The Canadian Cancer Society is encouraging smokers to butt out for 24 hours on Weedless Wednesday, and. now that recreational cannabis is legal, the challenge is extended to cannabis smokers as well.
National Non-Smoking Week is a yearly event that began in 1977 and Weedless Wednesday is an annual occasion for smokers to abstain from lighting up. This year, smokers of the wacky tobacky are invited to join the movement.
The jury deciding the fate of Lisa Batstone, the woman accused of killing her daughter, Teagan, is hearing closing arguments this week.
The eight-year-old girl was found dead in Lisa's trunk in December 2014. In court, experts testified Teagan died of asphyxiation.
Surrey police are stepping up patrols near local schools as they try to determine if two recent attacks on young girls are related.
In both cases, the girls say they were grabbed by strangers. In one of the incidents, a man exposed himself to the victim.
When implanted into mice, they uncover cause of diabetes-induced blood vessel damage in humans
Scientists say, for the first time, they have grown human blood vessels from scratch in the lab that look and behave like the ones in our bodies.
Some British Columbians who moved to Hong Kong for better jobs are considering a return back home.
After moving to Hong Kong for the better job prospects, some British Columbians are considering a return back home.
Firefighters say they have contained a fire at a demolition company on Burnaby Mountain on Aubrey Street near Pinehurst Drive, close to the Kinder Morgan tank farm.
People in the area described a mass of firetrucks arriving and the skyline glowing orange from the blaze. Amanda Adams said she heard ongoing sirens in the area and "a bright orange flickering glow over the rooftops."
A fire tore through a metal recycling facility in East Vancouver Monday night.
Vancouver Fire Rescue said the fire caused several explosions, which were believed to be propane tanks, at the Triumph Street site around 10:00 p.m. PT.
