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Everything you need to consider as a B.C. resident booking travel in 2022

Everything you need to consider as a B.C. resident booking travel in 2022

What is the number one question to ask an insurance provider? An expert weighs in.
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63% of eligible Burnaby residents 18 years and older have received booster shots

63% of eligible Burnaby residents 18 years and older have received booster shots

Burnaby tied with Delta, Tri-Cities for second-highest rate in Fraser Health
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B.C.'s COVID-19 hospitalizations stay below 300

B.C.'s COVID-19 hospitalizations stay below 300

One new COVID-19 death raises province's pandemic death toll to 2,990.
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Burnaby hits 16K COVID-19 cases since start of pandemic

Burnaby hits 16K COVID-19 cases since start of pandemic

Provincial data shows case counts from Jan. 2020 to Feb. 2022
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Hardest-hit B.C. sectors keep fingers crossed for a real reopening

Hardest-hit B.C. sectors keep fingers crossed for a real reopening

After many economic mirages and false starts, B.C.’s most pandemic-damaged sectors, from nightclubs to conventions, are banking on loosened COVID-19 rules.
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B.C. Human Rights Commissioner calls on Dr. Henry to restore mask mandate

B.C. Human Rights Commissioner calls on Dr. Henry to restore mask mandate

"There will be a day where the mask mandate may be lifted, but that day is not here yet," says Kasari Govender in a letter addressed to the province's top doctor.
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B.C. COVID-19 hospitalizations rise by 28 in past three days

B.C. COVID-19 hospitalizations rise by 28 in past three days

Province records six more COVID-19 deaths in past three days
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B.C. records three new COVID-19 outbreaks at health-care settings

B.C. records three new COVID-19 outbreaks at health-care settings

Two more in B.C. die from COVID-19 in past day.
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Giro di Burnaby status unknown after BC Superweek cancels events

Giro di Burnaby status unknown after BC Superweek cancels events

"The City of Burnaby has indicated that it will host the Giro di Burnaby in some form this summer as an independent event."
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Burnaby pharmacy investigated over allegations it fraudulently entered people into B.C. vaccine system

Burnaby pharmacy investigated over allegations it fraudulently entered people into B.C. vaccine system

Minister of Health says this pharmacy is barred from dispensing medications during investigation.
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