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2 HAWKS INFECTED Researchers link high levels of toxic flame retardants found in hawks dwelling in the Lower Mainland to human garbage.
10 AWARENESS WALK Members of the Fibromyalgia Well Spring Foundation, ban together at Memorial Park to kick off their campaign for a national tour.
13 KEYSTONE PAYS
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Classic car adventures arrive at District Hall
Fraser Canyon Hospital accepted a cheque from representatives of the Kestone Life Foundation for a new bariatric stretcher.
Classic Car Adventures showcase their classic cars on Wallace Street and District Hall, during their Hagerty Spring Thaw 2015 tour on the morning of Friday, April 24th. Dave Hord, event organizer (above) is featured with his 71’ silver and black VW Beetle and describes it modestly, as faster than a bat out of hell.
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B.C. cities rank low on Stats Canada list of happy places B.C. may be a balmy lotus land where you can theoretically ski, golf and swim in the same day, but that doesn't seem to make us any happier than the rest of the country. A national survey of life happiness across Canada, found B.C.’s regions scored an average happiness level of 8.1 in the Lower Mainland. Statistics Canada's How's Life in the City report paints a bleak picture of residents in several B.C. cities. Kelowna ranked highest at #12, Abbotsford was 24th (behind Win-
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nipeg and Regina), while Victoria, which taunts the rest of the country with its January flower count, was 27th. Respondents were asked to rate how they feel about their life as a whole right now on a satisfaction scale from 0 to 10. The question was asked of 340,000 Canadians between 2009 and 2013 as part of broad social and health surveys, and the results were averaged by census metropolitan area and economic region. Topping the list of happy places were Saguenay and Trois-Rivieres in Quebec, followed by St. John's, New-
foundland, and Sudbury, Ontario. The gap between the cities ranked is not large. Vancouverites rated their life satisfaction on average at 7.8 out of 10, while Victoria and Abbotsford averaged 7.9, Kelowna was 8.0 and charttopping Saguenay is just over 8.2. The findings also show 40 to 45 per cent of residents in Sudbury, Thunder Bay and St. John's rated their life happiness a 9 or 10 compared to less than 35 per cent in Vancouver, the lowest in the country. It also measured the other end of the scale – the people who were least
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happy. The cities with the largest numbers of residents rating their life a 6 or lower were Windsor, Toronto, Abbotsford, Peterborough, St. Catherines and Vancouver, while Quebec cities had the fewest number of low scores. Life satisfaction appears to be higher in smaller communities, the report says, noting the top ranked cities have fewer than 250,000 residents, — places like Chilliwack and Hope. It cited a 2014 study that found "life satisfaction and happiness are lower in denser, more urbanized settings."
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