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Routine child vaccinations on pace despite public data delay, says BCCDC

Routine child vaccinations on pace despite public data delay, says BCCDC

Routine vaccine uptake has remained stable through the pandemic for children, but parents appear to be missing the flu shot with greater frequency this season. Total refusals have doubled from 0.5% to 1%.
B.C. woman loses bid to get reimbursed for Hawaii flight

B.C. woman loses bid to get reimbursed for Hawaii flight

The woman claimed $874 in airfare from RBC. However, B.C.'s Civil Resolution Tribunal did not rule in her favour.
How B.C.’s film sector is poised to cash in on virtual production boom

How B.C.’s film sector is poised to cash in on virtual production boom

Market for virtual production to grow 20 per cent next year, according to new forecast
Woman in Maple Ridge, B.C., injured in targeted shooting: police

Woman in Maple Ridge, B.C., injured in targeted shooting: police

MAPLE RIDGE, B.C. — RCMP say a woman is expected to survive after she was shot Monday in a targeted attack. They say in a news release the incident occurred that evening at a home on Dewdney Trunk Road.
'Despicable': B.C. man gets time served for anti-Semitic harassment

'Despicable': B.C. man gets time served for anti-Semitic harassment

As part of his conditions, the 45-year-old man is not allowed to use a computer without parental supervision.
IOC delays 2030 hosting decision again, but B.C. government still out of the picture

IOC delays 2030 hosting decision again, but B.C. government still out of the picture

The committee's executive board has agreed with the Future Games Commission's proposal to take more time to study the impacts of climate change on future Winter Games, the possibility of rotating hosts from a pool of cities and requiring those cities to use only existing or temporary venues.
Metro Vancouver fraudsters fined $1.5M for personal spending spree

Metro Vancouver fraudsters fined $1.5M for personal spending spree

Three North Shore residents have been handed six-figure penalties and repayment orders following a personal spending spree with investors' money.
B.C. Greens open up nominations in case of snap election

B.C. Greens open up nominations in case of snap election

B.C. Premier David Eby has said he doesn’t intend to change the election date of October 2024, but B.C. Green Party leader Sonia Furstenau says she wants to be prepared
COP15 — the Canadian summit trying to stop a global extinction crisis

COP15 — the Canadian summit trying to stop a global extinction crisis

Nearly 200 countries will attend COP15, held in Montreal from Dec. 7-19, in an effort to ratify a 10-year plan to halt and reverse the largest extinction crisis since the disappearance of the dinosaurs.
B.C. court rules forestry company must pay $343,000 cost of 2016 wildfire suppression

B.C. court rules forestry company must pay $343,000 cost of 2016 wildfire suppression

VANCOUVER — A British Columbia Supreme Court judge has upheld more than $343,000 in cost-recovery fines that were handed to a forestry company for starting a wildfire in 2016. A decision posted Monday says the wildfire near Nazko, in central B.C.