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Point Roberts residents start petition to get border restrictions eased

Point Roberts residents start petition to get border restrictions eased

Point Roberts residents have started an online petition to increase the list of essential reasons to cross the border during the COVID-19 pandemic. A petition on change.
B.C. man says temperature-taking for COVID-19 is discriminatory, experts weigh in

B.C. man says temperature-taking for COVID-19 is discriminatory, experts weigh in

"The more you actually understand this virus, the more you begin to know that temperature-taking is not effective at all," said Canada's top doctor, Dr. Theresa Tam.
B.C. campsite booking website crashes soon after reservations opened today

B.C. campsite booking website crashes soon after reservations opened today

While BC Parks opened its camping reservations site Monday morning, few people have been actually able to book a site.
B.C. Parks overwhelmed as thousands try to reserve campsites

B.C. Parks overwhelmed as thousands try to reserve campsites

“Overwhelming numbers” of people trying to reserve campsites on the first day of availability led to technical problems with bookings on the B.C. Parks Discover Camping website, the Ministry of Environment says.
When a rat makes a home in your engine compartment during a pandemic

When a rat makes a home in your engine compartment during a pandemic

This is the evidence. Chewed cables. Bits of debris. Droppings. A rat has been spending time in your engine compartment. Rats can cause tremendous damage, chewing through wiring, gnawing on hoses, plugging things up with debris.
B.C. Ministry of Education offers free coding workshops for kids

B.C. Ministry of Education offers free coding workshops for kids

The B.C. Ministry of Education is partnering with Canada Learning Code to offer live workshops for students to learn how to code starting Monday.
China's post-COVID consumer trends may offer preview of B.C.'s own future

China's post-COVID consumer trends may offer preview of B.C.'s own future

The COVID-19 outbreak changed what kind of items people were buying, according to one executive.
Jack Knox: Masks make fashion statement, show us yours

Jack Knox: Masks make fashion statement, show us yours

One day in the distant past, legendary Victoria street cop Doug Bond tried to persuade a suspect in a credit union robbery to confess. C’mon, Bond told less-than-co-operative criminal, you match the description given by the tellers.
WorkSafe B.C. loses billions on stocks, wiping out funds for protective gear

WorkSafe B.C. loses billions on stocks, wiping out funds for protective gear

The government agency in charge of setting and enforcing the rules for reopening businesses closed by the pandemic can’t afford to help businesses buy protective equipment because it has lost almost all its $3 billion surplus in the recent stock mark
More than 80% of COVID-19 patients recovered

More than 80% of COVID-19 patients recovered

Just 10 new COVID-19 since Friday, two new deaths, no new outbreaks at long-term care homes