In the Vancouver region, up to half of the spaces at 24- and 18-bed withdrawal-management facilities remain unoccupied at times despite long lists of people waiting, data shows.
When Calls the Heart's Mamie Laverock's family shared an update on her health, saying that the 19-year-old's five-story fall was not "intended" and that she's since "opened her eyes."
Dozens of detox beds in British Columbia sit empty because of a shortage of addictions physicians and nurses needed to staff them, according to internal health authority data obtained by The Globe and Mail.
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