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B.C. says it can speed up COVID-19 vaccine roll out for elderly after slow start

B.C. says it can speed up COVID-19 vaccine roll out for elderly after slow start

VICTORIA — The British Columbia government says it will speed up its COVID-19 vaccine roll out after a slow start this week.
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B.C. government won't release Telus contract on vaccine appointment call centres

B.C. government won't release Telus contract on vaccine appointment call centres

VICTORIA — British Columbia's premier and health minister refused to directly answer questions Wednesday about the government's contract with Telus, the provider whose call centres for COVID-19 vaccine appointments got off to a chaotic start.
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Battered but still working, iPhone returned to Port Coquitlam teen after eight-month ocean journey

Battered but still working, iPhone returned to Port Coquitlam teen after eight-month ocean journey

A cell phone lost in the Coquitlam River washed up on a Mayne Island beach last Saturday after an eight month journey; now it is being returned to the Port Coquitlam teen who lost the phone in a rafting incident last summer
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B.C. residents warned of invasive mussel species

B.C. residents warned of invasive mussel species

The tiny mussel species hitches rides on aquarium moss balls.
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B.C. records 531 new COVID-19 cases, as variant strains become more prevalent

B.C. records 531 new COVID-19 cases, as variant strains become more prevalent

B.C. has now detected 627 cases of mutant strains of the COVID-19 virus.
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B.C. records 531 new COVID-19 cases, as variant strains become more prevalent

B.C. records 531 new COVID-19 cases, as variant strains become more prevalent

B.C. has now detected 627 cases of mutant strains of the COVID-19 virus.
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Recalled YVR staff to work in vaccine clinics

Recalled YVR staff to work in vaccine clinics

YVR CEO Tamara Vrooman says airport reached partnership with Vancouver Coastal Health
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Riverview Hospital is renamed 'səmiq̓wəʔelə' as master planning starts on the Coquitlam site

Riverview Hospital is renamed 'səmiq̓wəʔelə' as master planning starts on the Coquitlam site

The provincial government has renamed the historical property “səmiq̓wəʔelə” to reflect the presence of the Kwikwetlem First Nation and the ties to its ancestral land.
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Recalled YVR staff to work in vaccine clinics

Recalled YVR staff to work in vaccine clinics

YVR CEO Tamara Vrooman says airport reached partnership with Vancouver Coastal Health
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Are Metro Vancouver gas prices reaching a tipping point?

Are Metro Vancouver gas prices reaching a tipping point?

UBC researcher says gas prices in the Lower Mainland may soon be reaching a tipping point as electric vehicles race towards price parity
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