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B.C. group building 'breathing' sculpture mimicking real-time air quality

B.C. group building 'breathing' sculpture mimicking real-time air quality

A B.C. group of engineers is building a giant shape-shifting, origami sculpture that allows people to "breathe" with polluted towns and cities on the other side of the world. Why? To "evoke people's empathy."
Vaccines could curb COVID-19 spike predicted for fall: modelling group

Vaccines could curb COVID-19 spike predicted for fall: modelling group

An expected rise in cases this fall is based on waning immunity rather than the threat of new variants better able to evade immunity, according to the latest COVID modelling projections.
Opinion: Climate risk index shows threats to 90 per cent of the world's marine species

Opinion: Climate risk index shows threats to 90 per cent of the world's marine species

A new biodiversity index captures the climate risk for nearly 25,000 marine species and their ecosystems and lays the groundwork for climate-smart approaches to management and conservation.
Crown closes case in trial of pipeline protesters accused of violating Trans Mountain injunction

Crown closes case in trial of pipeline protesters accused of violating Trans Mountain injunction

Trans Mountain crews were undertaking “very critical” work the day a group of anti-pipeline protesters disrupted construction along Mission Flats Road two years ago, a judge has been told.
Travel warning: Here's why Canada has updated its travel advisories for France, the U.K., and Belgium

Travel warning: Here's why Canada has updated its travel advisories for France, the U.K., and Belgium

Travellers are warned about violent attacks.
Court has no jurisdiction overseeing B.C. climate laws, argue government lawyers

Court has no jurisdiction overseeing B.C. climate laws, argue government lawyers

"There's nothing nefarious going on here," said one of the province's lawyers in court.
Neighbours put dog feces in her car, B.C. woman alleges

Neighbours put dog feces in her car, B.C. woman alleges

Grudge over neighbour's dog led to lewd gestures, driveby insults, a bag of feces left in a vehicle and a matching pair of $5,000 claims.
Beachcombers series marks 50th anniversary with heartfelt tributes at Molly's Reach

Beachcombers series marks 50th anniversary with heartfelt tributes at Molly's Reach

Back where it began: Some of the surviving cast and crew of the iconic Beachcombers TV show returned to Molly's Reach for a celebration of the 50th anniversary of the first episode airing on CBC on Oct. 1, 1972.
MCFD still unwilling to speak in detail about imposter social worker case

MCFD still unwilling to speak in detail about imposter social worker case

The imposter, Robert Riley Saunders, would go on to steal hundreds of thousands of dollars from Indigenous youth in his care.
Falcon says B.C. could learn from Alberta's approach to drug-overdose crisis

Falcon says B.C. could learn from Alberta's approach to drug-overdose crisis

Alberta has invested heavily in addiction treatment and recovery programs rather than harm reduction that keeps people in an “addiction lifestyle,” B.C. Liberal leader says