Andrea Wu
B.C.-based staff reporter for The Globe and Mail who investigated mental-health access in rural British Columbia and reported on the Tumbler Ridge shooting and local care gaps.
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Jan 29, 2026 • 27min
Drug decriminalization is over in B.C. What’s next?
Andrea Woo, Globe and Mail health and drug policy reporter, offers a concise retrospective on B.C.’s decriminalization pilot. She outlines what the pilot aimed to fix and how it was framed. She discusses reported outcomes, policing and public disorder impacts, Indigenous leaders’ concerns about consultation, and what legal and program changes follow the program’s end.
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Mar 10, 2026 • 23min
Tumbler Ridge shooting highlights B.C.’s mental health deserts
Andrea Woo, a B.C.-based Globe reporter who investigated rural mental-health access, shares the story behind the Tumbler Ridge shooting. She outlines gaps in local services and specialist shortages. She describes families’ struggles with long waits, canceled visits and transports. She discusses limits of virtual care, school support shortfalls, and the challenge of sustaining post-crisis services.
