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ICBC to resume offering some testing in person soon

ICBC to resume offering some testing in person soon

Knowledge tests will be offered by appointment to qualified customers only
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Evacuation orders and alerts remain in effect in areas of central Interior B.C.

WILLIAMS LAKE, B.C. — Flooding in parts of British Columbia's Interior region has been exacerbated by the 2017 and 2018 fires that left the soil and ecosystem with a limited capacity to absorb water, experts say. Prof.
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B.C. planning to ease COVID-19 restrictions, but no date yet, says top doctor

VICTORIA — British Columbia is making plans to relax provincewide restrictions aimed at fighting the COVID-19 pandemic, but a firm date has not been set, says provincial health officer Dr. Bonnie Henry.
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B.C. university creates institute to take microscope-telescope view of pandemic

B.C. university creates institute to take microscope-telescope view of pandemic

VICTORIA — The COVID-19 pandemic has placed the world at a tipping point that's challenging social, political, economic and environmental structures, says the director of a new academic research institute at British Columbia's Royal Roads University.
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Vehicle rollover near Merritt, B.C., kills infant boy, injures parents

MERRITT, B.C. — A single-vehicle crash near Merritt, B.C. has left a baby boy dead and his parents injured. RCMP say the crash happened on Highway 97C near Loon Lake Road on Saturday.
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B.C. woman whose disappearance sparked wide search found dead in Burnaby: police

B.C. woman whose disappearance sparked wide search found dead in Burnaby: police

NEW WESTMINSTER, B.C. — The body of a missing British Columbia woman has been found two months after she disappeared.
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Snow and slippery conditions in B.C. mountain passes

Snow and slippery conditions in B.C. mountain passes

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Evacuation orders and alerts in effect for areas in Central Interior B.C.

WILLIAMS LAKE, B.C. — Evacuation orders and alerts are in place in parts of British Columbia's Central Interior due to flooding.
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B.C. to look at opening long-term care facilities to visits from family

VANCOUVER — British Columbia pledged to double its contribution to help support caregivers and seniors as part of the province's emergency COVID-19 response plan on Sunday, as health officials pondered how to reopen long-term care facilities to visit
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Inmates, staff of federal prison in B.C. get masks as authorities step up hygiene

ABBOTSFORD, B.C. — Authorities at a federal institution in British Columbia say they have stepped up precautionary measures after more than 100 inmates were tested positive for the new coronavirus.
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