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#IWD2021: On International Women’s Day, advocacy group is challenging B.C. to provide free contraception

#IWD2021: On International Women’s Day, advocacy group is challenging B.C. to provide free contraception

‘Reproductive freedom is a fundamental human right’
COVID-19 vaccine call centres flooded with 1.7 million calls on first day

COVID-19 vaccine call centres flooded with 1.7 million calls on first day

Health minister pleads with British Columbians not to phone vaccine call centres unless eligible
Adults 55-plus most satisfied with digital health tools during pandemic

Adults 55-plus most satisfied with digital health tools during pandemic

Digital Health Circle partnered with Research Co. to better understand how British Columbians, especially older adults, have been using digital health products during the pandemic, in order to help local businesses and healthcare providers better address their consumers’ needs.
Online sexual exploitation of children on the rise during pandemic

Online sexual exploitation of children on the rise during pandemic

Canada's tip line for reporting the online exploitation of children increased by 81 per cent.
10-year-old plans to walk length of Sunshine Coast for climate action

10-year-old plans to walk length of Sunshine Coast for climate action

Cody Kelso and his mom will walk 115 kilometres to raise funds
Construction starts on new St. Paul's Hospital in False Creek Flats area of Vancouver

Construction starts on new St. Paul's Hospital in False Creek Flats area of Vancouver

VANCOUVER — Construction has kicked off for the new St. Paul's Hospital at the Jim Pattison Medical Centre, which the province says is the largest hospital redevelopment project in British Columbia's history.
Mom of young child dealt drugs right across the street from Victoria police station

Mom of young child dealt drugs right across the street from Victoria police station

Decades of cuts to salmon monitoring leave B.C. scientists uncertain of fish populations

Decades of cuts to salmon monitoring leave B.C. scientists uncertain of fish populations

Less than 10 per cent of spawning habitat on B.C.'s central and north coast is being monitored by creekwalkers, the people who count salmon one by one. Critics say this leaves a critical gap in knowledge that could further imperil the species.
SFU engineers develop mobile thermal battery

SFU engineers develop mobile thermal battery

Tiny townhouse prototype finds a home in the Downtown Eastside

Tiny townhouse prototype finds a home in the Downtown Eastside

No one will be living in the structure, but the plan is to use it as an artist's studio and as a demonstration site.