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Opinion: Treating monkeypox like an STI may help control the outbreak, but stigma is a danger

Opinion: Treating monkeypox like an STI may help control the outbreak, but stigma is a danger

Monkeypox is not considered an STI but is spreading among sexual partners. Adding sexual health strategies to the public health response is helpful, but there is a danger of stigmatizing MPXV.
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Delta grandmother's farm machinery death leaves son with questions

Delta grandmother's farm machinery death leaves son with questions

Joan Sherry, 77, died Oct. 1, 2021 when her car struck a combine harvester on Highway 17A.
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Vancouver moms hang purple sashes to remember children lost to overdose

Vancouver moms hang purple sashes to remember children lost to overdose

Deb Bailey lost her daughter Ola just a few days before Christmas in 2015. "We look like we're fine but we're missing a chunk," she says.
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'Small number' of wolves remain at large after escaping Vancouver zoo enclosure

'Small number' of wolves remain at large after escaping Vancouver zoo enclosure

"Malicious intent" has been blamed for the release.
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Nearly a dozen heat warnings issued for parts of B.C.

Nearly a dozen heat warnings issued for parts of B.C.

A heat spell is on its way.
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B.C. restaurants and retail liquor shops may run low on booze

B.C. restaurants and retail liquor shops may run low on booze

Supply of import beer and wine as well as all spirits is in jeopardy for retail shops and restaurants as a workers' strike blocks government distribution warehouses.
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B.C.'s monthly drug deaths drop for the first time since fall 2020

B.C.'s monthly drug deaths drop for the first time since fall 2020

146 people in British Columbia died of an overdose in June, new data from the BC Coroners Service shows.
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Baskin-Robbins reveals massive expansion plans for Metro Vancouver

Baskin-Robbins reveals massive expansion plans for Metro Vancouver

They may be known for "31 Flavours" but now the brand is opening almost as many new scoop shops in Metro Vancouver and Calgary.
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B.C. MPs raise concerns over pipeline construction obstructing salmon run

B.C. MPs raise concerns over pipeline construction obstructing salmon run

Four B.C. MPs are urging the federal government to halt the construction of the Trans Mountain pipeline and expansion project at least until salmon have finished spawning.
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Respecting order in the animal kingdom by avoiding the top hunter

Respecting order in the animal kingdom by avoiding the top hunter

In all of Joe Martin’s 68 years of living on the west coast of Vancouver Island, he said he’s only encountered a wolf once.
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