News, analysis and commentary by UBC Journalism students
Shoppers Drug Mart’s move to become an official medical marijuana distributor is creating a buzz with many current customers in Vancouver. Sam Lee, a marijuana user for nearly[…]
International students at the University of British Columbia are hit with extra fees that other students don’t pay to access birth control due to a gap in coverage[…]
It’s difficult for small, rural First Nations communities to come up with sophisticated technical solutions to the ongoing problems they have getting clean drinking water. So a University[…]
Rochelle Grayson makes a point of getting out for long walks as often as possible. It’s her way of taking care of herself and literally walking[…]
New University of British Columbia research shows Vancouver sex workers who have contact with street nurses and mobile outreach initiatives are more likely to use healthcare services. Those outreach[…]
Four blocks away from the Syrian consulate in Vancouver, the front door sits ajar as clients slip in and out. Two plush couches and a pile of kids’[…]
Medical marijuana users are afraid that the federal Liberals’ plan to legalize marijuana could collapse the current health-based system and result in taxes and drug limits for them[…]
Canadian hospitals put patients at risk of unwanted CPR by failing to accurately record their preference for the treatment, says a new study. Researchers from Queen’s University and[…]
In the weeks after B.C.’s provincial cross-country championships in November, almost one in five of the children and teens who had participated appeared at clinics and doctors’ offices with[…]
Adrian Zhang knows firsthand the challenges that transgender people face in British Columbia. He came out to friends and family as a transgender male when he was 15.[…]
