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Woman sues Burnaby-based insurer over Texas-sized hospital bill

Woman sues Burnaby-based insurer over Texas-sized hospital bill

Surrey resident Chuan Chao tripped and fractured her femur on a trip to Houston last year, but Pacific Blue Cross has denied her US$51,012 hospital bill claim, according to a BC Supreme Court lawsuit.
Canadian towns and cities try creative ways to recruit lifeguards amid shortage

Canadian towns and cities try creative ways to recruit lifeguards amid shortage

Staff running pools across Canada are trying to entice people to work as lifeguards amid a shortage, the Lifesaving Society says.
How to keep your kids safe at the pool, beach and cottage this summer

How to keep your kids safe at the pool, beach and cottage this summer

The season for pool parties, beach excursions and trips to the cottage has begun.Sadly, some of these events turn tragic each year and drowning is the second leading cause of preventable death for children under 10 years old in Canada.
'I will not bend': MP Jenny Kwan says she won't allow China to erase history

'I will not bend': MP Jenny Kwan says she won't allow China to erase history

The briefing with Canada's spy agency, warning Jenny Kwan that she is a target of foreign interference by China, took roughly an hour. It took less than a second, she says, for her to decide that she wouldn't let Beijing weaken her resolve.
Activists in Canada aim to carry torch for Hong Kong's silenced Tiananmen vigil

Activists in Canada aim to carry torch for Hong Kong's silenced Tiananmen vigil

Some members of Canada's Chinese diaspora are feeling the pressure to carry the torch as Hong Kong's renowned vigil commemorating the June 4, 1989, massacre in Beijing’s Tiananmen Square falls silent.
Minister ‘shocked’ at reports of Paul Bernardo being moved to medium-security prison

Minister ‘shocked’ at reports of Paul Bernardo being moved to medium-security prison

The federal public safety minister says reports of teen killer and serial rapist Paul Bernardo being transferred to a medium-security prison are “shocking and incomprehensible.
Environment Canada releases 3-month Metro Vancouver summer forecast

Environment Canada releases 3-month Metro Vancouver summer forecast

Find out what to expect this year.
North Vancouver Island school district faces sex abuse allegations

North Vancouver Island school district faces sex abuse allegations

The suit alleges a Port Hardy Secondary School teacher sexually abused the child starting in 1981 or 1984.
B.C. extends deferral of old-growth logging in Vancouver Island's Fairy Creek

B.C. extends deferral of old-growth logging in Vancouver Island's Fairy Creek

The extension to Feb. 1, 2025, applies to the order issued two years ago at the request of the Pacheedaht First Nation.
Net benefits to Canada went unquestioned in big forestry buyouts

Net benefits to Canada went unquestioned in big forestry buyouts

Canadian officials declined to say whether Paper Excellence, the country's largest forestry company, was linked to an overseas conglomerate.