An early turnover and a penalty resulted in a pair of tries for Britain in a 31-5 victory over Canada in a men’s quarter-final Sunday at the World Rugby Sevens Series.
Fifty years ago, an ad-hoc group of environmentalists gathered in Vancouver’s Kitsilano neighbourhood with a shared goal to stop the United States from testing nuclear weapons off the western coast of Alaska. Today, Greenpeace is the most recognized environmental organization in the world.
Scientists in B.C. and Washington state are hopeful that three pregnancies discovered in the critically endangered southern resident orcas’ J pod could help save the species. But other threats remain.
Ronald Hayden had a heart attack last month, but like many Canadians, he doesn’t have a family doctor for followup care. The shortage of primary care is putting other aspects of health care, such as emergency rooms, under pressure, say advocates.