Credit to Author: Pamela Fayerman| Date: Tue, 08 Oct 2019 01:06:09 +0000
St. Paul’s Foundation took on a lofty task of raising $225 million for new hospital, and it’s almost reached its goal
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Credit to Author: Randy Shore| Date: Mon, 07 Oct 2019 19:30:34 +0000
Infections among women 15 to 49 years old increased by nearly 40 per cent last year
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Credit to Author: Malcolm Parry| Date: Fri, 04 Oct 2019 14:00:20 +0000
‘The Red Arrows are the best ambassador our country has,’ says U.K.’s high commissioner
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Credit to Author: Tiffany Crawford| Date: Thu, 03 Oct 2019 22:51:10 +0000
Dr. Kishore Mulpuri, an orthopedic surgeon at B.C. Children’s Hospital, has been awarded a $450,000 research grant from the federal government for his team’s project, I’m a HIPpy.
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Credit to Author: The Canadian Press| Date: Tue, 01 Oct 2019 21:18:46 +0000
The claim accuses Juul Labs Canada of Vancouver and San Francisco-based Juul Labs Inc. of “misleading and/or deceptive statements,” including implying that vaping is safer than smoking and marketing the product to minors.
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Credit to Author: Rob Shaw| Date: Mon, 30 Sep 2019 23:23:43 +0000
There are roughly 90,000 businesses in B.C. currently selling e-cigarettes and vape products, including local corner stores, convenience stores and gas stations. They do not require a license, and health inspectors are stretched thin to catch anyone selling illegally to minors.
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Credit to Author: Malcolm Parry| Date: Fri, 27 Sep 2019 18:00:20 +0000
The recent sixth-annual Hope Couture luncheon reportedly raised more than $700,000 to help the B.C. Cancer Foundation fund a pancreatic cancer rapid-access clinic.
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Credit to Author: Nick Eagland| Date: Fri, 27 Sep 2019 00:27:28 +0000
The event takes place Sunday at Swangard Stadium, on the traditional, ancestral and unceeded territories of the Coast Salish People.
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Credit to Author: The Canadian Press| Date: Thu, 26 Sep 2019 21:05:40 +0000
Canada’s population increased by 4.6 per cent between 2014 and 2018, while the number of physicians grew by 12.5 per cent over the same time period, says the report released Thursday.
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Credit to Author: Denise Ryan| Date: Tue, 17 Sep 2019 01:21:45 +0000
Since 2008, when Vancouver Coastal Health cut maternity services at Bella Coola General Hospital, pregnant women in the community must travel to Williams Lake a month before their due date.
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