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Mandatory vaccination unlikely for workplaces; focus will be on education

With the approval of a COVID-19 vaccine in Canada, employers could soon be navigating a tricky situation if staff choose not to be immunized. The first doses of the newly approved Pfizer vaccine in B.C.

Dec 10, 2020 7:30 AM Read more >

Long-term care workers to get priority vaccination in B.C. to protect elderly: doctor

VICTORIA — Health-care workers in long-term care facilities and intensive care units will be the first to get vaccinated in British Columbia as an immunization program to beat COVID-19 gets underway next week, the province's top doctor says. Dr.

Dec 9, 2020 5:46 PM Read more >

COVID-19 deaths remain high in B.C. as vaccine rollout nears

619 more people have had COVID-19 infections detected in the past day

Dec 9, 2020 4:35 PM Read more >

First COVID-19 vaccinations being given next week in B.C.

Province plans to vaccinate 10% of population by end of March

Dec 9, 2020 3:54 PM Read more >

Police clear out Burnaby protest camp as TMX construction starts

Contractors for Trans Mountain showed up Wednesday morning to begin work near the Brunette River

Dec 9, 2020 11:29 AM Read more >

Family of missing former Burnaby high school track star appeals for help

Video footage shows Reta getting into a minivan on the night of his disappearance one year ago today.

Dec 9, 2020 11:16 AM Read more >

COVID-19 health privacy exemptions continue to be scrutinized

Laws relaxed at pandemic start now extended into 2021

Dec 9, 2020 10:10 AM Read more >

B.C. seniors offered free smartphone and discounted mobility plan

TELUS has launched Mobility for Good for Seniors, which provides Canadian seniors receiving the Guaranteed Income Supplement access to a free smartphone and subsidized mobility rate plan.

Dec 9, 2020 3:57 AM Read more >

B.C. premier says nearly 4,000 high-risk people to be vaccinated next week

VICTORIA — British Columbia has recorded 566 new cases of COVID-19, which the provincial health officer and health minister say is the "start of encouraging trends" in the progression of the virus. However, Dr.

Dec 8, 2020 5:43 PM Read more >

B.C.'s death toll from COVID-19 passes 100 so far in December

Data for new cases, hospitalizations, ICU patients and other metrics are on the decline

Dec 8, 2020 5:02 PM Read more >