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Andrea Woo
StaffReporterVancouver, Canada
andreawoo@globeandmail.com
Andrea reports extensively on health, with particular interest in substance use, mental health, social justice, health system pressures, and the intersection of health and climate change. She joined The Globe and Mail in 2012, before which she reported for The Vancouver Sun and various music publications. Andrea is based in the Globe's Vancouver, B.C., bureau.
21

Years in Journalism

12

Years at The Globe and Mail

Honours & Awards

2021 National Newspaper Awards, Sustained News Coverage (Canada's toxic drug crisis)

2020 National Newspaper Awards, Sustained News Coverage (crisis in long-term care)

2019 National Newspaper Awards, Breaking News (Manhunt for two teen murder suspects)

2017 Canadian Association of Journalism Awards, Open Media (Canada's Fentanyl Crisis)

2017 Jack Webster Awards, Best Breaking News Reporting - Print (Cheque Day)

2016 Jack Webster Awards, Excellence in Digital Journalism (Fentanyl's Deadly Path)

2012 Jack Webster Awards, Best Reporting of the Year - Print (YVR Plane Crash series)

2012 Jack Webster Awards, Excellence in Multimedia Journalism (The Gastown Project)

2003 Jack Webster Award for Student Journalism

Languages spoken

English, Cantonese

Andrea Woo abides by The Globe and Mail Editorial Code of Conduct

Latest articles

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Arrest of fourth suspect in Hardeep Singh Nijjar killing a ‘positive step,’ close friend says
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Emergency management NGOs prepare for Canada’s wildfire season
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Ottawa approves B.C. request to recriminalize public possession of illicit drugs
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B.C. to require hospitals have designated spaces for patient illicit drug use, health minister says
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BC government to create provincial policy after nurses’ complaints of illicit drug use in hospitals
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B.C. police seizures of medical opioids on the rise, causing concerns safer-supply pills are being diverted
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BC Pharmacy Association calls for probe into alleged kickbacks
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Patients say B.C. pharmacies paying prohibited cash incentives to fill prescriptions at their locations
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Key B.C. harm reduction initiatives were beset by challenges, ineffective implementation
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B.C. RCMP say no evidence of widespread safer supply diversion following drug seizures
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For some B.C. patients, an emerging blood-cancer treatment offers hope
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BC app aims to de-escalate police response to mental health, substance abuse issues
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Nurses battle to ensure drug users do not face sweeping limits on where they can use
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Couple that spent nearly $80,000 on IVF says new B.C. funding could have saved years of stress
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B.C. naturopaths hope to prescribe safer supply medications
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Man arrested after three children, two women found dead in Manitoba, police say
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B.C.’s ‘safer supply’ program ethically justified despite potential harm to public, analysis finds
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One-third of deceased organ donors in B.C. died from drug overdoses, according to new data
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Departing coroner says there is no data to determine whether B.C.’s treatment facilities are working
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B.C. appeals ruling that suspended province’s effort to limit public drug use
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