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Emergency Support Services finds new home in New West – and needs volunteers

Emergency Support Services finds new home in New West – and needs volunteers

Emergency Support Services is in need of volunteers to help out their fellow citizens.
Paralyzed by targeted shooting, Vancouver boxer returns to the ring

Paralyzed by targeted shooting, Vancouver boxer returns to the ring

Bullets knocked Leo Sammarelli down, but it didn’t kill his passion for the sport
Updated: Richmond Hospital parking nets $1.2 million a year

Updated: Richmond Hospital parking nets $1.2 million a year

Richmond city council will ask the province and Vancouver Coastal Health to have two hours of free parking at hospitals across B.C. They are also asking for a system whereby patrons pay as they leave, to cut down on stress caused by pay parking.
A rare disease and an uncommon resilience

A rare disease and an uncommon resilience

She was a patient without a diagnosis. From the spring of 2016 to that winter, Emily Chan bounced from the neurology department to the psychiatric department and back again as health-care professionals applied the right cure to the wrong disease.
No impact on pool reconstruction from lawsuit: City of Richmond

No impact on pool reconstruction from lawsuit: City of Richmond

The reconstruction of the aquatic centre at Minoru Park is “on schedule” said the City of Richmond – three years after it was originally supposed to open.
Missing New West woman in video footage obtained by police

Missing New West woman in video footage obtained by police

Missing New West woman Nirla Sharma appeared in video footage from the day she disappeared, but not the footage widely shared by news organizations earlier this week, according to New West police.
Burnaby backs call for free contraceptives for women

Burnaby backs call for free contraceptives for women

Burnaby city council is backing a growing movement calling for the province to offer free prescription contraceptives to women. The push is coming from AccessBC, a group fighting for free access to prescription contraceptives.
Video: New ‘Wuhan shake’ goes viral amid coronavirus fears

Video: New ‘Wuhan shake’ goes viral amid coronavirus fears

Public health officials are encouraging people to change the way they greet each other amid coronavirus (COVID-19) fears and people are doing just that.
Metro Vancouver traveller lies about having coronavirus to change flight: Swoop

Metro Vancouver traveller lies about having coronavirus to change flight: Swoop

"They self-identified as having the coronavirus, stating that was the reason for changing their flight."
B.C.-wide tuna recall due to scombroid poisoning risk

B.C.-wide tuna recall due to scombroid poisoning risk

The affected products are sold at several Vancouver stores