Chilliwack – In a recent weekly email out from CHC Chilliwack Healthier Community and Fraser Health, the organizations took to social media to correct a media report of the storage of naloxone kits in your car. Yes the stability of…
Surrey/Fraser Valley (with files from CP) – The Fraser Health Authority is warning drug users to use less than they normally would following a spike in overdoses Friday night. This on the heels of the monthly “Welfare Wednesday”. Fraser Health…
Abbotsford/Surrey – Fraser Health is purchasing two private magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) clinics to provide medically necessary exams to patients throughout the Fraser Valley. These purchases are part of the government’s Surgical and Diagnostic Imaging Strategy. “People have been waiting…
Chilliwack -SEPTEMBER 18 UPDATE – Chilliwack City Council gave third reading and the green light for the zoning of 46 unit BC Housing project on three properties to be rolled into one on the 45800 block of Trethewy. This is…
Surrey – Following an alert Thursday about a possible exposure to measles for anyone who went to the Skookum Festival, visited Noodlebox Mount Pleasant or the Outdoor Community Block Party, or used public transit in Vancouver at specific times, Fraser…
Victoria – The Province of B.C. has launched a class action lawsuit against opioid drug companies, whose marketing practices have had devastating impacts on the lives of thousands of British Columbians. The lawsuit, filed in the Supreme Court of British…
Surrey – You have the naloxone kit. You feel ready to help if you encounter someone overdosing. But are you? From August 27-31, Fraser Health is holding Overdose Response Practice Drills to promote being prepared to recognize and respond to…
Chilliwack -JULY 17 UPDATE – The proposed 20 bed treatment centre specifically targeting youth between the ages of 13 and 18, received third reading on Tuesday evening at Chilliwack City Council. the unanimous vote was in favour of both the…
Surrey – June 8 marks the one year anniversary of Fraser Health’s SafePoint in Surrey – the first supervised consumption site in North America to be located outside downtown Vancouver. Since opening, SafePoint has seen 1,561 people use the site…
Chilliwack – JUNE 1 UPDATE – Demolition of the old Traders Inn on Yale Road has started in earnest. It is now a visual distraction for motorists. Be prepared for delays as the rubberneckers want to stop their cars and…