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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.

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.

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.

VANCOUVER — Day parole has been expanded for Kelly Ellard, the woman convicted of killing 14-year-old Reena Virk near Victoria in 1997.

VANCOUVER — The financially struggling BC Ferries will be eligible to receive funding through the joint federal and provincial Safe Restart Agreement.

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.

VICTORIA — British Columbia's provincial health officer called on young people to avoid large social gatherings as the province battles a rise in the number of COVID-19 cases. Dr.

SURREY, B.C. — A charge of manslaughter has now been laid following the death of a woman in Surrey, B.C. The Integrated Homicide Investigation Team says a 47-year-old man was arrested Aug. 7.

KAMLOOPS, B.C. — Two vessels collided on the South Thompson River Saturday, sending two people to hospital, police said as they probed the incident. At about 3:30 p.m.