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Overuse of riprap to prevent riverbank erosion is harming B.C. rivers

Every spring, melting snow and heavy rainfall brings a higher risk of flooding and riverbank erosion to parts of Canada. Bank erosion is responsible for a significant portion of annual flood damage in Canada, with estimates suggesting the costs could grow as high as $13.6 billion anually by the end…

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A First Nations power authority could transform electricity generation for Indigenous nations

First Nations across British Columbia have developed renewable electricity projects for decades. Yet they’ve experienced significant barriers to implementing, owning and managing their own electricity supply. That’s because there have been few procurement policies in place that require their involvement.

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Shipping between EU ports in the Arctic is driving the rapid loss of sea ice, report warns

Black carbon emissions from ships in the Arctic nearly doubled in six years.

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Bryan Adams announces mammoth North American tour schedule with Pat Benatar and The Sheepdogs

Bryan Adams' Roll With The Punches tour will reach North America in September after a lengthy European run

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Pro snowboarder, The North Face manager among those killed by giant BC avalanche

The men were unable to get out of the avalanche's path while awaiting pickup

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We hear about the health impact of climate-related events. But what about the health-care workers who respond to them?

In British Columbia, like elsewhere in Canada, the impacts of climate change on health and health services are apparent. In recent years, the province has experienced a range of climate change-related extreme weather events, with considerable negative consequences.

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Norovirus Cases Surge: What You Need To Know About Stomach Bug

Here are the essential details about the stomach flu, including its symptoms, how it spreads, and the best ways to protect yourself and others from infection.

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Survey on AI finds most people want it regulated, but trust in government remains low

If you use social media, you’ve likely come across deepfakes. These are video or audio clips of politicians, celebrities or others manipulated using artificial intelligence (AI) to make it appear like the person is saying or doing something they haven’t actually said or done.

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Bosozoku Vs Kaido Racer: A History of Japan's Wildest-Looking Subcultures

As human beings, we hunger for our tribe. A sense of inclusion feeds a primal need that’s older than speech, older than tools. Ultimately, these two wild-looking machines express that need. Each belongs to its own distinct tribe, explains the same idea in their own boisterous way.

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Canada reports 1st local case of H5 bird flu

A teen in Canada may be the first person to catch an H5 bird flu virus within the country. Health officials are now working to confirm the diagnosis.

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To the loser go the spoils? Hats off to the politicians who accept defeat — despite Trump’s precedent

Three cheers for the losers. Democracy cannot survive without them. Democracy is, after all, a method to both express and then peacefully resolve debate. Polish-American scholar Adam Przeworski once described it as “a system in which parties lose elections.”

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The B.C. election could decide the future of the province’s species at risk laws

With British Columbians going to the polls this week, a whole host of key issues are on the agenda. Among these issues stands the future of species at risk legislation in B.C. — and perhaps with it Canada as a whole.

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B.C. election: Debate over the rights of gender-diverse youth continues as their school safety declines

The treatment of sexual minority and gender-diverse youth in Canadian schools continues to be a contentious issue among parents and political parties, particularly in provinces like Alberta and British Columbia.

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B.C. election: Party proposals on climate action point in opposite directions

With affordability, housing and health care at the top of voters’ minds in British Columbia, they haven’t heard much about climate change with less than a week to go until the provincial election.

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‘It’s path-breaking’: British Columbia’s blueprint for decolonisation

First Nations are negotiating with government on sharing crucial decisions over forestry, mining and construction

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British Columbia’s Election Is a Bellwether for Climate Policy

Is the last progressive stronghold in Canada poised to fall?

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How the British Columbia election is being haunted by the ghosts of 1952

As British Columbia prepares for an election on Oct. 19, the province is facing a seemingly unfamiliar situation. The provincial party system — which until recently featured the Liberals and the NDP as the two dominant players — has seen the demise of the Liberals a year after they rebranded…

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B.C.’s plan for involuntary addiction treatment is a step back in our response to the overdose crisis

British Columbia Premier David Eby recently announced that his government plans to open highly secure facilities where people struggling with mental health, serious brain injuries and severe addictions will receive involuntary care.

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Do not investigate: The hobbling of the B.C. forestry policing service sets a troubling precedent

The British Columbia forestry policing services (officially known as the Compliance and Enforcement Branch (CEB) is the province’s primary environmental policing service. Like other Canadian provinces’ environmental policing services, the officers in B.C. are tasked with investigating wildfire causes, forestry offences and other violations of laws designed to protect water…

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Conservatives Poised to Dominate in British Columbia

As the provincial election nears, polls reveal a stunning political realignment

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The Opioid Crisis Is Surging. We’re Still Ignoring Experts

The perils of prioritizing politics over public health

The Conversation

Wet’suwet’en hereditary chief is ‘prisoner of conscience’ after failure of Delgamuukw ruling 25 years ago

Dsta’hyl, a hereditary chief of the Wet’suwet’en Nation of northern British Columbia, recently became the first person in Canada to be named a “prisoner of conscience” by Amnesty International. The organization defines prisoner of conscience as “any person imprisoned or otherwise physically restricted (for example, through house arrest), solely because…

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The Blueberry River First Nations’ oil and gas dispute is a failure of colonial-imposed governance

The Blueberry River First Nations (BRFN) has, for a few years now, been locked in a dispute with the B.C. government over oil and gas development on its land. These tensions came to a head in 2021 when the BRFN won a landmark court case against the province as the…

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The Haida-B.C. agreement was a landmark deal, but where was Canada?

The Haida Nation and government of British Columbia recently signed the Gaayhllxid/Gíihlagalgang “Rising Tide” Haida Title Lands Agreement, which recognizes and affirms the Haida Nation’s title to the archipelago of Haida Gwaii.

The Conversation

Drug prohibition is fuelling the overdose crisis: Regulating drugs is the way out

Should heroin and cocaine be legally available to people who need and want them? If we are serious about stopping the crisis of drug overdose deaths, that is exactly the kind of profound change we need. Yes, extensive regulations would be necessary. In fact, the whole point of regulating drug…

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