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School supplies pose toxic threat to children’s health — safer alternatives found in Canada are highlighted in US guide. As back-to school shopping kicks into high gear, two environmental groups are Full story

Behind the Wheel – Taking your neighbour’s request at face value turned out to be an expensive lesson for Jessica. She had loaned her vehicle to a neighbour and somewhere along the journey Full story

Behind the Wheel – Taxi drivers in British Columbia are exempt from wearing their seatbelts if they are travelling at less than 70 km/h. I have never understood why this exemption was necessary, Full story

Behind the Wheel – Amid the chaos of a collision scene this afternoon came a call over the police radio: “grab that vehicle, it just drove around the cones and into oncoming traffic!” Not Full story

Message from Alexandra Morton in Norway, disease and sea lice are not under control in Norwegian salmon farms and BC stands to lose all. I have been in Norway for 10 days because 92% of fish farming in Full story

Behind the Wheel – I’ve noticed recently that often drivers are impatient of people parallel parking and pass them on the left rather than waiting in the right hand lane for the driver to Full story