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Mobile app helps people living with spinal injuries get active

Mobile app helps people living with spinal injuries get active

“But a person who has had an incomplete spinal cord injury, who might be able to walk some of the time or with a device, can be ambulatory with an SCI. And this group is often marginalized," says a UBCO researcher.
Nanaimo veteran honoured in Dutch liberation commemoration

Nanaimo veteran honoured in Dutch liberation commemoration

Nick Janicki was part of the Canadian Scottish Regiment that fought to liberate Deventer in April 1945.
B.C. filmmaker examines new ways to treat chronic pain and illness

B.C. filmmaker examines new ways to treat chronic pain and illness

"Sometimes that trauma goes back to childhood and it keeps materializing with chronic pain or chronic disease," says the Vancouver documentary filmmaker.
Employed but homeless in Prince George: One Millennium Park resident's story

Employed but homeless in Prince George: One Millennium Park resident's story

“I just do my best every day, I do what I can and try to live life as best I can."
Video: Richmond company introduces healthcare robots to Canada

Video: Richmond company introduces healthcare robots to Canada

Their security and delivery robots are also ready to hit the market and transform the industries
Meet the man who created Suspicious Cyclops Sauce

Meet the man who created Suspicious Cyclops Sauce

Prince George comedian Mike McGuire created a delicious hot sauce he named after a punchline.
Dino makers: Victoria company brings dinosaurs bones to life

Dino makers: Victoria company brings dinosaurs bones to life

Dino Lab is one of only a handful of companies in North America that do the painstakingly work of separating dinosaur bones from rock, creating the missing pieces using 3-D printers and delivering full-size, mounted skeletons
Family rescued from Puntledge River after trying to float during high flows

Family rescued from Puntledge River after trying to float during high flows

B.C. Hydro is advising people not to float on the river right now because it’s releasing water.
Victoria dinosaur museum is a hands-on experience

Victoria dinosaur museum is a hands-on experience

A private museum at Dino Lab, which is in the process of moving to James Bay, offers a glimpse at the work the company does turning bones into full dinosaur skeletons
Shortage of maternity doctors leaves pregnant women scrambling

Shortage of maternity doctors leaves pregnant women scrambling

The number of maternity GPs has shrunk to about 25 from 48 over the last two years in south Vancouver Island, with another two scheduled to leave in September