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After years waiting for surgery, B.C. woman considering medically assisted death

A B.C. mom with a rare, debilitating illness has spent years trying to get the help she needs. Now she's considering medical assistance in dying.

Rosie Ashcraft has spent years trying to get the help she needs. Now she's considering medical assistance in dying.

Interior, Island and North led B.C.'s decline in COVID-19 hospitalizations this week

The number of COVID-19 patients in B.C. hospitals hit its lowest point in more than a month this week, and the decline was driven largely by regions outside the Lower Mainland.

A person wears a protective face covering to help prevent the spread of COVID-19 while walking past the emergency entrance of Vancouver General Hospital in Vancouver, B.C., Friday, April 9, 2021. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jonathan Hayward

Small Vancouver startup believes it's created the solution to plastic pollution

Researchers working in partnership with UBC believe an eco-friendly material could help solve the world’s plastic pollution problem.

Bioform Technologies has patented an eco-friendly plastic alternative that researchers believe could help address the problem of plastic pollution in oceans.

With ridership still well below pre-pandemic levels, TransLink looks for 'long-term revenue solutions'

Metro Vancouver's public transit system will be dealing with the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic for years to come, according to recent funding and ridership announcements by TransLink.

'Now is the time': Premiers urge federal government to talk health-care dollars

The federal government needs to come to the table to discuss more money for health care, Western Canada's premiers said at their annual meeting.

Charges approved in 'very serious and traumatic' Surrey sexual assault involving break-in, confinement

A man identified previously by police has now been charged in connection with what officers call a "very serious and traumatic" sexual assault in Surrey, B.C.

Popular hike the Grouse Grind reopening Saturday morning

The popular Grouse Grind Trail is set to reopen this weekend, following a colder-than-usual spring that kept conditions icy well into May.

Double stabbing at Vancouver apartment sends women to hospital

Vancouver police are investigating a double stabbing they say happened at an apartment building in Kitsilano Friday morning.

Taking your dog or cat on a hike? Here's what the BC SPCA wants you to know

British Columbians excited to take their dog on a local hike this summer are being reminded to prepare for the pets, just as they plan for themselves.

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School police chief receives blame in Texas shooting response

The police official blamed for not sending officers in more quickly to stop the Uvalde, Texas, school shooting is the chief of the school system's small police force, a unit dedicated ordinarily to building relationships with students and responding to the occasional fight.

A child looks at a memorial site for the victims killed in this week's shooting at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, May 27, 2022. (AP Photo/Dario Lopez-Mills)

Fact check: NRA speakers distort gun and crime statistics

Speakers at the National Rifle Association annual meeting assailed a Chicago gun ban that doesn't exist, ignored security upgrades at the Texas school where children were slaughtered and roundly distorted national gun and crime statistics as they pushed back against any tightening of gun laws.

'Mom, you gotta carry on': 58-year-old Winnipegger inspired to graduate high school by late son

Fifty-eight-year-old Vivian Ketchum is set to receive her high school diploma at a graduation ceremony at the University of Winnipeg next month. It is a moment that is decades in the making.

Truth tracker: Does the World Economic Forum influence governments like Canada’s?

The World Economic Forum’s annual meeting in Davos was met with justifiable criticisms and unfounded conspiracy theories.

She smeared blood on herself and played dead: 11-year-old reveals chilling details of the massacre

An 11-year-old survivor of the Robb Elementary School massacre in Uvalde, Texas, feared the gunman would come back for her so she smeared herself in her friend's blood and played dead.