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Coronavirus (COVID-19) Local News

New travel restrictions require negative COVID-19 test be presented at Canadian land borders

New travel restrictions require negative COVID-19 test be presented at Canadian land borders

Now to get back into the country Canadians will need to complete COVID-19 tests whether they are travelling by land and air
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Pandemic forces cancellation of Vancouver’s homeless count

Pandemic forces cancellation of Vancouver’s homeless count

Vancouver has conducted or participated in counts since 2005
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Here is how contact tracing slows the spread of COVID-19 in B.C. (INFOGRAPHIC)

Here is how contact tracing slows the spread of COVID-19 in B.C. (INFOGRAPHIC)

"Our contact tracers not only work to track and stop the spread of COVID-19, they are also there to support COVID-19 patients."
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Opinion: Group flouting mask rules on Burnaby SkyTrain is enraging (video)

Opinion: Group flouting mask rules on Burnaby SkyTrain is enraging (video)

Where is a transit cop when you need one?
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Can you get fired for something offensive you post outside of work or for being at an anti-mask rally?

Can you get fired for something offensive you post outside of work or for being at an anti-mask rally?

B.C. employment and human rights lawyer answers these questions and more.
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Burnaby, New West London Drugs recall face masks over 'small holes'

Burnaby, New West London Drugs recall face masks over 'small holes'

A second type of mask has also been recalled
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COVID-19: More grocery store workers in Vancouver, Burnaby, and the Fraser Valley test positive

COVID-19: More grocery store workers in Vancouver, Burnaby, and the Fraser Valley test positive

Workers at Lower Mainland Superstore and Shoppers Drug Mart locations among new retail employee cases
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COVID-19 hospitalizations rise in B.C., as do active infections, marking pause in recent headway

COVID-19 hospitalizations rise in B.C., as do active infections, marking pause in recent headway

Four more people have died from the virus across the province, raising the death toll to 1,263.
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Metro Vancouver woman catalogues life with COVID-19 in the ICU (PHOTOS, VIDEOS)

Metro Vancouver woman catalogues life with COVID-19 in the ICU (PHOTOS, VIDEOS)

"Never take your life for granted."
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Variant-hunting researchers on the cutting edge of B.C.'s race against COVID

Variant-hunting researchers on the cutting edge of B.C.'s race against COVID

Researchers in B.C.'s Centre for Disease Control identified the first case of coronavirus in B.C. A year later, they are tracking new virus "variants of concern."
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