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For teens who drink and do drugs, here’s how to reduce the harm

For teens who drink and do drugs, here’s how to reduce the harm

A StatCan report found marginalization and unhappiness are risk factors as large number of high school students use substances
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Shared, all-gender washrooms the future for Burnaby schools: school district

Shared, all-gender washrooms the future for Burnaby schools: school district

Parkcrest Elementary was the first Burnaby school to get all universal washrooms for boys and girls to share, but it won’t be the last, according to the school district.
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Sweeps throughout the unhoused communities break inherent Indigenous rights, says outreach worker

Sweeps throughout the unhoused communities break inherent Indigenous rights, says outreach worker

As Victoria and Vancouver enforce street and traffic bylaws, British Columbia’s homeless continue to be displaced
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'We are just not ready to leave': Time running out for B.C. family

'We are just not ready to leave': Time running out for B.C. family

The family were blindsided by a call from the IRCC, giving them just four weeks to pack up and go.
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The week ahead in New West: Here's what you need to know

The week ahead in New West: Here's what you need to know

Theatre and music are bustin' out all over for June.
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'Travesty' or 'forward thinking'? Hundreds weigh in on one-click citizenship oath

'Travesty' or 'forward thinking'? Hundreds weigh in on one-click citizenship oath

Allowing new Canadians to take the oath of citizenship by clicking a box online is a disgusting idea that will cheapen the process and open the door to fraud — or a forward-thinking notion that will help decrease a backlog of citizenship applications.
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Here is when you might see wet weather in Metro Vancouver this week

Here is when you might see wet weather in Metro Vancouver this week

It's not all sunshine in this week's forecast.
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Summer sounds: Catch top choral music on New West stages

Summer sounds: Catch top choral music on New West stages

Two June concerts feature Quayside Voices and the Vancouver Youth Choir.
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Pharmacists now prescribing medication for minor ailments

Pharmacists now prescribing medication for minor ailments

The College of Pharmacists of B.C. says three-quarters of the 4,200 pharmacists who work in communities have completed a 40-minute online training that allows them to prescribe medications for 21 minor ailments
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June means trouble for B.C. wildfires with hot, dry forecast set to compound drought

June means trouble for B.C. wildfires with hot, dry forecast set to compound drought

"I think we're lining up for what could be a very active fire season."
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