Corona

• Fraser Health declares COVID-19 outbreak at Royal Columbian Hospital

  Fraser Health said Friday evening that there has been evidence of transmission in a medicine unit where five patients have tested positive.

  Health

  Feb 27
• Fraser Health declares COVID-19 outbreak at Surrey homeless shelter

  The health authority says they are now screening staff and clients, and contact tracing is underway.

  Health

  Jan 23
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• Two COVID-19 fines handed out at 100-person University of Victoria gathering

  Police were called to an area called Pumphouse Station where they found a large group of students, many seen not wearing masks.

  Jan 12
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• BC Nurses’ Union calls COVID-19 variant first identified in U.K. ‘concerning’

  The president of the BC Nurses' Union says health-care workers are already bracing for what could be a post-holiday surge in COVID-19 cases.

  Health

  Dec 28, 2020
• As daily cases spike, Kingston braces for further COVID-19 restrictions

  As the Kingston-area breaks a single-day record for coronavirus cases, public health is preparing to move into the orange zone of Ontario's COVID-19 response framework.

  Canada

  Dec 10, 2020
• BCTF renewing calls for mandatory masks inside classrooms

  The BC Teachers' Federation is again calling for mandatory masks in classrooms, now that the federal government has identified airborne particles are a risk of COVID-19 transmission.

  Nov 6, 2020
• Woman says she was asked to leave East Vancouver yoga studio for wearing mask

  The woman claims right before the class, one of the owners approached her and asked her to take her mask off, offering her a full refund to leave when she refused.

  Health

  Jul 7, 2020
• ‘People who are honest don’t get on the ferry’: BC Ferries customers call for resident ID checks

  A Maple Ridge couple is calling on BC Ferries to I.D. residents, after they spent six hours in a ferry line-up that didn't move

  Jul 3, 2020
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• Coronavirus: Manulife CEO warns of ‘devastation’ if economies are reopened too early

  "We cannot afford to get this wrong," he said. "Subsequent pandemic waves could create greater economic and social devastation than we’ve already seen."

  Canada

  May 7, 2020
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• Quebec, Ontario account for 92% of coronavirus deaths in Canada as cases approach 60K

  As of Sunday, data tracked by Johns Hopkins University showed there are just over 3.5 million cases of COVID-19 worldwide, with more than 1.1 million recoveries and 247,306 deaths.

  Canada

  May 3, 2020