A class complaint has been filed at the B.C. Human Rights Tribunal against a regional health-care authority over their policy prohibiting hospital patients and visitors from using N95 respirators. The
Read MoreA sleek, modern building in downtown Victoria has been given the green light to move forward on development, but an avian biologist is worried the design, which features a lot
Read MoreA Vancouver-based herbal medicine company has been fined $75,000 for importing fins from a protected species of shark without a permit. Hang Hing Herbal Medicine pleaded guilty in Vancouver Provincial Court
Read MoreB.C. health officials reported 819 people in hospital with COVID-19 on Monday, including 99 in intensive care, as the province recorded 22 more deaths from the disease and 5,625 new
Read MoreOnce again, a tiny elementary school on Vancouver’s west side is moving toward closure. On Monday evening, the Vancouver School Board voted seven-to-two to begin the school closure process for
Read MoreHealth Canada has approved Pfizer’s COVID-19 therapeutic for use in adults 18 and older, paving the way for the distribution of a potentially lifesaving drug at a time when the
Read MoreCOVID-19 modelling released by the B.C. government shows the latest wave of the pandemic, propelled by the Omicron variant, may have peaked in parts of the province — but that British
Read MoreIn a medical first, doctors have transplanted a pig heart into a patient, in a last-ditch effort to save his life. And three days after the highly experimental surgery, a
Read MoreAs a scientist specializing in biotechnology, it’s perhaps no surprise that Austin Hill believes in the power of vaccines. The 40-year-old Vancouver resident says he and his wife, also a scientist, have
Read MoreSeveral weather alerts remain in place for southern British Columbia as relentless rain continues to soak the province’s South Coast and raise river levels to the point of potential flooding. An
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