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A third of B.C. students return to part-time, in-class instruction

A third of B.C. students return to part-time, in-class instruction

Education Minister Rob Fleming said approximately 60,000 students have returned to some in-class instruction across 60 school districts
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Chip Wilson: COVID-19 pandemic changing retail and how we work

Chip Wilson: COVID-19 pandemic changing retail and how we work

Business in Vancouver’s Business Leadership Series, a 10-part series of discussions with prominent business leaders, today features Chip Wilson, the founder of Lululemon Athletica.
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Public protests are risky during pandemic: Henry

Public protests are risky during pandemic: Henry

There were 24 new COVID-19 cases over the last two days, one death
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Jimmy Pattison: COVID will push remote work even further

Jimmy Pattison: COVID will push remote work even further

Business in Vancouver’s Business Leadership Series is a 10-part series of discussions with prominent business leaders
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B.C. government to protect some small businesses from evictions

B.C. government to protect some small businesses from evictions

Commercial property owners will be banned from evicting small business tenants that have lost at least 70% of their revenue during the pandemic
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Surrey Mayor Doug McCallum’s party posts, deletes tweet accusing RCMP officers of murder

Surrey Mayor Doug McCallum’s party posts, deletes tweet accusing RCMP officers of murder

Minister of Public Safety and Solicitor General Mike Farnworth has no comment on the tweet; Safe Surrey Coalition councillor Doug Elford says he doesn’t stand by the comment
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School district election cancelled due to pandemic

School district election cancelled due to pandemic

Minister cancels byelection for Hope area due to “special circumstances” created by public health emergency
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COVID-19 highlighting government secrecy, changes urged

COVID-19 highlighting government secrecy, changes urged

“Conspiracy theories are very quick to take hold in the absence of truthful information," researcher warns
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B.C. records no new COVID-19 deaths in a 24-hour period for second time this week

B.C. records no new COVID-19 deaths in a 24-hour period for second time this week

Before this week, it had been many weeks since the province had recorded no deaths in a 24-hour period from the novel coronavirus
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UBC researchers developing biodegradable N95 masks from local wood fibres

UBC researchers developing biodegradable N95 masks from local wood fibres

With B.C. likely to need as many as 412 million face masks in the next 12 months, researchers at UBC are now hard at work to find a local solution - and the answer may simply be the trees.
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