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Mental wellness: Stay engaged to fight anxiety

Mental wellness: Stay engaged to fight anxiety

Physically distancing and self-isolating — hunkering down at home in your safe space — have been effective tools in flattening the curve of COVID-19 cases in B.C.
Surrey taxpayers foot $39M bill for cancelled LRT line; SkyTrain extension questioned

Surrey taxpayers foot $39M bill for cancelled LRT line; SkyTrain extension questioned

With little in the tank, Surrey will need to find $9.3 million cash
Photos: Thousands gather for peaceful anti-racism protest in Vancouver

Photos: Thousands gather for peaceful anti-racism protest in Vancouver

Protesters gathered Sunday evening in downtown Vancouver to speak up about racial injustice and the recent death of George Floyd at the hands of a Minneapolis police officer.
Province offering grants to improve accessibility

Province offering grants to improve accessibility

The B.C. government is once again making a call for grant proposals for community projects aimed to improve accessibility. B.C.
Feelings of loss, desperation grow; advocates urge easing of visits to care homes

Feelings of loss, desperation grow; advocates urge easing of visits to care homes

When 86-year-old Don Malcolm tried to reach through the glass window of his seniors’ home to his wife on the other side, it was almost too painful to bear for her.
Oh, deer. What do you do when there’s a fawn at the door?

Oh, deer. What do you do when there’s a fawn at the door?

Finding a newborn fawn just outside our front door came as quite a surprise the other day. Whether the mother deer left it there, or the tiny spotted baby found shelter under a chair after the neighbour fired up a lawn mower, I’m not sure.
Registration opening for some outdoor rec and culture programs in North Van

Registration opening for some outdoor rec and culture programs in North Van

Although recreation facilities remain closed, you’ll soon be able to do some fitness classes or sign up for a yoga session as long as you don’t mind if it takes place outside.
British Columbians can now receive air quality alerts via text

British Columbians can now receive air quality alerts via text

British Columbians concerned about air quality can now sign up to get real-time advisories by text.
Point Roberts residents start petition to get border restrictions eased

Point Roberts residents start petition to get border restrictions eased

Point Roberts residents have started an online petition to increase the list of essential reasons to cross the border during the COVID-19 pandemic. A petition on change.
B.C. man says temperature-taking for COVID-19 is discriminatory, experts weigh in

B.C. man says temperature-taking for COVID-19 is discriminatory, experts weigh in

"The more you actually understand this virus, the more you begin to know that temperature-taking is not effective at all," said Canada's top doctor, Dr. Theresa Tam.