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'Our brains are being challenged': pandemic means chronic stress, heightened emotions

'Our brains are being challenged': pandemic means chronic stress, heightened emotions

Keep your brain healthy with enough sleep, exercise, a good diet and social connection.
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Cold snap keeps plumbers busy with frozen-pipe calls

Cold snap keeps plumbers busy with frozen-pipe calls

A plumber's advice: disconnect hoses from outside taps, make sure water to those taps is shut off
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RCMP has spent nearly $9 million enforcing Fairy Creek injunction

RCMP has spent nearly $9 million enforcing Fairy Creek injunction

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I am double vaccinated and tested positive for COVID-19

I am double vaccinated and tested positive for COVID-19

Glacier Media video journalist Alanna Kelly shares her experience with the virus
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BCTF calls on province to implement more COVID-19 measures in schools

BCTF calls on province to implement more COVID-19 measures in schools

The union is recommending a number of actions, including setting up a rapid testing regime for students and staff
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B.C. couple loses lawsuit over privacy screen installed by neighbour

B.C. couple loses lawsuit over privacy screen installed by neighbour

The couple claimed the screen was a 'spite fence'
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Good Samaritan helped B.C. woman escape after vehicle slid into icy river

Good Samaritan helped B.C. woman escape after vehicle slid into icy river

Kamloops resident 'just elated' to see someone was there in time of need
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Our casual use of facial analysis tools can lead to more sinister applications

Our casual use of facial analysis tools can lead to more sinister applications

Facial recognition technologies have become more popular through increasingly sophisticated devices and popular fads. Casual use of face scanning and analysis features has long-term social impacts.
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Winter road salting has year-round consequences

Winter road salting has year-round consequences

Salty water seeps into our soils and groundwater through surface runoff and storm-water pipes. The long-term storage of salt in the environment impacts aquatic life, infrastructure and drinking water.
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Income inequality and COVID-19: We are in the same storm, but not in the same boat

Income inequality and COVID-19: We are in the same storm, but not in the same boat

How two Canadian teams of economists and epidemiologists studied COVID-19 from a social science perspective to show that higher national income inequality is associated with worse COVID outcomes.
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