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CONTAGION Part 6 of 6: Century-old cure resurfaces to treat superbugs

CONTAGION Part 6 of 6: Century-old cure resurfaces to treat superbugs

- Part 1: How Canada ‘dropped the ball’ on drug resistance - Part 2: Drug resistance takes devastating human toll - Part 3: Antibiotics in agriculture add to growing superbug threat - Part 4: Cheap drugs for Canada may fuel resistance - Part 5: Drug-
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The Edmonton Eskimos are not changing their name, despite backlash

The Edmonton Eskimos are not changing their name, despite backlash

Outside the Edmonton Eskimos’ locker room at BC Place during an away game at our stadium VS our BC Lions.
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Watch this free outdoor screening of The Prophet on July 13

Watch this free outdoor screening of The Prophet on July 13

Photo contributed The Reel 2 Real International Film Festival for Youth is hosting its first free outdoor screening featuring Kahlil Gibran’s The Prophet to celebrate the festival's 20th anniversary.
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"L" drivers can now use Modo carshare in Vancouver

"L" drivers can now use Modo carshare in Vancouver

Photo supplied Modo carshare has just announced that they're now allowing people with learners licenses to use their carshare service.
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Coquitlam mayor calls for more accessible taxis after woman waits three hours

Coquitlam mayor calls for more accessible taxis after woman waits three hours

A taxi in Vancouver. Photo Shutterstock A B.C. mayor is calling for more accessible taxis after a woman in a wheelchair was forced to wait three hours out in the cold and rain on Canada Day.
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A new political party was just launched in Vancouver

A new political party was just launched in Vancouver

Coun. Hector Bremner was originally campaigning to become the Non-Partisan Association’s mayoral nominee. Now he’s starting his own party. Photo Dan Toulgoet Months of acrimony and infighting within the NPA caucus appear to be over.
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Missing dragon sculpture found swaddled in blankets in Nanaimo

Missing dragon sculpture found swaddled in blankets in Nanaimo

A dragon sculpture that went missing from a Nanaimo, B.C., park is shown in a handout photo. Artist Heather Wall says she believes someone would have planned carefully to take the 35 kilogram, 1.
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Man in his 30s stabbed in the Downtown Eastside

Man in his 30s stabbed in the Downtown Eastside

File photo UPDATE JULY 1, 2018: The man who was stabbed last week in the Downtown Eastside has succumbed to his injuries. The police are now investigating it as a homicide.
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Order of Canada recipient arrested at Burnaby pipeline protest

Order of Canada recipient arrested at Burnaby pipeline protest

Order of Canada recipient Jean Swanson just before she was arrested at the Burnaby Mountain tank farm owned by Kinder Morgan.
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Indigenous woman fights to stay in Canada, saying traditional territory is B.C.

Indigenous woman fights to stay in Canada, saying traditional territory is B.C.

Mique’l Dangeli, of the Tsimshian First Nation, poses for a photograph in Tsawwassen, B.C., on Saturday June 23, 2018.
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