Open this photo in gallery B.C. chief coroner Lisa Lapointe provides an update on illicit drug

Open this photo in gallery B.C.'s chief coroner Lisa Lapointe looks on during a press conference at

.... LaPointe said the number of deaths is three times more than what would normally occur during such a

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Lapointe/ Reuters “ We didn’t want them to go to a checkpoint or travel to cross an international

Nineteen aldermen signed on this week to a City Council resolution aimed at improving public restroom access in Chicago, a long-standing problem for residents, tourists, people experiencing homelessness and the medically vulnerable. Ald.... “ Anyone who’s out for a run, any parent who’s out with their child … and had an emergency need and felt like they had no options, this is a resolution promoting a solution for you.” The measure, co-sponsored by Ald.... “ I’ve heard stories of folks who don

British Columbia is gearing up for another heat wave this weekend by opening more cooling centres and redeploying health-care workers as temperatures are expected to soar. Health Minister Adrian Dix said Friday that while more staff will be shifted to emergency rooms, work is under way to keep hospitals cool while workers in long-term care facilities ensure people are hydrated.“ Managers have stepped up to work in hospital ERs to make sure people who need immediate medical attention get out of a

At 8. 46am, on a bright Saturday morning not so different from the day this city was changed forever, a crowd of firefighters, police officers, first responders, presidents, mayors and families of the fallen paused in silence.... Mourners stood and gazed into the pools and placed flowers.... Many of his colleagues did not make it home....

Seattle, Portland and many other cities broke all-time heat records, with temperatures in some places reaching above 115 degrees.... Environment Canada issued heat warnings Wednesday for southern Alberta and Saskatchewan.... Heat warnings also were in place for parts of Washington, Oregon, Idaho and Montana. Newsletter Record heat....

This nutrient-charged outflow is just one of several likely culprits fueling an explosion of seaweed in warm waters of the Americas.... Currents carry much of this seaweed to the Caribbean Sea, where it's bedeviling the region's tourism-dependent coastal economies. The samples also showed, for example, a 111% rise in the ratio of nitrogen to phosphorus during the same time frame.... That ratio has been nearly constant across the world's oceans going back decades....