Latest from Margaret Gallagher
Free 'nature therapy' offered to pandemic-stressed health-care workers
The B.C. Parks Foundation is offering free guided "nature therapy" sessions to health-care workers to help ease pandemic-related stress and has launched a fundraising campaign to help pay for the sessions.
'Seder in a Box' nourishes Jewish tradition during COVID-19 Crisis
Congregation Schara Tzedeck has expanding their "Seder in Box" delivery program to include seniors who are physically distancing. Since Passover is such an important holiday in the Jewish community and they don't want anyone to be without the special food and sense of connection.
Struggle to find childcare for B.C.'s essential-service staff highlights fears over sector's future
Childcare providers are struggling to meet the needs of essential-service families amid layoffs and increased health and safety precautions. Many are now concerned about their long-term survival as the COVID-19 pandemic continues.
Kids in the time of COVID-19
Vancouver kids share their thoughts on coping with isolation and passing the time in the era of COVID-19.
Welcoming the Year of the Rat in Vancouver's changing Chinatown
On the Coast spent the week in Chinatown to find out how people are preparing for the arrival of the Lunar New Year in a fast-changing neighbourhood.
Cord blood bank for premature babies makes life-saving research gains in first year
B.C. Women's Preemie Biobank has already made significant research gains since it opened last August, but wants more cord blood donors to help fuel life-saving research to help preterm babies, like Toby and Leo Donkin.
New in town: Metro Vancouver still draws newcomers, despite high cost of housing
Despite the high cost of housing, newcomers still flock to Vancouver as a gateway city. They come for love, for work a better quality of life. But they don't necessarily expect to buy a house.
Bold coyote sparks alarm in Vancouver neighbourhood
A bold coyote has been spotted at all times of the day in Vancouver's Mount Pleasant neighbourhood and shows no fear of people, which has parents and pet owners increasingly concerned.
The trouble with Harry: Rec centre's fate cause for debate in North Van election
City of North Vancouver mayoral candidates disagree on the best way to rebuild and finance the aging Harry Jerome Recreation Centre, despite a proposal from the outgoing council to lease the land to a developer in exchange for funds to build a replacement.
Housing, homelessness and a history of discrimination come together at 1 Vancouver intersection
At the corner of Union and Gore, a number of homeless campers ares growing on a site that was once a key part of Vancouver's black community. As the city moves forward on housing at that location, community advocates want to see mistakes of the past avoided.