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Hopes of fatherhood: UBC scientists on frontier of high-tech male infertility research

A team of researchers at the University of British Columbia (UBC) is using artificial intelligence in an effort to detect hard-to-find sperm and 3D bioprinting technology with the ultimate goal of growing sperm in the lab — technologies they say could eventually help men with infertility become parents.

128-year-old mystery shipwreck scorched by fire on Vancouver Island

Ucluelet Fire Rescue is investigating the cause of fire at the shipwrecked vessel, which is part of the 'Graveyard of the Pacific.'

Canadians spend billions on cosmetics each year, but dermatologists say only a fraction of products are needed

Dermatologists agree that sunscreen, face wash and moisturizer are the three most useful products most people can buy, and suggest that consumers should be skeptical of products claiming to offer results that would usually require clinical treatment to achieve. 

Relocation not an option for grizzly that has divided public opinion on small island, say B.C. officials

Residents of Texada Island, B.C. are split over the fate of a grizzly bear that has already been relocated twice.

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