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B.C. allocating initial doses of AstraZeneca vaccine to food processing, ag workers

Province will allow some essential workers to get vaccinated ahead of their age group as mass vaccinations roll out

Mar 15, 2021 1:57 PM Read more >

Burnaby senior who survived COVID-19 gets wild surprise for 99th birthday

Helen Brown was named a citizen of the year in 1992

Mar 15, 2021 12:08 PM Read more >

Man expected to survive after police-involved shooting in Victoria early Monday

VICTORIA — Police are releasing few details about an officer-involved shooting in Victoria on Monday.

Mar 15, 2021 11:05 AM Read more >

German couple sailing the world find unexpected refuge in B.C.

Marion and Paul Bauer spent five months in Campbell River as they waited for the next sailing window.

Mar 15, 2021 9:46 AM Read more >

Rogers to buy Shaw in $26b deal

Rogers says deal would create 3,000 jobs in Western Canada

Mar 15, 2021 9:12 AM Read more >

Another ward at Vancouver General Hospital closed by COVID-19 outbreak

VANCOUVER — An outbreak of COVID-19 has closed another ward at Vancouver General Hospital, while the health authority says outbreak precautions have been lifted in a separate unit.

Mar 15, 2021 8:35 AM Read more >

Superintendent notes inequality as Surrey school district adds targeted measures

SURREY, B.C. — The superintendent of a school district in the centre of British Columbia's COVID-19 storm said it was "eye-opening" to learn that many students aren't showing up to take COVID-19 tests after school-based virus exposures come to light.

Mar 14, 2021 5:40 PM Read more >

This beer is the best in B.C. (according to Twitter)

An IPA took top spot

Mar 14, 2021 1:50 PM Read more >

‘Words matter’: A conversation with Dr. Bonnie Henry on the pandemic's one-year anniversary

'Now is the time again to remember to re-double our efforts, to remember to be kind to each other'

Mar 14, 2021 9:25 AM Read more >

Officials declare COVID-19 outbreak at B.C. glass company, exposure at Yukon mine

LANGLEY, B.C. — A new COVID-19 outbreak has been declared at a glass manufacturing company in Langley, B.C. Fraser Health says 44 employees of the facility have tested positive for the virus at Vitrum Glass.

Mar 13, 2021 12:33 PM Read more >