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Genealogy test led to Ibrahim Ali's murder arrest, but methods face ethical debate
January 18, 2024 - 1:00 AM
VANCOUVER - Forensic genealogy is still in the research and development phase, and while its value is clear for solving crime, the ethics debate has a long way to go, says an expert in the field.
B.C. civil forfeiture law will be put to 'reasonable limits' Charter test
January 14, 2024 - 8:29 AM
VANCOUVER - In July 2019, Vancouver police announced they had dismantled a multimillion-dollar drug operation after raiding two warehouse laboratories in South Vancouver allegedly making illegal cannabis extracts.
B.C. reports 50 more COVID-19 deaths, 276 hospitalized
June 16, 2022 - 5:04 PM
VICTORIA - The latest figures on COVID-19 in British Columbia show 276 people are hospitalized with the illness, with 19 people in critical care.
COVID-19 cases fill hospital beds in parts of Quebec, Ontario and New Brunswick
January 09, 2022 - 1:47 PM
VANCOUVER - Hospitals in several parts of Canada are straining under the weight of the Omicron variant of COVID-19, with Quebec hospitalizations reaching an all-time high on Sunday and Ontario's admissions to intensive care units surging past the 400 mark.
Dogs trained to detect COVID-19 in Vancouver health-care facilities
August 12, 2021 - 10:19 AM
VANCOUVER - Researchers in Vancouver are working to unleash a new weapon they hope will defeat the spread of the virus that causes COVID-19.
Variants of concern higher than reported, but giving precise data challenging: BCCDC
April 08, 2021 - 4:24 PM
VANCOUVER - A medical director at the British Columbia Centre for Disease Control says the number of active COVID-19 cases that are variants of concern is higher than what has been publicly reported in the province.
Metro Vancouver wastewater carries COVID-19, new app reveals viral load
March 01, 2021 - 10:06 AM
VANCOUVER - A new online tool allows Metro Vancouver residents to track the viral load of COVID-19 found in untreated wastewater at each of the region’s five wastewater treatment plants.
B.C. residents urged to prevent fires involving holiday decorations
December 13, 2020 - 2:03 PM
VICTORIA - British Columbia's Public Safety Ministry is warning that the risk of fire could be hidden beneath the sparkle of holiday decorations.
Nearly 20 per cent of COVID-19 infections among health-care workers by late July
September 19, 2020 - 1:00 AM
VANCOUVER - Health care workers in Canada made up about 20 per cent of COVID-19 infections as of late July, a figure that was higher than the global average.
B.C. secures new supply of surgical masks that exceed Health Canada standards
June 02, 2020 - 6:12 PM
VICTORIA - Millions of respirator masks that British Columbia purchased from a manufacturer in China have been given a stamp of approval by separate labs, making them available for health workers, Health Minister Adrian Dix said.
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Following are emailed reader responses to stories or letters to the editor for the third week of April 2024. They have been edited slightly for readability. Got something you want to add? Send an email to editor Marshall Jones at mjo
Fruit packers near Kelowna fined another $78,000
A fruit packing plant in the Ellison area east of Kelowna was hit with another $78,368 in fines for discharging effluent into a failed septic field. That’s now more than $110,000 in fines since 2022 for the same issue at Sandher Fruit
Manitoba government plans to lift ban on homegrown recreational cannabis
WINNIPEG - The Manitoba government is planning to end its ban on homegrown recreational cannabis — a move that would leave Quebec as the only province with such a restriction. "We're just allowing Manitobans to have the same
Tranquille developer blames province after multiple ALC denials
The province's Agricultural Land Commission has heard multiple pleas from the owner of a historic Kamloops property who wants to build an agricultural suburb on the massive site. Each time Ignition Developments goes to the commission, i
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Manitoba government plans to lift ban on homegrown recreational cannabis
WINNIPEG - The Manitoba government is planning to end its ban on homegrown recreational cannabis — a move that
April 23, 2024 10:00 PM
‘Trying not to die’: Canadian tourism operators face heavy debt, even as business roars back
Maureen Gordon has weathered hard times before. She and her husband began running ecotourism outfit Maple Leaf
April 23, 2024 9:00 PM
Two charged in alleged Kamloops assault and unlawful confinement
One of two people arrested in what police said was a "report involving weapons" has been released on bail.
April 23, 2024 7:00 PM
Lawyers in Facebook class action get millions, users get dozens
Meta, the company behind Facebook, announced in February it would settle a class action lawsuit for $51 million but
April 23, 2024 6:00 PM
B.C. places online harms bill on hold after agreement with Meta, X, TikTok, Snapchat
VICTORIA - British Columbia has placed its proposed online harms legislation on hold after reaching an agreement wit
April 23, 2024 4:30 PM
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