Skip to content

Highlights

Opinion: Treating monkeypox like an STI may help control the outbreak, but stigma is a danger

Opinion: Treating monkeypox like an STI may help control the outbreak, but stigma is a danger

Monkeypox is not considered an STI but is spreading among sexual partners. Adding sexual health strategies to the public health response is helpful, but there is a danger of stigmatizing MPXV.
Read more >
Nearly a dozen heat warnings issued for parts of B.C.

Nearly a dozen heat warnings issued for parts of B.C.

A heat spell is on its way.
Read more >
B.C. restaurants and retail liquor shops may run low on booze

B.C. restaurants and retail liquor shops may run low on booze

Supply of import beer and wine as well as all spirits is in jeopardy for retail shops and restaurants as a workers' strike blocks government distribution warehouses.
Read more >
B.C.'s monthly drug deaths drop for the first time since fall 2020

B.C.'s monthly drug deaths drop for the first time since fall 2020

146 people in British Columbia died of an overdose in June, new data from the BC Coroners Service shows.
Read more >
B.C. MPs raise concerns over pipeline construction obstructing salmon run

B.C. MPs raise concerns over pipeline construction obstructing salmon run

Four B.C. MPs are urging the federal government to halt the construction of the Trans Mountain pipeline and expansion project at least until salmon have finished spawning.
Read more >
Respecting order in the animal kingdom by avoiding the top hunter

Respecting order in the animal kingdom by avoiding the top hunter

In all of Joe Martin’s 68 years of living on the west coast of Vancouver Island, he said he’s only encountered a wolf once.
Read more >
BC Liberals push 30-day action plan for doctor shortage

BC Liberals push 30-day action plan for doctor shortage

“We're speaking to our members each and every day, and many of them are on the brink of leaving.”
Read more >
'It's non-stop': B.C. wedding industry returns in full swing

'It's non-stop': B.C. wedding industry returns in full swing

A new survey suggests wedding industry revenue could reach $1.5 billion in B.C. this year.
Read more >
Dead salmon found at Trans Mountain construction site sparks outcry

Dead salmon found at Trans Mountain construction site sparks outcry

Trans Mountain has a DFO permit allowing it to divert the river and remove 800 square metres of instream spawning habitat in order to replace part of the existing pipeline and install the new pipeline for the expansion project.
Read more >
Opinion: Canada's disappearing 'average farmer' means one-size-fits-all policies no longer work

Opinion: Canada's disappearing 'average farmer' means one-size-fits-all policies no longer work

Mid-size farms used to be the average farm in Canada, but the increase in both small and large farms has made it difficult to define what the new average farm size is.
Read more >