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‘Trust your gut’: Over 7,000 young workers injured on the job last year

‘Trust your gut’: Over 7,000 young workers injured on the job last year

Young workers in the service sector are among the most likely to file a workplace injury claim in B.C.
B.C. researchers using kelp and wood fibre to fight plastic pollution

B.C. researchers using kelp and wood fibre to fight plastic pollution

The compostable "bioplastic" can be used for packaging products such as beverage lids and takeout containers.
B.C. survivor of Las Vegas massacre supports new firearms legislation

B.C. survivor of Las Vegas massacre supports new firearms legislation

Sheldon Mack was among the hundreds of people injured or killed when a gunman sprayed bullets at concertgoers in Las Vegas
You can drink beer and wine on BC Ferries sailings out of Vancouver this summer

You can drink beer and wine on BC Ferries sailings out of Vancouver this summer

Bottoms up on the high seas!
B.C.'s excess mortality rate dwarfed other provinces before Omicron hit, finds study

B.C.'s excess mortality rate dwarfed other provinces before Omicron hit, finds study

Of the 9,496 excess deaths reported in B.C. between the start of the pandemic and October 2021, fewer than a quarter were blamed on COVID-19. Could a cascading tragedy combining the pandemic, opioid crisis and climate change account for the rest?
Massive, B.C.-wide 911 service outage affecting Telus, Koodoo customers

Massive, B.C.-wide 911 service outage affecting Telus, Koodoo customers

Customers are asked to use an alternative means to contact local emergency if their 911 call fails.
Illegal prawn trapping in Howe Sound protected area nets $40,000 fine

Illegal prawn trapping in Howe Sound protected area nets $40,000 fine

Fisheries officers caught a man with prawn traps in an area closed to fishing to protect reef-building glass sponges. Canada has international agreements to protect this underwater species.
Darryl Plecas, Alan Mullen speak on Craig James conviction

Darryl Plecas, Alan Mullen speak on Craig James conviction

Former speaker of legislature, chief of staff fear process leaves government open to more scandals
Opinion: Ukrainian language schools in Western Canada were shaped by shifting settler colonial policies

Opinion: Ukrainian language schools in Western Canada were shaped by shifting settler colonial policies

Ukrainian language education in the Canadian Prairies was shaped by shifting policies governing non-English immigrant settler language instruction in a larger settler colonial context.
Opinion: Cigarette ads were banned decades ago. Let's do the same for fossil fuels

Opinion: Cigarette ads were banned decades ago. Let's do the same for fossil fuels

The number of people who die from climate change each year is roughly the same as the number of people who die from tobacco use.