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‘I understand and regret the impact this will have upon our employees and their families. I thank all of our employees, as well as union leaders, for working with us constructively to quickly implement these measures’

If you’re a health care worker, a patient or a visitor to a B.C. hospital during the COVID-19 pandemic, there’s some financial relief in sight.

Provincial health officer Dr. Bonnie Henry says we’re not through the storm yet as she announced 86 new confirmed cases of COVID-19 in B.C. on Monday, bringing the total to 970. Island Health has 67 confirmed cases.

The maximum 50-person rule in B.C. for a business during the COVID-19 pandemic will not apply to retail food and grocery stores – as long as physical distancing can be maintained.

BC Corrections says it is assessing some non-violent offenders for possible early release as it deals with the global pandemic

Dr. Sean Wormsbecker of Royal Columbian Hospital in New Westminster and Eagle Ridge Hospital in Port Moody said hospitals are sending home symptomatic patients without testing them, he's concerned people won't follow quarantine direction

The salutes to hospital workers risking their lives during the COVID-19 crisis is growing. Each day at 7 p.m., people are banging pots and yelling from their balconies.

Deputy chief says decrease could mean residents taking crisis seriously.

The Canadian armed forces are ready to deploy if needed during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Does privacy trumpet the public’s need to know? It’s a question that has been asked by many on social media in recent weeks with the government and health authority response to the COVID-19 pandemic.