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Come On and Join the Local Motion: Learning from 4 Diverse ‘Active Communities’ Projects
On October 29th BCAHL hosted a webinar taking us behind the scenes of four successful and diverse Active Communities projects from across the province.
HandyDART Advocate Urges Improvements for Riders with ‘No Other Options’
Gary Brown is a regular HandyDART rider who has lived in Burnaby for 32 years, he used to work for Southern Rail, a job he loved, but that all changed in 1997. “I was diagnosed with MS in ’97, I tried to keep on working and would have stayed until I was 65 but I…
“Terrified” Kelowna Resident has Advice to Make Streets More Bike Friendly for Women
Kelsey Sheppy is enthusiastic about living an active lifestyle. She balances a busy work life at RE/MAX of Western Canada head office with a busy home life, raising her two teenaged step-kids, walking her two Yorkies and running half-marathons. But there is one activity that, up until this year, has always terrified her…riding a bike.…
Why don’t people in small towns walk or bike anymore?
I grew up in a small city of 15,000 people and it was just natural to walk or bike anywhere I wanted to go – nothing was far away and it was an enjoyable way to get around. Fast forward a couple decades and what we see today is lower rates of walking and biking…
How Do We #MakeBCHealthier4Kids – A Discussion on Policy Options
On Tuesday, May 30th from 9:00 am to 12:30 pm – please plan on joining the BC Alliance for Healthy Living and the YMCA BC for an engaging policy discussion on the health and wellbeing of children and youth in BC at the Robert Lee YMCA (955 Burrard Street) in downtown Vancouver. Dr. Bonnie Henry,…

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Come On and Join the Local Motion: Learning from 4 Diverse ‘Active Communities’ Projects

HandyDART Advocate Urges Improvements for Riders with ‘No Other Options’

“Terrified” Kelowna Resident has Advice to Make Streets More Bike Friendly for Women

Why don’t people in small towns walk or bike anymore?

How Do We #MakeBCHealthier4Kids – A Discussion on Policy Options

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