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Indigenous people's health tightly tied to speaking their own languages, review finds

Researchers analyzed 262 academic and community-based studies from Canada, the United States, Australia and New Zealand, and determined 78 per cent of them connected Indigenous language vitality with improved health. 

New government report shows 'hard evidence' of racial wage disparities in B.C.

The B.C. Anti-Racism Data Committee’s recent report has found that in many occupations, "significant gaps" exist between the salaries of racialized and white workers.
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These massive waves used to be the stuff of legend

Once dismissed as a maritime myth, rogue waves are now being recorded in Canadian waters more than ever. A network of AI-powered buoys off the coast of B.C. is capturing these giants in real time. Johanna Wagstaffe meets the engineer developing new tools to understand — and maybe one day forecast — their chaotic nature.

1.5-metre-long boa constrictor found on the loose in provincial park near Comox, B.C.

The B.C. Conservation Officer Service found a 1.5-metre-long boa constrictor in Miracle Beach Provincial Park on Thursday.

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