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Metro Vancouver wastewater carries COVID-19, new app reveals viral load

VANCOUVER — A new online tool allows Metro Vancouver residents to track the viral load of COVID-19 found in untreated wastewater at each of the region’s five wastewater treatment plants.

Mar 1, 2021 10:06 AM Read more >

MP tables music petition started by Port Coquitlam teacher

A petition started by a Port Coquitlam music teacher to get the government to top of the wages of professional musicians was tabled last week in the House of Commons.

Mar 1, 2021 9:50 AM Read more >

Premier Horgan to present details of B.C.'s COVID-19 mass immunization plan

VICTORIA — Premier John Horgan, Health Minister Adrian Dix and health officials are set to reveal the details of British Columbia's COVID-19 mass immunization plan.

Mar 1, 2021 8:10 AM Read more >

Vancouver grocery and drug store workers among new COVID-19 cases across Lower Mainland

Stores with newly-infected workers are in Vancouver, North Vancouver, Delta, and Surrey.

Mar 1, 2021 7:58 AM Read more >

Units in two Vancouver-area hospitals closed by COVID-19 outbreak

VANCOUVER — Health officials have declared COVID-19 outbreaks at two more Metro Vancouver hospitals after finding evidence the virus was transmitted within a medicine unit at both locations.

Mar 1, 2021 7:50 AM Read more >

B.C. set to provide details on vaccination rollout Monday morning

The next group due to receive the COVID-19 vaccine in the province are those 80 years or older who live independently

Mar 1, 2021 7:25 AM Read more >

UPDATE: First Nation man fatally shot by Tofino RCMP officer

RCMP say an interaction took place and a man was shot after they were called to a Opitsaht First Nation residence near Tofino.

Feb 28, 2021 12:13 PM Read more >

New B.C.-based clinical simulation tech changing the landscape of medical education

A new clinical training simulation platform from UBC professor Karim Qayumi is set to change the way medical students polish their skills

Feb 27, 2021 10:30 AM Read more >

'It was absolutely magical': Woman spots pod of orcas while hiking

A woman and her father were hiking on a popular Vancouver Island trail when they spotted a group of killer whales in the water.

Feb 26, 2021 5:41 PM Read more >

Former NHL player Garry Valk starts petition asking B.C. government to allow junior hockey to resume

Now a hockey dad, the North Vancouver resident says B.C.'s elite junior players are falling behind due to coronavirus restrictions

Feb 26, 2021 5:31 PM Read more >