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Some of B.C.’s rarest and most irreplaceable old-growth trees are being cut down despite the land having been set aside for protection, according to a leaked letter to the premier from a panel of experts. “We are causing extinction,” ecologist and panel member Rachel Holt said in an interview. “We are causing significant global impact […]

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Abbotsford residents are living in the third-best city in Canada, according to a recent study from marketing agency dNOVO Group. This study analyzed various qualities of the 28 biggest cities in the country and ranked them based on how livable they are. The most impactful categories were disposable income and quality of life, while safety

British Columbia’s Transportation and Transit Minister Mike Farnworth discussed lobbying the federal government for an airport to be built in South Surrey’s Campbell Heights. Scott Wheatley, executive director of the Cloverdale District Chamber of Commerce, raised the subject during a Q&A with the minister March 18 at the Sheraton Vancouver Guildford Hotel, where Farnworth was

Across B.C., emergency rooms are already under enormous pressure. But one preventable problem continues to send patients through hospital doors: untreated dental pain and infection. When people cannot access basic dental care, they often have nowhere else to go but the ER — where doctors can manage pain, but not the underlying problem. Throughout the