A new study by researchers with the B.C. Centre on Substance Use has found cannabis may reduce the risk of exposure to dangerous fentanyl in street drugs among people receiving treatment for opioid use disorder.
The findings are set to be published in an...
An Elementary school principal in Mission, B.C., has created a video to help parents handle one of the most difficult things during the coronavirus pandemic -- explaining things to their children.
Silverdale Elementary Principal Rob Clark said he recently had a heartbreaking...
An Okanagan school has been fully shut down for 10 days due to a coronavirus outbreak and related staffing shortages, according to a letter issued to parents and students on Sunday.
The Interior Health Authority (IHA) confirmed 11 positive cases are connected...
The Regional District of Okanagan-Similkameen has initiated a process to save a beloved, undeveloped piece of paradise along Skaha Lake in the South Okanagan called "Sickle Point."
The RDOS has directed staff to go to Kaleden taxpayers and ask their...
An outbreak of COVID-19 has been declared at Lions Gate Hospital in Vancouver after patients tested positive for the virus in one unit.
Catherine Loiacono, a spokeswoman for Vancouver Coastal Health, said early Saturday she didn’t know how many people...
B.C.’s COVID-19 reproduction rate is falling and its growth rate flattening, provincial health officer Dr. Bonnie Henry reported Monday. Henry said that over the last few weeks there had been, on average, fewer infections for each case of the...
B.C. seniors living in long-term care homes are again taking the brunt of the COVID-19 pandemic, accounting for two-thirds of deaths over the past 10 days as outbreaks surge.
According to the B.C. Centre for Disease Control’s latest COVID-19 situation...
Health officials in B.C. say the latest restrictions meant to slow COVID-19 infections will put on hold popular holiday events across the province.
On Thursday, the officials brought in sweeping new measures meant to slow the rate of infections.
They included the suspension of...
VANCOUVER/TORONTO (Reuters) - Cross-examination of Canadian border officials involved in the arrest of Huawei Chief Financial Officer Meng Wanzhou two years ago will continue in a British Columbia courtroom on Tuesday, as her lawyers seek to get her extradition...
Over the last few days, the B.C. Centre for Disease Control has added six new flights departing from or arriving in Vancouver to its COVID-19 exposures list.
Flights added this weekend include:
• Nov. 15: Air North 573, Whitehorse to Vancouver,...
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