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The total active membership in Pickleball BC surpassed the 10,000 mark

“People are burying their loved ones. What does the government have to say to them?”

Recent outbreaks have drawn attention to monkeypox. Get answers to common questions about this relative of the smallpox virus, including transmission, symptoms and effectiveness of smallpox vaccine.

A Vernon nurse Michael Wood had accessed medical files without need, failed to document all client interactions and had not worked scheduled hours.

The race was inspired by the long-running Nimby Fifty race in Pemberton

Guardians from the Kitasoo Xai’xais and Nuxalk First Nations no longer have to defer to B.C. Parks rangers for help enforcing the conservation of their territories.

The driver whose car careened through an intersection and into the Red Cross building in Victoria recalls the incident: “My mom told me after the fact: ‘I looked over and it looked like you were dancing to the music.’ I said: ‘I wasn’t dancing, Mom — I was having a seizure.’ ”

It can help to focus on what we can control and work on letting go of what we can’t, says a UVic psychology professor: “It’s important to be informed, but not to be obsessed with the information.”

To help keep astronauts healthy on Mars, scientists are looking at what they can learn from remote communities here on Earth.

A search is underway in a designated area of Vancouver's VanDusen Botanical Gardens.