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Added density prompts questions about school capacity in a district already beleaguered by portables

Anti-mask protesters targeted The Hide Out Café on Monday – causing the downtown business to close an hour earlier than scheduled. A small crowd of anti-mask protesters attended the Carnarvon Street café around noon on Monday.

Fraser Health says Nov. 15 fire has contributed to spread of COVID-19 outbreak

So things are getting real now with new COVID-19 mandates from provincial health officer Dr. Bonnie Henry. This includes an escalation in the type of locations people must wear a mask while indoors.

Reducing community transmission, proactively pool-testing students and gathering more detailed information about school exposures would be the best ways to prevent large COVID outbreaks in schools, according to a pair of SFU researchers who also happ

While much of the public’s attention is focused on the COVID-19 virus, health officials in B.C. are also on the lookout for influenza.

The BC Teachers’ Federation is calling on school communities — including in Coquitlam, Port Coquitlam and Port Moody — to step up the use of masks wherever and whenever possible.

A Kelowna woman was arrested Sunday afternoon at Value Village after allegedly refusing to put on a mask or leave the store. Police were called to the Value Village on Aurora Crescent just after 4 p.m. on Nov.

Several more staff members at major grocery and drugstore chains operating in Metro Vancouver have tested positive for the novel coronavirus (COVID-19).

But that won't compromise the confidentiality of people's ballots, officials say