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It’s the time of year when we think about the New Year’s resolutions we will make, and how long it will be before we break them. It is also the time of year when columnists turn to wish lists.

SURREY, B.C. — Three regional health authorities in British Columbia are reporting new COVID-19 outbreaks in assisted-living facilities and long-term care homes.

As the work week wrapped up last Thursday and my colleagues and I were wishing each other happy, restful and safe holidays, one remarked, “Thank you, but I suspect it won’t be much of a holiday.

COQUITLAM, B.C. — Four people, two of whom are in critical condition, have been taken to hospital after a crash Sunday morning in Coquitlam, B.C. B.C. Emergency Health Services says they received a call for a collision on Highway 1 near Brunette Ave.

So the province’s finance minister, Selina Robinson, is delaying the introduction of next year’s budget. By long-standing tradition, federal and provincial budgets are tabled before the end of the fiscal year, March 31.

VICTORIA — British Columbia health officials are reporting the province's first known case of the U.K. COVID-19 variant. The affected individual returned from the U.K. on Dec. 15 to their home in the Island Health authority.

RICHMOND, B.C. — A pedestrian has died after being struck by a vehicle on Boxing Day in Richmond, B.C. Mounties say they were called at about 5:30 p.m. on Saturday after a woman was struck while crossing an intersection at a cross walk.

Further action considered

B.C. youths will discuss issues on COVID-19 vaccines, voting age and the Broadway subway project this year.

January celebrates Alzheimer Awareness Month