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Booze can now be sold at B.C. farmers markets

New B.C. liquor laws allow booze at farmers markets and minors in pubs
Talking defibrillator program expands

Talking defibrillator program expands

Funding doubled to put life-saving machines in arenas, recreation centres and libraries around B.C.
Experts battle growing online crime

Experts battle growing online crime

Organized crime-sponsored hackers "are getting smarter, they have more money than anybody else" but you can protect yourself
60 Minute Kids' Club running from Jan. 15 to March 15

60 Minute Kids' Club running from Jan. 15 to March 15

The program encourages students, parents in B.C. to live a healthy, active lifestyle, and provides health and vegetable/fruit trackers.
National fitness day proposed

National fitness day proposed

B.C. senator Nancy Greene Raine and MP John Weston call for action to stop "epidemic of obesity" among youth
Poll finds B.C. drivers confident of snow skills, doubt need for winter tires

Poll finds B.C. drivers confident of snow skills, doubt need for winter tires

Insights West/BCAA survey finds just a third of motorists admit to 'freaking out' when it snows
Are your tires ready for winter roads?

Are your tires ready for winter roads?

Some "all season" tires are good enough for winter roads in B.C., but not all of them
Integration focus for developmentally disabled

Integration focus for developmentally disabled

Schools are desegregated, and the next step is community, work and retirement
Earthquake means 'drop, cover, hold on'

Earthquake means 'drop, cover, hold on'

The best way to protect yourself from falling objects in an earthquake is ducking under a desk or sturdy table until one minute after the shaking stops.