Camille Bains
Reporter with The Canadian Press
About Camille Bains
Doctors, patients call for options to reduce dialysis waste that exacerbates climate change
Francis Silva watches the blood flow through a straw-like tube in his left arm to a dialysis machine where it's cleaned of toxins and returned to his body through a second tube.
Should you dump your gas stove? The health-risks studies are inconsistent
A Canadian study suggests an association between household use of gas stoves and a higher risk of asthma in some kids. However, like other recent studies on the issue, the results were inconsistent.
If you are pregnant, be extra careful when wildfires pollute the air
Smoke from wildfires in parts of Alberta, British Columbia and now Nova Scotia has doctors warning pregnant people to take extra precautions against breathing in toxic particles.
The ingredients that add smell to your shampoo and makeup soon to be public knowledge
Alisha Minielly was mystified as rashes suddenly started appearing all over her body, including one that persisted on her left leg for six months.
Not everyone believes B.C.'s decriminalization plan will reduce OD deaths
Decriminalization of people with small amounts of illegal drugs for their own use has become a reality in British Columbia, but substance users and researchers say the change is expected to make little immediate difference because of a toxic drug supply.
Flu, RSV, COVID overtaxes children's hospitals in Canada
A flu season that started early, hospitalized far more children than usual and overwhelmed emergency departments has revealed that Canada's health-care system is chronically underfunded when it comes to the most vulnerable citizens, a pediatric infectious diseases specialist says.
Witness relates nasty public spat with former Surrey Mayor Doug McCallum
Debi Johnstone told provincial court on Monday, October 31, 2022, that she recognized McCallum while her vehicle was stopped at a crosswalk on the morning of Sept. 4, 2021, just before she joined others collecting signatures for a petition aimed at seeking a referendum to keep the RCMP in Surrey.
Now Anjali Appadurai calls on B.C. to declare climate emergency
The NDP leadership hopeful who was ousted from her chance to compete for British Columbia's top political job says she's ready to take up an invitation to work with the man who will become the next premier.
Police can face violence when dealing with mentally ill, homeless: Vancouver officer
Police have become de facto social workers for people who lack support services while struggling with homelessness, mental illness and substance use, a spokesman for the Vancouver Police Department says.
Canadian judge sentences Dutch 'sextortionist' to 13 years for online violation leading to suicide of teenager Amanda Todd
A British Columbia judge who imposed an unprecedented 13-year sentence on an "internet sextortionist" says he has no insight into his crimes against a vulnerable child whose life he set out to destroy.