are already dryer than normal and that's causing concern for officials in the Coastal Fire Cent

  May 10, 2016
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• Big-hearted volunteers stepping up to replace cancelled Canadian Cancer Society driver service

  A new volunteer fleet of drivers has formed after the Canadian Cancer Society cancelled their service which left hundreds of cancer patients without a way to get to and from their appointments.

  Feb 24, 2016
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• St. Paul’s Hospital makes patient-centred care a priority

  The patient-centered care model will be an integral part of the new St. Paul's Hospital, and they already have multiple pilot initiatives in place.

  Health

  Jan 26, 2016
• B.C. to hire more than 1,600 nurses by the end of March

  B.C. government is going ahead with the plan to hire more than 1,600 nurses by the end of March, a promise officials made three years ago.

  Jan 19, 2016
• Vancouver man creates awesome Lego replicas of local landmarks

  They call themselves AFOLs and Johnathon Vaughn became an Adult Fan Of Lego about a year-and-a-half ago, when a friend started posting pictures of a Lego van he was building.

  Jan 13, 2016
• Denman Street plagued by vacant retail space

  Vacancy signs are popping up on Denman Street in Vancouver's West End and some business owners are worried about the neighbourhood's future.

  Jan 11, 2016
• Conservation officers running out of options to deal with orphaned bear cubs

  Langley's Critter Care Wildlife Society, the only bear cub rehabilitation centre on B.C.'s south coast, has been in crisis mode for the last month thanks to a record number of orphaned bear cubs needing rescue.

  Dec 21, 2015
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• Kelowna mom angry over care her son with autism received

  A single mother is upset with how the health care system has treated her son with autism.

  Dec 8, 2015
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• St. Paul’s Hospital impacted by brain drain

  In the final story about a new St. Paul's, Global News looks at why a new hospital is desperately needed to keep and retain our world class researchers.

  Health

  Nov 10, 2015
• St. Paul’s Hospital: Looking to the future

  It's not just a plan to build a new St. Paul's Hospital but a plan to build a better hospital. For the thousands of patients who show up in the hospital's emergency room every year, the change is going to be profound.

  Health

  Nov 9, 2015
• Not an inner-city hospital: Who uses St. Paul’s?

  In the third part of Global News' series on St. Paul's, we look at who will be using the new state of the art health care facility.

  Health

  Nov 4, 2015
• What B.C.’s new St. Paul’s Hospital will look like

  While the new location of St. Paul's Hospital will provide a 'world-class' centre, the focus right now is what is needed on the inside.

  Health

  Nov 3, 2015
• Why do we need a new St. Paul’s Hospital?

  Global News is launching a new series on why B.C. needs a new hospital that will transform health care in this province. First in the series is an inside look at why a new St. Paul's "campus of care" is desperately needed.

  Health

  Nov 2, 2015