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Why bigger isn’t better in weight training

MONTREAL GAZETTE When it comes to building muscle in the weight room, size doesn’t matter. So before you grab the biggest weight in the rack,...

PICS Receives $500,000 for 75 Child Care Spaces in Cloverdale

SURREY – Progressive Intercultural Community Services Society has received $500,000 from the provincial government to create 75 child care spaces in their new state-of-the-art...

The vitamin that made elderly mice live longer, and stopped their organs from aging

By Zoe Demarco Scientists say that they have found evidence that an already-celebrated vitamin can stop the aging process of organs in mice. It could also...

How to help girls build a positive body image

KATIE HURLEY, WASHINGTON POST “Hello, I’m a fat person, fat, fat, fat.” Taken out of context, these words, from the mouth of a 6-year-old female toy...

BC Government has reached a tentative agreement with nurses

VICTORIA - The Nurses' Bargaining Association and the Health Employers' Association of BC (HEABC) have reached a tentative five-year agreement consistent with the Province's...

Knowing how to slice, cook your onions makes big difference

SARA MOULTON, THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Back in the ’80s and ’90s, I used to work behind the scenes with Julia Child during her appearances on...

Land Gold Women puts focus on honour killings

Louis B. Hobson- Calgary Herald This year’s Oscar for best documentary short went to Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy’s A Girl in the River: The Price of Forgiveness. It focused...

A drink a day may not keep the doctor away

By kelly Sinoski & Randy shore, Vancouver Sun If you’ve been toasting recent headlines that declared alcohol a life-extending elixir, you might want to put...

South Asian history initiative helps Royal Columbian cardiac care

100 Year Journey supports campaign to upgrade hospital’s cardiac cath lab New Westminster, B.C. – {December 10, 2015} – An effort to preserve and share...

Province launches MRI strategy, funds increased number of scans

Demand for medical imaging in B.C. has never been greater. Premier Christy Clark and Health Minister Terry Lake today announced a new four-year strategy...

Below are facts based on extensive evidence compiled by police departments on their interactions with street level Dial-a-Dope involved youth. Dial-a-Dopers are drawn to gang...

How to cut your monthly grocery bill in half, from a woman who lived on $14,000 a year

Associated Press Kathleen Elkins, Business Insider A simple way to trim your grocery bill is to buy less meat. “Try substituting beans and wheat berries for...

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How to Safely Celebrate Easter and Passover

Though it may not be quite the same as past holidays, this Easter, Passover or any other event can still be filled with love,...

Magic Days Coming to Museum of Surrey

Surrey, BC – Lon Mandrake, magician, and son of the late famous Mandrake the Magician, will perform a little abracadabra at Museum of Surrey on...

TransLink completes modernization of 1980s-era SkyTrain technology

NEW WESTMINSTER: TransLink has replaced aging speakers and signs on the SkyTrain system by installing 280 new customer information screens and over 1,400 new...

Fraser Health declares COVID-19 outbreak at Abbotsford Regional Hospital

SURREY – Fraser Health has declared a COVID-19 outbreak at Abbotsford Regional Hospital after evidence of transmission in a medicine unit. Four patients at Abbotsford Regional...