Brieanna Charlebois
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Reporter with The Canadian Press
If a goose dies in your backyard, should you worry about avian flu?
Experts and health authorities say that while the risk of human infection with the H5N1 strain of the avian influenza remains low, people should avoid contact with sick or dead birds.
Election recount results expected in B.C. today
Judicial recounts in British Columbia's provincial election should wrap up today, confirming whether Premier David Eby's New Democrats hang onto their one-seat majority almost three weeks after the vote.
Eby says he'll focus on NDP's record, but takes more shots at Rustad
New Democrat Leader David Eby says he's focusing his provincial election campaign on commitments to B.C. residents after acknowledging he didn't speak enough about his team's work on the cost of living at Tuesday's debate.
Anticipated La Nina wet weather pattern could ease drought conditions in B.C.
British Columbia's nagging drought could be eased by an incoming weather pattern that may bring a colder and wetter than normal winter, says Sean Fleming, an adjunct UBC professor of atmospheric sciences.
B.C. NDP release video of John Rustad's anti-vaccine comments
The New Democratic Party shared the video Monday, while Leader David Eby said voters in B.C. should be aware that the B.C. Conservative Party leader's "health policy is driven by conspiracy theories from the internet."
Heat wave in B.C. sparks wildfire concerns
Environment Canada says a heat wave brought in by a "ridge of high pressure" is expected to persist over dozens of regions in B.C. until about mid-week, sparking wildfire concerns.
B.C. government networks targeted by 'sophisticated cybersecurity incidents': Eby
A government source later said the incidents were related to a directive to all provincial employees early last week that they should immediately change their passwords.
'Cybersecurity incident' prompts London Drugs to close Western stores
Confused shoppers milled around the front of a London Drugs store in downtown Vancouver on Monday, some wondering aloud why they couldn't access the store to get prescriptions or buy hair dye.
Advocates for drug users push back against B.C.'s shift on decriminalization
Advocates for drug users are raising concerns about British Columbia's request for Health Canada to empower police to step in when they see illicit drug use in public spaces, saying it may be a step backward in the fight against the deadly opioid crisis.
Will tech enable grain farmers survive a new, volatile climate?
Lenore Newman, director of the Food and Agriculture Institute at the University of the Fraser Valley, said many in Western Canada have an "Old MacDonald image" of farming that is no longer realistic or sustainable.