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Premier Horgan responds to Canada's new international travel restrictions

Premier Horgan responds to Canada's new international travel restrictions

"If you do not need to travel, don't."
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A $2,000 hotel? What you need to know about Canada's new travel restrictions

A $2,000 hotel? What you need to know about Canada's new travel restrictions

Returning travellers must now be tested on arrival, spend three nights in a hotel at their own cost and, if they test positive, wait out their isolation period in a government facility.
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North Vancouver Shoppers Drug Mart employee tests positive for COVID-19

North Vancouver Shoppers Drug Mart employee tests positive for COVID-19

The retailer's parent company says it shares updates about test-positive COVID cases in stores in order to maintain transparency.
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Canada bolsters travel restrictions, suspends all flights to Mexico and Caribbean

Canada bolsters travel restrictions, suspends all flights to Mexico and Caribbean

New measures are meant to diminish threat of COVID-19 variants from entering the country.
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B.C. researcher studies physical impact of stress on nurses

B.C. researcher studies physical impact of stress on nurses

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COVID-19 hospitalizations in B.C. fall to nine-week low

COVID-19 hospitalizations in B.C. fall to nine-week low

Another dozen people have died from the virus in the past day, raising the death toll in B.C. to 1,184 individuals.
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B.C.'s unemployment rate was the most impacted in Canada by COVID-19

B.C.'s unemployment rate was the most impacted in Canada by COVID-19

Earlier in the pandemic, 10.44 per cent of all British Columbia’s jobs were lost during a one-month period
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North Shore COVID numbers drop slowly; 67 new cases reported

North Shore COVID numbers drop slowly; 67 new cases reported

Whistler remains the region's infection hotspot with 224 new cases reported in the past week
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North Vancouver families frustrated with findings in new long-term care report

North Vancouver families frustrated with findings in new long-term care report

These problems were 'very apparent' during early coronavirus outbreak at Lynn Valley Care Centre, families say
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B.C. records lowest daily total of new COVID-19 deaths in more than nine weeks

B.C. records lowest daily total of new COVID-19 deaths in more than nine weeks

Four more fatalities from COVID-19 in B.C. raise the province's death toll from the virus to 1,172.
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