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Vancouver Coastal Health launches awareness campaign to minimize emergency room 'winter surge'

Vancouver Coastal Health launches awareness campaign to minimize emergency room 'winter surge'

Vancouver Coastal Health is reminding people to seek out the appropriate place for care in order to avoid the “winter surge” of overcrowded emergency rooms.
73 unwanted pizzas found a good Richmond home

73 unwanted pizzas found a good Richmond home

What do you do with 73 pizzas and have no one around to eat them? That was the challenge facing Pizza Factory owner Sukhi Aujla recently, when he turned up at Westwind elementary in Steveston with his usual order for pizza day at the school.

Massive lineups form for TransLink’s new ‘Compass Mini’ cards

Photo: @Michael1957ff / Twitter TransLink has announced that it will be limiting the number of Compass Mini cards to two per person while supplies last due to high demand. On Dec.
How Vancouver is helping Surrey get its own police force

How Vancouver is helping Surrey get its own police force

The Vancouver Police Department has suggested sharing its emergency response teams and other specialized units with a new Surrey police department.
You won’t be paying MSP premiums in B.C. as of January 1, 2020

You won’t be paying MSP premiums in B.C. as of January 1, 2020

British Columbians will no longer pay Medical Services Plan premiums as of January 1, 2020
Santa delivered a Christmas gift early to a group of co-workers in northern B.C.

Santa delivered a Christmas gift early to a group of co-workers in northern B.C.

Stephen Gibson purchased the ticket for the group at the Dawson Creek Co-op and that would be where he would discover they'd actually won after an employee mentioned someone from the area was the winner.
Hungry bear raids B.C. family's freezer, takes all the Christmas cakes

Hungry bear raids B.C. family's freezer, takes all the Christmas cakes

It seems Campbell River has its own answer to the celebrity British baker of similar name, an expert who knows exactly what she likes.
This 71-year-old B.C. woman is a finalist in a national transformation contest

This 71-year-old B.C. woman is a finalist in a national transformation contest

This woman has been walking across Canada for 2 years and isn’t stopping yet

This woman has been walking across Canada for 2 years and isn’t stopping yet

Melanie Vogel started her walk across Canada on June 2, 2017. Beginning in Cape Spear, Newfoundland, she arrived in Mile Zero on Nov. 28.
B.C. scientist leads Mars simulation to help solve a problem for NASA

B.C. scientist leads Mars simulation to help solve a problem for NASA

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