Canadian officials, including Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland, joined allies in staging a walkout of a G20 meeting in Washington, D.C. …Read the full story
“At the same time, others have raised public health and safety concerns, which will need to be carefully weighed. ‘People are sometimes generally surprised how ill they are getting despite getting two doses of vaccine,” Dr. Dr. Brent Roussin, the chief provincial public health officer, noted the BA.2 COVID strain is the main strain circulating […]
The push to get into these spaces comes more than three years after Canada legalized recreational cannabis. Since then, pot shops have speckled many cities – Ontario alone had 1,115 stores last September – and clustered so heavily in areas like Toronto’s Queen Street that some are calling for legislation to dictate how close to […]
Make Time for Self-Care: Avon Skin So Soft Bath Oil has a loyal fan base. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky is set to address Canada’s Parliament on Tuesday. Pressure is mounting on the federal government to formulate an Arctic strategy and make building up military force in the North a priority, since Russia’s unprovoked incursion of Ukraine. […]
“I can see the rationale for these kinds of rules. In Quebec, the expanded vaccine requirement triggered a surge in first dose vaccinations. “We are watching Quebec where this will come into effect, and we want to see what the impact is on workers who are now going to enforce this vaccine passport,” said Smith, […]
Jeffrey Brubacher, an associate professor at UBC and the principal investigator of the study, says before cannabis was legalized, 3.8 per cent of injured drivers had THC concentrations above the Canadian legal driving limit of two nanograms/ml. That percentage rose to 8.6 per cent after cannabis was legalized. At 12:01 a.m. on Monday, Ontario will […]
According to a national rent report released by Rentals.ca and Bullpen Research and Consulting, Vancouver’s average rates could go up by six per cent in 2022. North Vancouver, Richmond and Coquitlam weren’t included in the ranked list, but the report said average monthly rent for a one-bedroom unit hit $2,104 in North Vancouver. So far […]
He won his half-a-million in a Lotto Max draw this fall, and said the money will help him achieve a goal he’s had for a long time. Others have to lean on their parents, if they’re fortunate enough to have family members who can help out. “It’s really unusual for somebody to have saved $100,000 […]
These grants are worth up to $1 million. …Read the full story
Atwin had maintained that she stands by her pro-Palestinian position, and was hurt by the accusation made that she was anti-Semitic. She said she’s been told there is a difference of opinion among Liberals and believes there will be an opportunity within her new caucus to have a more “healthy discussion and debate” than was […]
“Knowing these illegal weapons are in shops around the city is definitely concerning and it poses a risk to the public,” said Vancouver Police Department Const. The VPD said in addition to the cannabis products, officers also located approximately 25 pounds of dried psilocybin , 75 pounds of psilocybin infused edible products and hundreds of […]
Getting the gimmick to work requires taking a screen capture of yourself without a beer and setting it as your background in your video conferencing application. “We definitely hold no responsibility if you’re caught,” she said with a laugh. …Read the full story
It is putting on a two-day sale on Saturday, May 15th, and Sunday, May 16th, at all locations. …Read the full story
The updates, provided in a written statement from provincial health officer Dr. Bonnie Henry and Health Minister Adrian Dix, bring the province’s rolling seven-day average for daily new cases to 719, continuing a downward trend that has been ongoing for weeks. On Wednesday, Health Canada announced that it had approved the Pfizer vaccine for use […]
The downtown skyline including BC Place stadium, condo towers and numerous construction cranes is seen from Queen Elizabeth Park in Vancouver on Sunday, Nov. …Read the full story
Even with the restrictions, the city says that water use tends to double during the summer months. …Read the full story
The local health area that makes up most of the City of Surrey saw 1,698 people test positive for COVID-19 during the week shown on the map. Some neighbouring health regions south of the Fraser River also saw more new cases last week than they did the previous one. Modelling presented by provincial health officer […]
