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Mario Canseco: Canadians views on creationism in classrooms continue to evolve

Mario Canseco: Canadians views on creationism in classrooms continue to evolve

In 2018, almost half of Canadians (46 per cent) disagreed with the notion of schools teaching creationism
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Opinion: British Columbia's coverage of contraceptives should inspire the rest of North America

Opinion: British Columbia's coverage of contraceptives should inspire the rest of North America

British Columbia’s move to provide free contraceptives is a positive step that fully embraces sexual and reproductive health and rights for everyone in post-Roe North America.
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Counting the cost of substance use — and finding solutions

Counting the cost of substance use — and finding solutions

Harms from substance use cost Canada $49 billion in 2020, with almost two-thirds of that linked to alcohol and tobacco use, according to the Canadian Substance Use Costs and Harms report with collected data from 2007 to 2020.
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NDP members pass motion for B.C. government to investigate forestry company

NDP members pass motion for B.C. government to investigate forestry company

The motion, passed by members of the BC NDP Kamloops-North Thompson Electoral District Association, comes amid a federal investigation into Paper Excellence and will be voted on at the party's provincial council meeting next month.
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Rob Shaw: What's in a name? Victory, BC United and leader Kevin Falcon hope

Rob Shaw: What's in a name? Victory, BC United and leader Kevin Falcon hope

New name, new leader, new candidates aim for new electoral result
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On a quest to see Squamish's Quest University before courses end

On a quest to see Squamish's Quest University before courses end

From Liberia to Montreal to Squamish — this journalist tried to get to Canada to attend the school for nine years; he's finally in Canada as a refugee claimant and wants to see it — before it’s too late.
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B.C. creates enforcement teams in 12 communities to tackle repeat violent offenders

B.C. creates enforcement teams in 12 communities to tackle repeat violent offenders

NANAIMO, B.C. — The British Columbia government says it's forming teams of police, prosecutors and probation officers to tackle repeat violent offenders in an effort to improve public safety.
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'The landlord did not forewarn the tenants': Vancouver renter and child develop rashes from bed bug bites

'The landlord did not forewarn the tenants': Vancouver renter and child develop rashes from bed bug bites

The RTB said that the landlord's failure to check other units or notify other tenants may have worsened the situation.
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Ryan Reynolds' tribute shirt for Port Coquitlam hero raises $1M in pre-sale funds

Ryan Reynolds' tribute shirt for Port Coquitlam hero raises $1M in pre-sale funds

The milestone is reached on the same day Terry Fox started his Marathon of Hope 43 years ago.
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Squamish Spit deconstruction to be completed by mid-May

Squamish Spit deconstruction to be completed by mid-May

The Squamish River Watershed Society reports that the last 550 metres of removal should be finished by May 15.
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