Jan 2 2023 — Amy Smart, The Canadian Press — The Canadian Press — VANCOUVER — In a year when pharmacists have stickhandled children's drug shortages and an extra-busy flu shot season, you'd think they might balk at the news in Ontario and B.C. that their prescriptive powers are being expanded. Yet those in the field ...
Dec 19 2022 — Amy Smart, The Canadian Press — The Canadian Press — VANCOUVER — On a mountain high above the residents of Metro Vancouver, tucked inside a north-facing gully, the region's last remaining glacier is vanishing fast. The Coquitlam Glacier has survived 4,000 to 5,000 years thanks to its sheltered location ...
Oct 21 2022 — Amy Smart, The Canadian Press — The Canadian Press — VANCOUVER — Supporters of British Columbia's next premier admire it, while his rivals are wary of it. Both agree that David Eby's brain is not to be taken lightly. Eby has developed a reputation for tackling some of the most complex and contentious po...
Oct 21 2022 — Amy Smart, The Canadian Press — The Canadian Press — VANCOUVER — Supporters of British Columbia's next premier admire it, while his rivals are wary of it. Both agree that David Eby's brain is not to be taken lightly. Eby has developed a reputation for tackling some of the most complex and contentious po...
Oct 21 2022 — Amy Smart, The Canadian Press — The Canadian Press — VANCOUVER — Supporters of British Columbia's next premier admire it, while his rivals are wary of it. Both agree that David Eby's brain is not to taken lightly. Eby has developed a reputation for tackling some of the most complex and contentious portf...
Oct 12 2022 — Amy Smart, The Canadian Press — The Canadian Press — VANCOUVER — An aromatic insect shaped like a shield is lurking around homes and feasting on stone fruits in parts of southern British Columbia. The brown marmorated stink bug, an invasive species in Canada, is thriving in the province this season than...
Oct 10 2022 — Amy Smart, The Canadian Press — The Canadian Press — When Merlin Blackwell ran for mayor four years ago in the small community of Clearwater in British Columbia's North Thompson River valley, the issues were simple, to say the least. "It was, 'Are you going to build us a dog park?' 'When are you going t...
Oct 10 2022 — Amy Smart, The Canadian Press — The Canadian Press — When Merlin Blackwell ran for mayor four years ago in the small community of Clearwater in British Columbia's North Thompson River valley, the issues were simple, to say the least. "It was, 'Are you going to build us a dog park?' 'When are you going t...
Oct 9 2022 — Amy Smart, The Canadian Press — The Canadian Press — VANCOUVER — All climate disasters are not created equal and the Institute for Catastrophic Loss Reduction recommends retreat in the face of only one type of threat. "In our opinion, retreat is not an option that is important for most climate hazards in...
Oct 9 2022 — Amy Smart, The Canadian Press — The Canadian Press — VANCOUVER — The idea of relocating his community isn't one that Arnie Lampreau of the Shackan Indian Band in British Columbia's Nicola Valley thought he'd be considering when he was elected chief early last year. After wildfires torched the forests sur...
Oct 9 2022 — Amy Smart, The Canadian Press — The Canadian Press — VANCOUVER — The idea of relocating his community isn't one that Arnie Lampreau of the Shackan Indian Band in British Columbia's Nicola Valley thought he'd be considering when he was elected chief early last year. After wildfires torched the forests sur...
Oct 9 2022 — Amy Smart, The Canadian Press — The Canadian Press — VANCOUVER — All climate disasters are not created equal and the Institute for Catastrophic Loss Reduction recommends retreat in the face of only one type of threat. "In our opinion, retreat is not an option that is important for most climate hazards in...
Oct 6 2022 — Amy Smart, The Canadian Press — The Canadian Press — VANCOUVER — Pharmacists in British Columbia are welcoming an expansion of their powers to prescribe drugs and give vaccines, but they also say that how the changes are implemented will matter. Cathy Wang, pharmacist and owner of 360Care Denman Pharmac...
Sep 22 2022 — Amy Smart, The Canadian Press — The Canadian Press — VANCOUVER — Rodney Hsu says he has found too many Fraser River sockeye in places they aren't supposed to be this season — from residential areas to gravel roads, wrapped up in garbage bags and rotting in the open air. Hsu, the man behind sport fishing...
Aug 31 2022 — Amy Smart, The Canadian Press — VANCOUVER — Organizers of a Vancouver compassion club say they will continue to distribute tested cocaine, heroin and methamphetamine despite a rejection from Health Canada, calling it the only way to save lives in the face of a toxic drug supply. Eris Nyx, co-founder of the Drug User Liberation Front, said regulating the illicit supply […]