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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.
J.K. Rowling threatens legal action against Coquitlam transgender activist over tweets

J.K. Rowling threatens legal action against Coquitlam transgender activist over tweets

'serious insinuations like this comes with consequences,' Rowling tweeted in reply on Friday.
Mental wellness: COVID-19 causing youth anxiety to spike

Mental wellness: COVID-19 causing youth anxiety to spike

Schools are organizing proms and graduation ceremonies on home screens to celebrate an important life milestone — but nothing virtual can really replace crossing the stage in front of peers, teachers and family to receive a high school diploma.
SCRD board urges BC Ferries to reverse course on evening sailings

SCRD board urges BC Ferries to reverse course on evening sailings

BC Ferries is resuming service on the Horseshoe Bay-Nanaimo route June 3, but a schedule change on the Langdale run to accommodate the Nanaimo service isn’t sitting well with some Sunshine Coast residents or the directors at the Sunshine Coast Region