Metro Vancouver is planning the launch of a vigorous new campaign that would use the help of media and communication for the purpose of boosting their recycling rates in the vicinity.

In an announcement made on Wednesday, the strategy of the communications was made public. This came just before the first zero waste conference of the region that is going to be held today.

A recent announcement by the Vancouver Island Health Authority has revealed that the most prevalent strain of virus this year during the flu season has been the H3N2 strain of the flu virus. It has been suspected that the death of two people because of the flu has been a result of the H3N2 strain.

Wolfgang Kurt Busch, man who is 59 year old was presented in court on Thursday. This man is facing 10 charges for the purpose of touching children in the inappropriate manner. This was after the effects of the incidence that took place at the COMOX valley Aquatic centre last week.

In the last five years, the sales of the gluten-free products have risen 3 times. The gluten-free products are now not bounded to breads and pastas. It is now almost possible to buy from gourmet gluten-free cookies to gluten-free pizzas.

The Vancouver Sun web team has invented a new online gallery of maps which are able to show the bed bugs' location in Metro Vancouver, according to the Bed Bug Registry.

Bed bugs are an ever-increasing problem for the people from Nashua to Berlin.

Recently 2 drug victims were found lying dead in a street in the city of Vancouver. One was a 19-year-old girl and the other was a 26-year-old girl. They are supposed to have died of heroin overdoses. Another man was found with fatal side effects of heroin injection.

The death of brain cells causes the Down syndrome and the patients are vulnerable to get affected by the Alzheimer's disease. In a recent study by a group of researchers at the University of British Columbia and the Vancouver Coastal Health Research Institute identified the gene that is responsible for the destruction of the neuron cells.

Customers of the WalMart located in Duncan have been requested by people from the Health Department to get themselves vaccinated against the Hepatitis A virus. The advisory has been issued after an employee at the store was diagnosed with the deadly disease.

After the news of a worker being Hepatitis A positive, at Vancouver Island Wal-Mart, The Vancouver Island Health Authority is recommending strongly to all the customers to get a vaccination.

If you have shopped between December 30 and January 10 then you must get immunized against this viral disease. For some cases it may be too late.

If you are suffering from high obesity and are planning to go for a bariatric surgery, popularly known as weight-loss surgery in Vancouver, then there may be a chance of not getting the operation done.

The Vancouver Island Health Authority has planned to cut back the number of such surgeries in this year.