VICTORIA, BC: More people in B.C. will have access to life-saving overdose prevention, treatment and supports. These supports are part of the $10.5 million in funding that will accelerate the response to an increasingly toxic illicit drug supply due to COVID-19. “There have been devastating consequences for people who use substances during dual public health emergencies,” said…

A large number of the valley networks scarring Mars’s surface were carved by water melting beneath glacial ice, not by free-flowing rivers as previously thought, according to new UBC research published today in Nature Geoscience. The findings effectively throw cold water on the dominant “warm and wet ancient Mars” hypothesis, which postulates that rivers, rainfall…

As of 12 AM, August 2, all watches and warnings have ended following a full late Saturday afternoon of severe storms in the southern BC Peace. Environment Canada is forecasting thunderstorms for the BC Peace and Fort Nelson region for later this afternoon and evening. Storms rolled through the Mackenzie, Pine Pass and Chetwynd areas…

RCMP and local search and rescue crews completed another day searching the Kootenay River after a man was swept away Thursday afternoon, while attempting to rescue his dog. On July 30, 2020 shortly before 3:30 p.m. (MT), Columbia Valley RCMP received information that a man had been suddenly swept down river after he entered the…

VICTORIA, BC: Regulations are in place outlining how B.C. will reduce pollution and make the switch to 100% electric-vehicle sales by 2040. The regulations follow the Zero-Emission Vehicles (ZEV) Act that was passed last year and fulfils the CleanBC commitment to implement a ZEV standard. “British Columbians are eager to get behind the wheel of…

UPDATE… Please note that this article information has changed. Please refer here Enhanced safety measures and additional resources will enable most students in grades K-12 to return to school on Sept. 8, 2020, with full-time in-class learning as the province moves to Stage 2 of B.C.’s Education Restart Plan. “The classroom is an essential part…

Elevated levels of lead have been found in samples of honey from hives downwind of the Notre-Dame Cathedral fire, collected three months after the April 2019 blaze. In research outlined in Environmental Science & Technology Letters, scientists from UBC’s Pacific Centre for Isotopic and Geochemical Research (PCIGR) analyzed concentrations of metals, including lead, in 36 honey…