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Bob Tivey (San Francisco, 1983) A fearless AIDS pioneer Bob Tivey, 1943-2011 AIDS Vancouver co-founder Bob Tivey is being remembered as a fearless and... 21 March
Brian Gross, Fraser Valley Positive Living Society photo Abbotsford's anti-harm reduction bylaw is bumping up HIV rates Lack of needle distribution centres makes outreach and treatment for disease difficult. Advocates... 28 March
Report shows drop in HIV transmission rates in BC Vancouver Island Health Authority has been providing clean needles in Nanaimo A report that shows a... 30 March
Doctor trains a lab supervisor at St. Paul's Hospital, Vancouver Made-in-BC HIV test used worldwide Gene sequencing determines personalized patient treatment Vancouver HIV/AIDS experts have developed... 30 March
Manitoba HIV infection rates rise Local health officials concerned by the rising trend HIV is not yesterday’s issue in Manitoba,... 2 April
Supporters vow to make AIDS drugs an election issue Grannies target opponents including former senator Larry Smith A bill that would reform Canada’s... 7 April
Prime Minister Stephen Harper meets with Bill Gates at the World Economic Forum Federal HIV project Harper signed with Bill Gates fizzled soon after A $139-million project to fight HIV-AIDS, launched by Prime Minister Stephen Harper in a glitzy... 10 April
Dr. Julio Montaner photo Julio Montaner urges Vancouver crowd not to vote for Conservatives One of the world's leading HIV/AIDS researchers delivered a barn-burning speech last night... 10 April
Incarceration associated with risk of poor HIV treatment adherence Incarceration is associated with poor adherence to HIV therapy among injecting drug users, an... 12 April
Alex Wysocki-Najaris, Art-Aids photo Art used for the case of HIV-Aids awareness The battle to increase awareness of HIV-Aids is just as vital as ever, according to Alex Wysocki-... 12 April
Scientists ignore grant to research blood donations by gay men Current rules bar men who have been sexually active with another man since 1977 from donating blood... 13 April
Health and human rights organizations to intervene in landmark sex work case Experts to testify that sex workers dangerously persecuted under Canadian law The Canadian HIV/AIDS... 14 April
Orbinski offers hope in fight against AIDS Award-winning humanitarian and Canadian physician Dr. James Orbinski spoke Thursday night at the... 15 April
BC safe-injection site saves lives Shot in the arm for program; Should be replicated in other cities: scientists With a Supreme Court... 18 April
Gilead Sciences Chief Executive John Martin AIDS prevention pill study halted Family Health International, a nonprofit involved in AIDS research, announced the new results on... 18 April
Alberta Harm Reduction Conference The annual Alberta Harm Reduction Conference is one of a kind in Canada. The goal of the Conference... 21 April
BC HIV transmission decline unique in Canada, expert says British Columbia is the only part of Canada where transmission of HIV is declining, a medical... 27 April
Dine Out For Life Lets You Fight HIV With Your Knife and Fork Once a year, fighting HIV and AIDS is as easy as grabbing a bite at your favorite restaurant.... 27 April
Gaetan Dugas Patient Zero: Hero or Criminal NOTE: The article below was originally written by Guy Babineau and published in Vancouver's... 27 April
John Graham is in Insite’s detox program Study praises injection site Researchers note decline in overdoses John Graham is feeling optimistic about digging himself out... 27 April
Vancouver injection site becomes election issue Vancouver's controversial safe injection site became an election issue Monday after yet another... 27 April
Community Based Research Facilitator The Canadian Aboriginal AIDS Network (CAAN) is a well-known not-for-profit coalition of individuals... 28 April
Concerns for Black Gay/Bisexual HIV Much of the recent HIV/AIDS data on Black gay and bisexual men (or "men who have sex with men" (MSM... 28 April
Responses to the Election 2011 Questionnaires Several AIDS organizations submitted election questions to parties standing in the forthcoming... 28 April
HIV infection raises heart failure risk Infection with HIV, the virus that causes AIDS, can increase the risk of heart failure even in... 28 April