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Nanaimo’s drug-poisoning death rate double Vancouver Island’s average

Medical health officer presents grim overdose statistics to city councillors

Dec 15, 2023 10:35 AM Read more >

Salmon Arm students pitch new municipal flag for Tofino

Tofino’s current municipal flag was designed by artist Roy Henry Vickers

Dec 15, 2023 10:28 AM Read more >

Investigation begins after 3 dead elk found in Cowichan Lake

Conservation officials fear more illegal poaching

Dec 15, 2023 10:22 AM Read more >

Hope and understanding slowly creep into Canada’s long COVID battle

Researchers still have a lot of work to do, but say progress slowly being made

Dec 15, 2023 9:00 AM Read more >

Two cases of avian flu identified in Okanagan

Investigations underway in Central and North Okanagan

Dec 15, 2023 7:35 AM Read more >

UBC Okanagan professor in uncharted territory with new study of time, space

International research team blending Einstein’s theory of general relativity with quantum mechanics

Dec 15, 2023 7:30 AM Read more >

Homeless deaths rise in Okanagan

Kelowna and Vernon saw 14 and 13 deaths last year

Dec 15, 2023 7:28 AM Read more >

Canada’s national emergency response program could see changes in 2024

Canada one of the few G7 countries without a national emergency co-ordinating agency

Dec 15, 2023 6:30 AM Read more >

Canada pondering another pause on assisted dying expansion

Minister says officials weighing options on push to open program to those with mental illness

Dec 15, 2023 6:30 AM Read more >

Gun law aimed at domestic abusers, ghost guns approved by Senate

Bill C-21 also includes a ban on assault-style firearms, faced opposition by hunters, sport shooters

Dec 15, 2023 6:30 AM Read more >