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Second staffer tests positive at the facility

The Richmond resident started the popular online tracker to help keep everyone in the know about COVID in the province's schools.

A Richmond-based developer is planning a four-storey apartment building for a vacant lot along Ospika Boulevard. Chestfield Development (Hopkins) Ltd. requested a development variance permit to build the proposed 55-unit building at 2919 Hopkins Rd.

If the legislation introduced Tuesday goes through, families and individuals will be able to start applying for the benefit as early as December 18, setting them up for deposits by Christmas Eve.

Enhanced COVID-19 precautions are now in place for the special care unit at Gateway Lodge while they have been lifted for the long-term care home's Cedar wing, Northern Health said Thursday.

VANCOUVER — Sophia Gabiniewicz is well accustomed to dealing with stress as a registered nurse in the intensive care unit at St. Paul's Hospital in Vancouver.

Credit Union says members will be notified if they made contact

On Thursday the city opened the surface parking lot associated with its new, $22.45 million underground parkade downtown. The 62-stall parking lot is located at 1079 Sixth Avenue, between Queensway and George Street.

Calling all wannabe BC Wildfire firefighters. Applications to become a firefighter with the BC Wildfire Service for the 2021 wildfire season are being accepted until January 10, 2021.

The new spaces cost $1 per hour or $6 per day