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The shade-loving African violet is having its day in the sun
African violets, those cheerful, shade-loving houseplants native to Tanzania and introduced to the U.S. in…
How to stay healthy during cold, flu and COVID-19 season
Winter is here, inflicting its usual array of symptoms — coughs, nasal congestion, fatigue and…
That tune coming from an old mine in B. C.? It’s probably a bat, singing a love song
VANCOUVER – The high-pitched tweets, trills and chirps sound like the chorus of birds in…
B.C. trawlers dump thousands of salmon, depleting orcas’ food source: wildlife group
VICTORIA – A British Columbia wildlife protection group says chinook salmon that form the key…
Talks resume Saturday to avoid potential B.C. bus strike
VANCOUVER – Negotiations to reach a pay deal for transit supervisors and avert a potential…
Study maps mammoth’s 1,000-km trek, suggests species coexisted with humans in Alaska
A new study traces the 1,000-kilometre journey of a woolly mammoth from western Yukon to…
Flight delayed? Baggage lost? Here’s how to apply for compensation
Chad Rose was slated to take an afternoon flight from London, Ont., to Ottawa when…
TRENDING NOW: Dancing bird has no boundaries
This bird clearly cannot read a room to save its life. The song is groovy…
BC trawlers dump thousands of salmon, depleting orcas’ food source: wildlife group
VICTORIA – A British Columbia wildlife protection group says tens of thousands of chinook salmon…
Freezing rain moves in for parts of B.C. in wake of snowstorm
Freezing rain fell on British Columbia's Fraser Valley Friday, shuttering schools for a third day…
How watermelon imagery, a symbol of solidarity with Palestinians, spread around the planet
Over the past three months, on banners and T-shirts and balloons and social media posts,…
First-ever experiment shows how pigs might one day help people with liver failure
Surgeons externally attached a pig liver to a brain-dead human body and watched it successfully…
TRENDING NOW: Dog works on his typing skills
This dog has a tight deadline it needs to meet. It's unclear what type of…
Crave tells subscribers they’ll need to fork out $2 more per month to avoid ads
Avoiding commercials on the Crave streaming service is about to get a little costlier. Bell…
UPDATE: BC Coroners Service reports 36 outdoor deaths to start year
VICTORIA – British Columbia's recent cold snap has been life-threatening for people facing homelessness and…
Four children with strep A have died in BC in the past month
VANCOUVER – Four children under the age of 10 who had streptococcal infections have died…
Winter weather shuts schools in B.C. again after Vancouver’s snowiest day since 1996
VANCOUVER – Another blast of winter weather hit southern British Columbia Thursday, a day after…
Children’s pain and fever relief medicine recalled due to risk of overdose
Drug manufacturer Teva Canada Ltd. is recalling one lot of a children's pain and fever…
Deadline to get partial CEBA forgiveness arrives as business groups warn of closures
The deadline for Canadian businesses to qualify for partial forgiveness of pandemic-era loans has arrived,…
Driver killed after car plunged from second floor of UBC parkade building
VANCOUVER – Police have confirmed the driver of a car that plunged off the second…
‘Cash cows’ and cheap labour: The plight of international students in BC
Melissa Chirino remembers the recruiters who came to her high school in the Caribbean island…
BC infectious disease expert says get flu shot to limit risk of deadly Strep A
Annual data from the Public Health Agency of Canada shows a record number of bacterial…
TRENDING NOW: TV reporter learns not to stand on toboggan hill
You can't call yourself a Canadian until you've been run down by an inner tube…
Storm brings snow day for some in BC, a brutal blast of winter reality for others
VANCOUVER – The winter storm that blanketed southern British Columbia with snow Wednesday meant a…