Larissa Cahute
The Province
Vancouver, BC, Canada
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Mosquito Threat: Metro Vancouver’s control gears up for spring
In the wake of the Zika virus outbreak, Metro Vancouver’s mosquito-control team is on the lookout for disease-carriers as it gears up for work this spring. While B.C. doesn’t have the Aedes aegypti mosquito that transmits Zika — making international headlines for its association with microcephaly, a birth defect that causes abnormally small heads in newborns — its development is being monitored… → Read More
In sickness and in health: Young Langley newlywed’s cancer diagnosis rallies supporters
Langley’s Luke Rawick, 21, didn’t get much time to be a newlywed. Married Nov. 28, he and his wife, Angelica, 24, were quickly thrown into the thick of married life after a cancer diagnosis derailed their honeymoon in Victoria. Only three days into the December trip, he discovered a lump. → Read More
In sickness and in health: Young Langley newlywed’s cancer diagnosis rallies supporters
Langley’s Luke Rawick, 21, didn’t get much time to be a newlywed. Married Nov. 28, he and his wife, Angelica, 24, were quickly thrown into the thick of married life after a cancer diagnosis derailed their honeymoon in Victoria. Only three days into the December trip, he discovered a lump. → Read More
B.C.'s pregnant women advised to avoid Zika virus countries
B.C. health authorities are advising pregnant women against travelling to countries with an outbreak of the mosquito-borne Zika virus after it’s been associated with dangerous birth defects in newborns. B.C. has already recorded two travel-related cases of Zika, with one resident contracting it in El Salvador and the other in Colombia. Neither person was pregnant and both have recovered. The… → Read More
The key to fitness: Metro Vancouver women share their success stories after losing 80 pounds
Isabel Medina and Diana Radosevic share their success stories and the exercise and diet methods that worked for them. → Read More
Indigospirit bookstore about to open in downtown Vancouver
Downtown Vancouver is finally getting its bookstore back — it’s just going to be a lot smaller. Due to a “significant” rent increase, Indigo Books & Music shuttered its 50,000-square foot Chapters location on Robson Street in June last year. → Read More
Syrian refugee intake hits snag in B.C. as temporary housing full in metro
The intake of government-assisted Syrian refugees has hit a snag in B.C. as Metro Vancouver’s temporary-housing units have reached capacity. Over the past couple of months the Immigrant Services Society (ISS) of B.C. has helped hundreds of Syrians fleeing their civil war land at Vancouver airport on a daily basis. → Read More
Help for B.C.'s autistic kids comes in form of ankle bracelet
A 24-year-old University of B.C. graduate has developed a wearable device and corresponding smartphone app that could revolutionize autism care. Port Moody’s Andrea Palmer, who studied mechanical engineering and commerce, is the CEO of Awake Labs, which has developed Reveal — a device worn as an ankle bracelet programmed to monitor and predict a child’s anxiety levels by measuring skin… → Read More
'I felt hopeless': UBC student left searching for help after ex leaked her nude photos online
A UBC student whose nude photos were posted online by a vengeful ex is just one of many searching for justice — and a way to permanently remove the private property from the world wide web → Read More