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Pfizer accelerates spring deliveries with 8.5m vaccine doses set to arrive in coming weeks

Pfizer accelerates spring deliveries with 8.5m vaccine doses set to arrive in coming weeks

About one million doses a week will arrive beginning in late March
'Record' day for vaccine bookings following early stumbles

'Record' day for vaccine bookings following early stumbles

B.C. health minister blamed Telus earlier in the week for big bottlenecks for vaccine bookings
New COVID-19 cases hit record levels in the Tri-Cities last month

New COVID-19 cases hit record levels in the Tri-Cities last month

The Tri-Cities recorded 894 new cases of COVID-19 in February, the highest total since the start of the pandemic. Confirming where the virus is spreading is less certain.
B.C. loosens restrictions on outdoor gatherings

B.C. loosens restrictions on outdoor gatherings

British Columbians can now gather with up to 10 people outside; at the same time, St. Patrick's Day festivities in a pub appear out of the question
B.C. loosening restrictions on outdoor gatherings ahead of March break

B.C. loosening restrictions on outdoor gatherings ahead of March break

No changes to restrictions on indoor gatherings
B.C. has 4,912 active COVID-19 cases – the most in more than eight weeks

B.C. has 4,912 active COVID-19 cases – the most in more than eight weeks

March 11 marks the one-year anniversary of the World Health Organization declaring COVID-19 a global pandemic.
Family launches court action against Little Mountain Place care home

Family launches court action against Little Mountain Place care home

Facility on East 36th Avenue in Vancouver ravaged by 41 COVID-19 deaths
#TheMoment: When did you realize COVID-19 had changed everything?

#TheMoment: When did you realize COVID-19 had changed everything?

#TheMoment is different for everyone, from watching children become online learners to not being able to say goodbye to loved ones.
British Columbians reflect on the exact moment the pandemic sunk in (VIDEO)

British Columbians reflect on the exact moment the pandemic sunk in (VIDEO)

Here is what it was like in B.C. at the start of the COVID-19 pandemic (PHOTOS)

Here is what it was like in B.C. at the start of the COVID-19 pandemic (PHOTOS)

From hoarding toilet paper to people wearing jugs on their heads at the airport, March 2020 looks decidedly different than March 2021.