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B.C. says it can speed up COVID-19 vaccine roll out for elderly after slow start

VICTORIA — The British Columbia government says it will speed up its COVID-19 vaccine roll out after a slow start this week.

Mar 11, 2021 1:00 AM Read more >

Area Indigenous leaders featured on video to dispel COVID-19 vaccine myths

As COVID-19 vaccines continue to roll out across British Columbia, the BC Assembly of First Nations has launched a new campaign to “help dispel myths and encourage everyone to be vaccinated" in Indigenous communities.

Mar 11, 2021 12:55 AM Read more >

B.C. government won't release Telus contract on vaccine appointment call centres

VICTORIA — British Columbia's premier and health minister refused to directly answer questions Wednesday about the government's contract with Telus, the provider whose call centres for COVID-19 vaccine appointments got off to a chaotic start.

Mar 10, 2021 6:04 PM Read more >

Recalled YVR staff to work in vaccine clinics

YVR CEO Tamara Vrooman says airport reached partnership with Vancouver Coastal Health

Mar 10, 2021 2:56 PM Read more >

Premier John Horgan has the highest approval rating in Canada, again

More British Columbians approve of the job Horgan is doing this quarter over last

Mar 10, 2021 12:42 PM Read more >

High COVID-19 count prompts citywide vaccinations in Prince Rupert, B.C.

PRINCE RUPERT, B.C. — Health officials say an entire northwestern British Columbia city will be vaccinated over the next three weeks as the community continues to face persistent outbreaks of COVID-19.

Mar 10, 2021 11:18 AM Read more >

After 90 calls, 96-year-old B.C. woman finally gets vaccine appointment

A B.C. family had to ring the call centre more than 90 times before they got through to get their 96-year-old mother a COVID-19 vaccine appointment.

Mar 9, 2021 5:26 PM Read more >

B.C. blames Telus for call centre failures amid criticism over lack of online booking

VICTORIA — British Columbia is blaming Telus after call centres for COVID-19 vaccine appointments were overwhelmed, while the province also faces criticism over the lack of an online booking platform.

Mar 9, 2021 4:10 PM Read more >

Money laundering whistleblower vanishes without a trace

Ross Alderson, a former director of anti-money laundering (AML) investigations at the B.C. Lottery Corporation, took concerns to media in 2017; now he’s a no-show at the Commission of Inquiry into Money Laundering in B.C.

Mar 9, 2021 3:56 PM Read more >

Transportation Safety Board issues report into fatal northwest B.C. helicopter crash

VANCOUVER — Heavy rain creating an optical illusion on the windshield of a helicopter could have played a role in a fatal crash in northwestern British Columbia last summer, but the Transportation Safety Board says without onboard recording devices i

Mar 9, 2021 1:38 PM Read more >