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703 Coquitlam families left without laptop, 50 without internet when school was shut down

703 Coquitlam families left without laptop, 50 without internet when school was shut down

SD43 says 4% of school district’s 16,630 families needed help with laptops, a figure that exposed a smaller than expected gap in technology.
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Care-home visiting rules could ease in summer

Care-home visiting rules could ease in summer

B.C.’s top doctor hopes to ease COVID-19 restrictions on visitors at seniors’ residences and hospitals this summer, allowing at least one family member to visit a loved one.
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B.C. confirms 95 new cases of COVID-19, for total of 1,948

B.C. confirms 95 new cases of COVID-19, for total of 1,948

There have been an additional two deaths, bringing B.C.'s provincial total to 100.
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Coquitlam Legion donates $25,000 to local food bank

Coquitlam Legion donates $25,000 to local food bank

With all of its events cancelled, Coquitlam Legion #263 put the money towards feeding the Tri-City's hungry at a time when many are struggling with the financial fallout of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Port Moody residents could get more time to pay property taxes

Port Moody residents could get more time to pay property taxes

Council will consider options at its meeting on Tuesday
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Will new food truck rules make a Coquitlam COVID-19 summer more bearable?

City council approves extending food truck pilot program another year
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WHO warns against ‘immunity passports’ as countries look to ease COVID-19 restrictions

WHO warns against ‘immunity passports’ as countries look to ease COVID-19 restrictions

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says Canada, provinces, not preparing plans to reopen based on immunity
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Port Moody council meets talk radio on Tuesday

Port Moody council meets talk radio on Tuesday

Port Moody council is going to test a new way of accepting public input at its next meeting
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Jack Knox: Woman awakes to be told she had died months ago

Jack Knox: Woman awakes to be told she had died months ago

Wilma Williams had a rough start to her Monday. “I got up in the morning and I was 80 years old,” she says. “But by the time I read my mail, I was dead.
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VIDEO: This study finds 2 metres may not be enough physical distance

VIDEO: This study finds 2 metres may not be enough physical distance

Researchers believe this study marks the furthest distance anyone has ever measured cough airflow.
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