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How Vancouver is protecting itself from future flooding — with plants

How Vancouver is protecting itself from future flooding — with plants

Green infrastructure promises to keep the worst of flooding and contaminated rivers at bay. But while it has set ambitious targets, Vancouver is falling behind many other big cities. Could Seattle offer an answer?
New Heritage Minute celebrates 100th anniversary of discovery of insulin in Canada (VIDEO)

New Heritage Minute celebrates 100th anniversary of discovery of insulin in Canada (VIDEO)

North Vancouver producer says getting to make popular short was a 'bucket-list' goal
Debilitating virus spreading to wild salmon through fish farms, say UBC researchers

Debilitating virus spreading to wild salmon through fish farms, say UBC researchers

A UBC study using genomic sequencing has found the piscine orthoreovirus has been transmitted from B.C. fish farms to wild Pacific chinook for at least a decade, leading researchers to call for a 'precautionary approach' to salmon farming
Goodbye, Richard McBride; hello, Skwo:wech Elementary School

Goodbye, Richard McBride; hello, Skwo:wech Elementary School

The Halq’eméylem word for “sturgeon" was the final choice of a New Westminster school district renaming committee following months of consultation
North Shore Rescue launches 'survive your own adventure' video

North Shore Rescue launches 'survive your own adventure' video

Viewer gets to make life-or-death decisions
B.C. government walks back approval of park day-pass system

B.C. government walks back approval of park day-pass system

'The system will be back,' said a spokesperson from the Ministry of Environment and Climate Change Strategy. 'It’s not an if but a when.'
All this remote learning is turning more university students into night owls

All this remote learning is turning more university students into night owls

SFU study finds students going to bed later, sleeping less efficiently in pandemic
Letter: New West has 'overridden' concerns of neighbours about proposed project

Letter: New West has 'overridden' concerns of neighbours about proposed project

Editor: Readers will have already seen the advertisement on page five placed by the OurCity2041 campaign urging people to participate in the May 31 public hearing on the proposed six-storey (affordabale housing) development at 823-841 Sixth St.
Report calls for a global end to oil and gas projects by 2022 — where does B.C. stand?

Report calls for a global end to oil and gas projects by 2022 — where does B.C. stand?

A new International Energy Agency report has traced a narrow path to a carbon net-zero future, one that requires axing oil and gas exploration and scrapping new LNG projects beyond 2021 — but what does it mean for B.C.?
Internal documents reveal DFO suppressed, downplayed threats to this B.C. endangered species

Internal documents reveal DFO suppressed, downplayed threats to this B.C. endangered species

The Department of Fisheries and Oceans Canada undermined a scientific consensus that spelled out fishing threats to an endangered species in B.C., documents suggest. Now, some are calling for DFO to be torn down and rebuilt with scientists at the helm.