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Provincial farm adaptation program to address climate change

Provincial farm adaptation program to address climate change

With summers getting hotter and with a haze of wildfire smoke appearing to settle over Metro Vancouver every August, the effects of climate change are becoming increasingly obvious.
Two birds test positive for West Nile virus in British Columbia

Two birds test positive for West Nile virus in British Columbia

Photo Shutterstock Two dead ravens in Kimberley, B.C., have tested positive for West Nile virus. Interior Health says it's the first evidence of West Nile virus activity in British Columbia this year.
Air quality in Vancouver currently equal to smoking over 7 cigarettes

Air quality in Vancouver currently equal to smoking over 7 cigarettes

Metro Vancouver's air quality is at 10+ on Environment Canada's Air Quality Health Index , which is considered to be at a 'very high risk' -- but how bad is it really? The app Sh**t! I Smoke converts air quality into the number of cigarettes a person
Protesters accuse Trudeau of fiddling on pipeline while climate change burns B.C.

Protesters accuse Trudeau of fiddling on pipeline while climate change burns B.C.

Photo Dan Toulgoet Justin Trudeau's twin objectives to reduce Canada's carbon emissions and build a pipeline to carry oilsands bitumen to the coast are colliding in a province ravaged by wildfires that the prime minister's own government attributes t
This Vancouver timelapse video just outdid all the others that came before it

This Vancouver timelapse video just outdid all the others that came before it

The video for the Vancouver band Waves Through Windows's son Rhythm is a beautifully captured look at the city, using timelapse imagery
Here's what you missed at Margaret Atwood's speech in Vancouver

Here's what you missed at Margaret Atwood's speech in Vancouver

Margaret Atwood delivered a keynote address to the International Ornithological Congress in Vancouver on August 21st, 2018
B.C. records second-highest monthly fatal overdoses so far in 2018

B.C. records second-highest monthly fatal overdoses so far in 2018

Photo Shutterstock British Columbia's coroners service says 134 people died of illicit-drug overdoses in July, a 25 per cent increase from June.
Porcupine rescued after playing chicken on the Coquihalla

Porcupine rescued after playing chicken on the Coquihalla

A porcupine was rescued from the dividers in the middle of the Coquihalla Highway after somehow getting itself stuck
Strong offshore Oregon earthquake felt in Vancouver and Sidney, B.C.

Strong offshore Oregon earthquake felt in Vancouver and Sidney, B.C.

Photo USGS A magnitude 6.2 earthquake that hit nearly 300 kilometres off the south-central coast of Oregon early this morning was strong enough to be felt in British Columbia.
This massive, endangered Leatherback turtle was just spotted off Vancouver Island

This massive, endangered Leatherback turtle was just spotted off Vancouver Island

An endangered Leatherback turtle was spotted swimming off of Tofino in British Columbia. The species swim over from Indonesia to feed on jellyfish.
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