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Does Metro Vancouver have the time and space for a 15-minute city?

Does Metro Vancouver have the time and space for a 15-minute city?

New urbanism outlook generating controversy over office space and other city amenities
These are Metro Vancouver’s most popular parks

These are Metro Vancouver’s most popular parks

Despite a post-pandemic decline in visits in 2022, Crippen Regional Park, Delta South-Surrey Regional Greenway and Seymour River Regional Greenway set records for total annual visits.
B.C. pharmacists set to treat minor ailments, prescribe contraception starting June 1

B.C. pharmacists set to treat minor ailments, prescribe contraception starting June 1

Province is launching a website on June 29, allowing people to book appointments with pharmacists online.
A day in the life: A paramedic in B.C.

A day in the life: A paramedic in B.C.

"The most incredible thing is cardiac resuscitation," says Brian Twaites
Doctors at Surrey, B.C., hospital raise alarm over staffing and patient-care crisis

Doctors at Surrey, B.C., hospital raise alarm over staffing and patient-care crisis

VANCOUVER — A series of letters from doctors raising the alarm about the management of patient care at a Metro Vancouver hospital is placing British Columbia's largest health authority under scrutiny.
$13.5B buyout a 'wake-up call' for Canadian banking's green agenda

$13.5B buyout a 'wake-up call' for Canadian banking's green agenda

RBC's $13.5-billion bank buyout of HSBC Canada would raise Canada's climate exposure and limit green banking options, argue environmental groups.
How a police chopper helped nab a motorcyclist going 200 km/h in Metro Vancouver

How a police chopper helped nab a motorcyclist going 200 km/h in Metro Vancouver

The motorbike owner might lose their wheels altogether now, too
'Poison in every puff': Canada reveals warning labels on individual cigarettes

'Poison in every puff': Canada reveals warning labels on individual cigarettes

Health Canada's new regulations that require warning labels to be printed on individual cigarettes are set to come into effect this summer.
Care homes say agencies lure away nurses with higher pay

Care homes say agencies lure away nurses with higher pay

“Workers will leave their employer and work for several care homes on an ad hoc basis, or a care home will be forced to hire that same worker back at a much-higher rate”
Rob Shaw: Attorney general Niki Sharma earns the ear of tech on non-consensual online images

Rob Shaw: Attorney general Niki Sharma earns the ear of tech on non-consensual online images

Major industry players responding positively so far to the province's new law