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School buses cancelled, road warnings up as freezing rain hits Cariboo Chilcotin

All School district 27 and School District 28 bus routes have been cancelled for Thursday, Dec. 4 due to road conditions. A travel advisory was in effect for Highway 97 south of 150 Mile House to Clinton, and from the beginning of Highway 24 to Eagle Island Road. The advisory was due to freezing rain […]

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B.C. SPCA seeks charges after severely matted dog found shivering in the snow

The BC SPCA is recommending animal cruelty charges to Crown Counsel after finding a “heartbreaking sight.” On Nov. 18, an animal protection officer responded to concerns of animal cruelty near a remote property east of Prince Rupert and found a heavily-matted dog lying in the snow. After discussing the dog’s condition, the owner surrendered the

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B.C. researcher utilizing AI tool to uncover the randomness of wildfire

A UBC Okanagan (UBCO) doctoral student has utilized an artificial intelligence (AI) tool to study fire behaviour. Laden Tazik, the lead author of a new study in Fire, used the “Segment Anything Model”, a state of the art AI tool to capture fire behaviour and extract fire perimeters from experimental burn videos frame-by-frame to study

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‘Medicine for the People:’ B.C. health staff learning about Indigenous care practices

Leona Starr believes the incorporation of traditional medicines and healing practices is essential to the holistic wellness of Indigenous peoples. With that in mind, Interior Health (IH) staff in B.C.’s East Kootenay region were recently invited to discuss and learn about the incorporation of traditional Indigenous medicines while receiving care within IH facilities. “The knowledge

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