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Child protection week

Posted on June 4, 2014January 20, 2021 by Linda Givetash
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Innovation is key to future of B.C. health-care system

Posted on May 26, 2014August 5, 2016 by Linda Givetash

More seniors, chronic illnesses, and tighter budgets will add up to mounting pressure on health services in the coming years — but this might not be cause for alarm.

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Vancouver’s medical and tech sectors come together for innovative health apps

Posted on May 8, 2014January 20, 2021 by Linda Givetash

Auti-Sim, a game currently available for free online, was created by a developer, designer, and early childhood educator in Vancouver. Set in a virtual playground, the game allows users to see and feel what childhood play is like for someone with the hypersensitive hearing that can result from autism.

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Mental Health Week encourages women to speak out

Posted on April 30, 2014January 20, 2021 by Linda Givetash

With her blond hair shimmering in the sun as she watched ferries sail by, the 27-year-old showed no sign of the mood swings and depression that have plagued her mind for much of her life.

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A GP for Me program aims to help you find a family doctor

Posted on April 21, 2014January 20, 2021 by Linda Givetash

In Vancouver, it is estimated that over 100,000 people don’t have a family doctor and about 24,000 are actively looking for one, according to the Vancouver Division of Family Practice.

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Anxious times for West End store owners

Posted on March 26, 2014August 5, 2016 by Linda Givetash

“We’ve been shouldering this for quite a long time and it’s pretty hard,” said Zhang. “We were hoping the landlord [would] come up with a solution so we could help each other, we could stay with more reasonable rent.”“It’s not happening and so we have to find a lower-rent place.”

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Mixing business and charity

Posted on November 12, 2013March 11, 2019 by Linda Givetash

iNotForProfit provides organizations with a customizable smartphone app they can use to promote their causes by integrating their online activities — everything from tweets to donation forms — into one mobile hub.

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Community kitchen to feed West End’s hungry youth

Posted on October 21, 2013January 20, 2021 by Linda Givetash

A community group in Vancouver’s West End is confident that it will be able to launch a new program to provide healthy meals for young people — residents who until now have received far less attention than the area’s low-income seniors.

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Discussing end-of-life care with family invaluable, experts say

Posted on September 21, 2013January 20, 2021 by Linda Givetash

Death isn’t a typical topic of conversation at the dinner table for most families. But in the event a person is nearing death and can no longer voice their wishes, their family is often left guessing what their loved one’s wishes would be.

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Neighbours raise new barn for family devastated by fire

Posted on August 2, 2013August 5, 2016 by Linda Givetash

The fire that started in a dairy barn at 1636 Lobsinger Line the evening of July 12 consumed the barn, some cattle and killed two-year-old Steven Martin. The cause of the blaze was unclear and the boy’s body was never found.

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Saturday night storm slams Kitchener

Posted on July 29, 2013August 5, 2016 by Linda Givetash

A series of thunderstorms passed through the region late Saturday night but one storm cell in particular caused a downburst over an isolated area of the city just before midnight.

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Visiting Kitchener worker trapped by Calgary flooding

Posted on July 21, 2013August 5, 2016 by Linda Givetash

Trapped in a friend’s home watching the constant downpour, Adam Vuylsteke didn’t expect his getaway from Guelph would look quite like this.

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Severe flooding a sign of future weather woes, UW researcher says

Posted on July 21, 2013January 20, 2021 by Linda Givetash

Flooding in southern Alberta that occurred in 2005 was then considered a one-in-100-years disaster, yet the heavy rains this week that have led to flooding in Banff, Canmore, Calgary and south toward Lethbridge have caused more widespread damage than the previous event.

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Boy, 2, feared lost in barn blaze

Posted on July 12, 2013August 5, 2016 by Linda Givetash

A two-year-old boy was missing as fire crews battled a barn fire Friday evening on Lobsinger Line.

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Porch party celebrates local musicians

Posted on July 10, 2013August 5, 2016 by Linda Givetash

The normally quiet streets of an uptown neighbourhood were transformed into a series of concert venues enticing people to get outside and connect with their community.

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Erin Howlett reported missing just before her body was found in Grand River in Kitchener

Posted on July 9, 2013August 5, 2016 by Linda Givetash

The body of the 28-year-old Elmira woman was discovered in the Grand River near the Walter Bean trail off Riverbend Drive. A group of teens swimming in the river alerted police after seeing something suspicious in the water around 4 p.m. Friday.

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Body in river identified

Posted on July 8, 2013August 5, 2016 by Linda Givetash

The body of Erin Howlett was recovered from the river near the Walter Bean Trail next to Riverbend Drive in Kitchener by Waterloo Regional Police on Friday after teens swimming in the river reported something suspicious in the water, police confirmed Sunday.

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Family searches for answers in teen’s death in Mexico

Posted on July 8, 2013August 5, 2016 by Linda Givetash

The teen, commonly known as Camila Lopez, was kayaking in the waters by the Now Jade Riviera hotel in Puerto Morelos, less than 40 kilometres south of Cancun, when she was hit by a 16-year-old from London, England, who was driving a rental personal watercraft.

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Foul play suspected in woman’s death

Posted on July 7, 2013August 5, 2016 by Linda Givetash

Police suspect foul play after the body of an unidentified woman was found in the Grand River near the Walter Bean trail Friday afternoon.

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Watching history unfold

Posted on July 5, 2013January 20, 2021 by Linda Givetash

The Egyptian military forced Islamist president Mohammed Morsi from office Wednesday, following mass public protests against the leadership.

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