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Most British Columbians are way overdue for their COVID boosters
Right now the National Advisory Committee on Immunization recommends people get an updated COVID vaccine…
Addiction psychiatrist says there’s ‘no sense of crisis’ in BC toxic drug crisis
Michael Krausz is a big name in addiction psychiatry. Before settling in Vancouver in 2007…
Three health experts take a close look at BC’s COVID strategy
Earlier this year the COVID-19 pandemic was downgraded from an emergency to an endemic disease,…
HOLY MOLA: Ocean sunfish sighting off BC’s coast
Sunfish sightings continue to surface on the West Coast and — Holy Mola! — some…
‘Birders, not blockaders’ ask B.C. to protect old-growth to save marbled murrelets
Birders and biologists are banding together to urge the B.C. government to protect ancient forests…
What was B.C.’s Coast Salish woolly dog, and can we bring it back?
If you had been wandering the Coast Salish territories of British Columbia some 4,000 years…
B.C. scientists eavesdropping on fish to fathom their underwater secrets
New technology is allowing researchers to covertly monitor, record and identify the sounds fish make…
Tide-powered clean energy could help West Coast communities in B.C. ditch diesel
A new tidal energy pilot project to reduce dependence on diesel in B.C.’s remote coastal…
New land conservancy will help save a B.C. island’s precious ‘popcorn bowl’
A new conservancy on Saturna Island boosts the protection of B.C.’s rarest ecosystem, which shelters…
Future of rare cold-water coral garden on B.C. coast still in question
The fate of a rare and splendid coral garden in a remote B.C. inlet is…
Saving B.C.’s at-risk species is pivotal to Canada’s biodiversity promises at COP15
British Columbia represents the country’s greatest opportunity to be a world leader when Canada hosts…
Long-dormant volcano in northern B.C. is heating up
Scientists have detected moving magma under a long-dormant volcano 450 kilometres northwest of Prince Rupert,…