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Cuts for AIDS Agency in British Columbia as Interior Health Spreads Money to Other Providers Interior Health has cut 55 percent of funding from its contract with Living Positive Resource... 18 May
British Columbia Expands Coverage Under PharmaCare Plan for New Drug for Hepatitis C British Columbia's government has announced that its PharmaCare plan will begin providing... 18 May
British Columbia Expands Coverage Under PharmaCare Plan for New Drug for Hepatitis C British Columbia's government has announced that its PharmaCare plan will begin providing... 18 May
Taking sex indoors cuts violence and HIV infection: Sex-worker study Safe, supportive housing for marginalized prostitutes that allow them to take clients inside... 18 May
B.C. privacy watchdog raises series of red flags VICTORIA — British Columbia’s privacy watchdog is demanding the province change four pieces of... 16 May
Suits Dinner Club - Chinatown Tour The next Suits Dinner is Monday, May 28th.  Join tour leader Bob Sung for a tour of Chinatown... 16 May
Deadline to Apply for Loon Lake Retreat - May 18th The deadline to apply for a spot at the June 14th-18th Loon Lake Healing Retreat is this Friday,... 16 May
Vancouver International AIDS Candlelight Memorial There will be a candlelight memorial Sunday May 20th in honour of those living with, affected by... 16 May
Ou+Doorsmen Summer Seawall Rollerblading or Biking All Summer starting May 18th Ou+doorsmen is hosting Stanley Park Seawall rollerblading and biking... 16 May
Elimination of TaxiSaver programme TransLink has decided to eliminate the TaxiSaver program, which allows seniors and people with... 15 May
Everyone loses in flood of bills The B.C. Liberal government is undermining democracy and the public interest by forcing a flood of... 15 May
Sleep Workshop Join us for a workshop discussing common reasons why you may be feeling fatigued and exploring... 15 May
Community Forum: HIV & the Brain Join Positive Living BC for a free Community Forum about the relationship between HIV and the brain... 15 May
Positive Women's University Positive Living BC presents a unique retreat-style "university"  where instructors are also... 15 May
News Blood Sample Bill a Bad Idea: BC Health Officer Provincial Health Officer Perry Kendall has sent a letter to all British Columbia MLAs advising... 15 May
Times Photo Fraser Health urges Abbotsford to get rid of harm-reduction bylaw Fraser Health is urging the City of Abbotsford to repeal its anti-harm reduction bylaw to help... 15 May
HIV bill is wrong There is no medical basis for B.C. Labour and Citizens' Services Minister Margaret MacDiarmid's... 15 May
Fred Unleeshed YEW-hoo!: For the second year in a row, Yew restaurant and bar at the Four Seasons Hotel under the... 15 May
Invasive and ineffective: BC's first-responder bill denounced Health and privacy rights advocates are lambasting a controversial bill that would force blood... 15 May
Photo by Keven Drews of Canadian Press Supportive housing offers sex workers safety: study Female sex workers living in and operating from supportive-housing units have less adversarial... 15 May
Photo by Stuart Davis of the Province B.C. foster mom has Hepatitis C lawsuit dismissed The B.C. Court of Appeal has thrown out the case of a former foster parent suing the government... 15 May
Photo by Simon Hayter for National Post Vancouver sex workers could benefit from heading indoors, study finds VANCOUVER — Indoor sex workers face potentially life-saving benefits, including less violence,... 15 May
Dwight Villeneuve Vancouver man bucking death sentence now helps others When Dwight Villeneuve was diagnosed as HIV positive in 1986, he was told he’d be lucky to live out... 22 March
Insite How Vancouver's war on drugs began When William Lyon Mackenzie King came to Vancouver in the spring of 1908, he didn't come to start... 22 March
New BC services map on PAN’s website The Pacific AIDS Network have launched a new BC Mental Health, Substance Use, HIV and HCV Services... 22 March