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Rapid response teams in place to support COVID-19 safety in B.C. schools

Rapid response teams in place to support COVID-19 safety in B.C. schools

VICTORIA — Education Minister Jennifer Whiteside says six new rapid response teams will help schools in B.C. identify gaps in COVID-19 safety plans to help reduce exposure risk.
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ICBC tribunal partly unconstitutional: B.C. Supreme Court

ICBC tribunal partly unconstitutional: B.C. Supreme Court

Claimants said new process diverts them from right to appear in court
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B.C. records two more COVID-19 deaths, as vaccination roll-out stays slow

B.C. records two more COVID-19 deaths, as vaccination roll-out stays slow

Only 7,501 vaccine doses administered in past day, as total number of British Columbians vaccinated approaches 200,000.
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Diners’ private information compromised when left in open

Diners’ private information compromised when left in open

Personal information is solely for contact tracing, not marketing: B.C. privacy commissioner
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Hospital cleaning staff waiting for vaccine, part of Phase 2

Hospital cleaning staff waiting for vaccine, part of Phase 2

Dr. Bonnie Henry says the ministry is looking at which jobs are the most at risk for infections and outbreaks.
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Homicide team joins probe into death of 11-year-old injured in his Fraser Valley home

Homicide team joins probe into death of 11-year-old injured in his Fraser Valley home

AGASSIZ, B.C. — An autopsy is expected after the death of an 11-year-old boy severely injured several days ago at his family's home east of Vancouver.
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No pirate hat for Pastafarian’s driver’s licence photo: court

No pirate hat for Pastafarian’s driver’s licence photo: court

Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster member says religious rights breached.
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Chief Coroner: Illicit drug supply in B.C. ‘becoming even deadlier’

Chief Coroner: Illicit drug supply in B.C. ‘becoming even deadlier’

A total of 165 people in B.C. died of an overdose in January 2021
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Third youth arrested after student assaulted outside Surrey, B.C., high school

SURREY, B.C. — RCMP say a third suspect has surrendered to police after a youth was assaulted with a weapon Monday in an attack outside a school in Surrey, B.C.
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Seth Rogen’s cannabis goes on sale in the U.S., website crashes immediately

Seth Rogen’s cannabis goes on sale in the U.S., website crashes immediately

The Canadian/American actor says the passion project has been 10 years in the making
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