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Vancouver-based tech firm says wearable 'tracing technology' could replace hotel quarantine

Vancouver-based tech firm says wearable 'tracing technology' could replace hotel quarantine

Government hotel stays may cost around $2,000, while this device would likely cost under $100
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Two injured in helicopter crash on Bowen Island, B.C.: emergency health services

Two injured in helicopter crash on Bowen Island, B.C.: emergency health services

VANCOUVER — Two people were transported to hospital in serious but stable condition after a helicopter crash on Bowen Island, B.C. B.C. Emergency Health Services says in a statement that they received a call at about 10 a.m.
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B.C. reports second-highest daily total of new COVID-19 cases in 2021

B.C. reports second-highest daily total of new COVID-19 cases in 2021

Testing has also increased to one of the highest totals so far this year
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B.C. reports second-highest daily total of new COVID-19 cases in 2021

B.C. reports second-highest daily total of new COVID-19 cases in 2021

Testing has also increased to one of the highest totals so far this year.
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Dentists, teachers, bus drivers want Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine in B.C.

Dentists, teachers, bus drivers want Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine in B.C.

VANCOUVER — Dentists, teachers and bus drivers are among the essential workers who hope to receive the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine in British Columbia, as a provincial committee decides who should be prioritized for the shot.
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B.C. tax changes affecting sugary drinks, vaping products coming into effect April 1

B.C. tax changes affecting sugary drinks, vaping products coming into effect April 1

VICTORIA — Tax changes targeting sugary drinks and e-commerce services based outside of B.C. will come into effect on April 1 after being delayed by the COVID-19 pandemic. The B.C.
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B.C. high court finds in favour of large landowner in fight over access to lakes

B.C. high court finds in favour of large landowner in fight over access to lakes

VANCOUVER — British Columbia's highest court has sided with the largest private landowner in the province in a dispute over public access to public land. In a unanimous ruling, a panel of the B.C.
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Helicopter crashes on Bowen Island

Helicopter crashes on Bowen Island

Two occupants being treated at Vancouver General Hospital as a precaution.
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Salon refuses to cut 10-month-old's hair because he wasn't wearing a mask

Salon refuses to cut 10-month-old's hair because he wasn't wearing a mask

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Free online Scotia Girls HockeyFest features Canadian stars

Free online Scotia Girls HockeyFest features Canadian stars

Cassie Campbell-Pascall, Natalie Spooner and  P.K. Subban among guest speakers
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