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• Advocate calls for public alert over dysentery outbreak in Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside

  A dysentery outbreak has sickened at least 24 people on the Downtown Eastside and sent more than 10 people to hospital, according to a Vancouver doctor.

  Health

  Mar 5, 2021
• BCTF president blasts B.C.’s response as WorkSafeBC data shows COVID-19-related claims in schools

  WorkSafeBC has allowed COVID-19-related claims from 123 workers in the education sector as of February 19, a higher number than in any other sector except healthcare.

  Health

  Feb 25, 2021
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• Federal model warning of variant-driven COVID-19 spike won’t change B.C.’s approach, officials say

  Dr. Reka Gustafson, says a resurgence in cases is certainly possible, but that the report doesn't warrant a change in B.C.'s public health restrictions.

  Feb 19, 2021
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• Firefighter injured, one other person dead after separate fires in Vancouver

  One person is dead after a fire in a ground-level apartment Friday night, while a separate blaze saw a firefighter fall through the floor of a boarded up house.

  Feb 13, 2021
• Surrey homicide a ‘mystery,’ victim had no gang ties, say police

  RCMP say a man was found dead at the scene and police are treating the death as suspicious.

  Crime

  Feb 13, 2021
• Destination Canada report says B.C. has moved into intra-provincial travel phase

  A report from Destination Canada says B.C. has moved into a phase of intra-provincial travel based on the number of travel and accommodation searches and bookings.

  Feb 10, 2021
• B.C. provincial health authority CEO steps down following review into allegations of misspending

  The review followed media reports of a $7-million purchase of PPE that ended up being unusable.

  Health

  Feb 9, 2021
• Homicide investigators identify 22-year old killed in Langley, B.C., shooting in January

  Investigators have identified the man killed near a residential complex in Langley on Jan. 26 as Arshdeep Singh.

  Crime

  Feb 4, 2021
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• Independent school in Chilliwack closing for 2 weeks amid COVID-19 cluster

  There have been seven COVID-19 cases confirmed so far at Cascade Christian School.

  Health

  Jan 25, 2021
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• Federal panel recommends rapid COVID tests in long-term care; B.C. still reluctant

  The Testing and Screening Expert Advisory Panel presented a report to the federal government last week recommending that rapid tests be deployed to high-risk settings.

  Health

  Jan 22, 2021
• Power outage destroys COVID-19 vaccines in remote B.C. First Nation clinic

  A batch of Moderna COVID-19 vaccines sitting in storage at a clinic in Tl'etinqox have been spoiled after a power outage, the health clinic said on Facebook.

  Health

  Jan 21, 2021
• B.C. First Nation credits family who self-disclosed COVID-19 diagnosis with helping outbreak control

  As of the latest update on Jan. 20, the number of active cases was at 30 and 29 cases had recovered.

  Health

  Jan 21, 2021
• Four-month delay in prescribing safe drug supply costing lives, says B.C. advocate

  B.C. nurses were empowered to prescribe pharmaceutical alternatives to street drugs yet in September, but four months later the public health order still hasn't been implemented.

  Health

  Jan 15, 2021
• Missing Vancouver Island teenager found dead after week-long search; foul play not suspected

  West Shore RCMP say search and rescue crews found the remains of Andre Courtemanche in Langford's Goldstream Provincial Park.

  Jan 10, 2021
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• B.C. should join other provinces in releasing list of school-related COVID-19 cases: teachers’ union

  Teri Mooring said communication has been a consistent problem during the pandemic when it comes to schools, but it's not just teachers who feel that way.

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  Jan 8, 2021
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• Snuneymuxw First Nation declares COVID-19 cluster, issues shelter-in-place order

  A Vancouver Island First Nation has implemented a shelter-in-place order for its members after declaring a cluster of COVID-19.

  Jan 2, 2021
• RCMP seeking witnesses after pedestrian fatally struck by vehicle in Surrey on Christmas Day

  Surrey RCMP said they were called to the collision in the 6700 block of King George Boulevard at 12:33 p.m. by BC Emergency Health Services (BC EHS).

  Dec 25, 2020
• COVID-19 outbreak declared in respiratory unit at Vancouver hospital

  It's unclear how many cases have been confirmed.

  Dec 25, 2020
• Three COVID-19 cases discovered in inmates at B.C. correctional facility

  The CSC said visits to inmates in Fraser Valley institutions continue to be suspended.

  Dec 23, 2020
• B.C. seniors’ group calls for equal access to COVID-19 vaccine for those in independent living

  BCSLA CEO Lee Coonfer said early in the pandemic, independent living facilities were overlooked for government funding as the virus rampaged through long term care centres.

  Health

  Dec 14, 2020
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• Hundreds of mink dead from COVID-19 on Fraser Valley farm in B.C.

  One per cent of the animal population at a BC mink farm have died so far from the virus, the Ministry of Agriculture said Friday.

  Health

  Dec 12, 2020
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• Rapid response team sent to Fort St. James as community grapples with 39 COVID-19 cases

  Health Minister Adrian Dix said 20 people from the community have been hospitalized.

  Health

  Dec 10, 2020
• B.C. ‘by far the worst’ on releasing COVID-19 data, expert says

  Where the province does release data, it's often not specific enough, Jens von Bergmann said, and is often presented in graphs without the datasets they are made from.

  Nov 26, 2020
• Coronavirus: B.C. positivity rate ‘concerning’, but threshold for restrictions not useful, says SFU epidemiologist

  B.C.'s seven-day rolling average positivity rate has been hovering around 6.6 per cent as of Nov. 17, with Fraser Health at 9.4 per cent and Vancouver Coastal Health at 4.8 per cent.

  Nov 19, 2020
• Role of younger children in COVID-19 transmission still unclear: researcher

  Dr. Peter Juni made the comments after B.C. Premier John Horgan told reporters Wednesday that 'the evidence is fairly clear that children are not transmitters.'

  Nov 19, 2020