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B.C.'s Simon Fraser University dropping 'Clan' name for sports teams

B.C.'s Simon Fraser University dropping 'Clan' name for sports teams

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B.C. Premier calls on 'Deadpool', other celebrities to spread COVID-19 messages

B.C. Premier calls on 'Deadpool', other celebrities to spread COVID-19 messages

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St. Paul's Hospital land sold to Concord Pacific for nearly $1 billion

St. Paul's Hospital land sold to Concord Pacific for nearly $1 billion

VANCOUVER — Providence Health Care says the St. Paul's Hospital site in Vancouver has been sold to developer Concord Pacific for nearly $1 billion.
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B.C. hiring 500 people to help with COVID contact tracing

VICTORIA — British Columbia is hiring 500 health-care professionals to help with its COVID-19 contact tracing efforts ahead of the flu season and a potential surge in cases.
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Ruling upholds firing of paramedics who allowed patient to crawl for treatment

Ruling upholds firing of paramedics who allowed patient to crawl for treatment

VANCOUVER — A labour arbitrator in British Columbia says two long-time paramedics should be fired after they were accused of mistreating a patient who was in pain and allowed to crawl to an elevator.
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Three Vancouver flights added to possible COVID-19 exposure list

Three Vancouver flights added to possible COVID-19 exposure list

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Shoppers at Vancouver store, passengers on several flights warned of COVID-19

VANCOUVER — The health authority in Vancouver is warning those who shopped at the Foot Locker on Robson Street to monitor for symptoms of COVID-19. Vancouver Coastal Health says the potential exposure dates were Aug. 4 and Aug.
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Parole expanded for Kelly Ellard, killer of B.C. teen, Reena Virk

VANCOUVER — Day parole has been expanded for Kelly Ellard, the woman convicted of killing 14-year-old Reena Virk near Victoria in 1997.
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BC Ferries eligible for joint provincial-federal Safe Restart transit funding

VANCOUVER — The financially struggling BC Ferries will be eligible to receive funding through the joint federal and provincial Safe Restart Agreement.
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Police seek witnesses, dashcam video, in Vancouver's tenth homicide of the year

Vancouver police are seeking witnesses to an assault last week on the city's Downtown Eastside, saying the details could be critical to what is now a homicide investigation.
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