1+ hour, 36+ min ago  (335+ words) Published 4:01 pm Wednesday, July 15, 2026 So far this year, there have been 93 cases reported of cyclospora in B.C., a parasite infection that causes explosive diarrhea, the B.C. Centre for Disease Control estimates. Those are typical numbers for this time of year, according to…...

1+ day, 12+ hour ago  (233+ words) Published 5:00 am Tuesday, July 14, 2026 Callie Wouda, 3, has been diagnoses with B-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia. An Agassiz family has organized a GoFundMe campaign, raising $21,000 to help her family with medical expenses. (GoFundMe) It has been an emotional few weeks for the…...

5+ day, 3+ hour ago  (471+ words) Published 1:33 pm Friday, July 10, 2026 Nurses and other health care workers walking the picket line outside of Surrey Memorial Hospital in Surrey on Thursday, July 9, 2026. (Anna Burns/ Surrey Now-Leader) Labour Minister Jennifer Whiteside has appointed two special mediators in the dispute…...

5+ day, 7+ hour ago  (621+ words) Published 10:19 am Friday, July 10, 2026 “Facts,” said this health-care worker, referring to the sign she was holding at the picket line outside Surrey Memorial Hospital in Surrey on Thursday, July 9, 2026. (Anna Burns/ Surrey Now-Leader) B.C. Nurses’ Union president Adriane Gear…...

6+ day, 2+ hour ago  (335+ words) Published 3:05 pm Thursday, July 9, 2026 Researchers at the University of British Columbia have linked an inherited gene mutation to an aggressive form of prostate cancer, possibly paving the way for new genetic testing that could save lives. After analyzing the genetic…...

6+ day, 5+ hour ago  (303+ words) Published 12:33 pm Thursday, July 9, 2026 B.C. saw the fewest monthly drug deaths provincewide in May of any month since February of 2020. But 3.5 people per day still died due to suspected unregulated drug toxicity, for a total of 109 deaths, according to preliminary data…...

1+ week, 29+ min ago  (422+ words) Published 4:45 pm Wednesday, July 8, 2026 More people have walked on the moon than have lived four decades with a donor heart. On July 7, Simon Keith joined that exclusive club, marking exactly 40 years since his first life-saving transplant. Long before he became…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago  (509+ words) Published 3:52 pm Tuesday, July 7, 2026 B.C. Nurses Union president Adriane Gear speaks at a protest on May 31, 2023. She was vice-president of the union at the time. (Lauren Collins/Black Press) Striking nurses are reporting “widespread employer intimidation” as job action ramps up....

1+ week, 6+ day ago  (551+ words) Published 12:46 pm Thursday, July 2, 2026 Hundreds of nurses in Vancouver for a B.C. Nurses Union conference marched along the streets of Vancouver on May 31, 2023, calling for safer staffing levels. The union has begun job action July 2, 2026 after issuing a 72-hour strike notice…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago  (491+ words) Published 11:29 am Thursday, July 2, 2026 There have been more than 20 fatal drownings so far this year, and a society that advocates for water safety warns it could be a record-breaking year for deaths. Lifesaving Society’s B.C. and Yukon branch says – by…...