At least 1,011 lives were lost to suspected illicit drug toxicity in B.C. between January and June 2021, according to data released by the BC Coroners Service. “The deaths of more than 1,000 British Columbians in the first six months of 2021 is a tragic reminder that the toxic illicit drug supply remains a significant […]

This is an explainer?? on vaccine development and distribution. Learn more about vaccines – from how they work and how they’re made to ensuring safety and equitable access. All viruses – including SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19 – evolve over time. When a virus replicates or makes copies of itself, it sometimes changes a […]

Housing affordability is high on the lists of priority items for all the federal political parties, this election. The solutions are all over the place. From some sort of tax credits for renters. To an idea that renters can rent-to-purchase—hard to see how that would work if the landlord did not want to sell. A […]

More and more the federal election is an emerging story of the tortoise and the hare and a possible spoiler. It was all so well planned. Justin’s long legs stretched out an insurmountable lead. Erin plodded along mumbling to himself with no one to hear his message. His assorted disagreeable friends threatened to spoil his […]

The vaccine card system will apply September 13th to pubs and restaurants, movie theatres, gyms and fitness centres, indoor concerts and sports games and a variety of other indoor events. Some businesses have already vowed to defy the program, and a Facebook page listing businesses who won’t comply has attracted 85,000 members. Premier John Horgan […]