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NDP under fire for COVID-19 booster delay; should have been given weeks ago, Liberals say

NDP under fire for COVID-19 booster delay; should have been given weeks ago, Liberals say

Ontario started giving boosters to long-term care residents in August, while Alberta began offering boosters in seniors homes on Sept. 1, and Saskatchewan on Sept. 7.
B.C. residents can now buy COVID-19 testing kits to use at home (VIDEO)

B.C. residents can now buy COVID-19 testing kits to use at home (VIDEO)

Everything you need to know about B.C.'s first do-it-yourself coronavirus-testing kits.
B.C. records 26 COVID-19 deaths in past three days

B.C. records 26 COVID-19 deaths in past three days

Good news is that the number of active infections has fallen below 5,000 for first time since August 13.
Burnaby Central Secondary, Armstrong Elementary latest flagged for COVID-19 exposure events

Burnaby Central Secondary, Armstrong Elementary latest flagged for COVID-19 exposure events

Ten Burnaby schools currently on Fraser Health list
Fraser Health issues COVID-19 exposure notice for St. Matthews Day Care Society in Burnaby

Fraser Health issues COVID-19 exposure notice for St. Matthews Day Care Society in Burnaby

Exposures likely on Oct. 7, 8
13 die from COVID-19 in B.C. in past day

13 die from COVID-19 in B.C. in past day

Province has not identified so many deaths in a 24-hour period since early February.
Constitutional challenge mounted against B.C. vaccine passports

Constitutional challenge mounted against B.C. vaccine passports

Health issues prevent vaccination, women claim.
'Our most significant outbreak': 90 COVID-19 cases, three confirmed deaths at Burnaby's Willingdon Care Centre

'Our most significant outbreak': 90 COVID-19 cases, three confirmed deaths at Burnaby's Willingdon Care Centre

Adrian Dix, B.C.'s minister of health, says the facility's unreported death toll could be at least 10.
Serious COVID-19 infections keep rising across B.C.

Serious COVID-19 infections keep rising across B.C.

Nine more die from COVID-19; hospitalizations highest since May.
B.C. announces further COVID-19 restrictions to curb transmission in Northern Health

B.C. announces further COVID-19 restrictions to curb transmission in Northern Health

58 critically ill people airlifted out of the hospitals in the north