COVID-19

YVR rapid test study shows tests could be used in care homes, other facilities

About 350 passengers have been tested so far, a process that takes about 15 minutes

Jan 16, 2021 10:00 AM Read more >

Prince George MLA, Interim Liberal leader urging B.C. to tap into COVID-19 rapid-test stockpile for care-home use

Jan 15, 2021 8:05 AM Read more >

International students frustrated by federal work limits during pandemic

Ottawa temporarily lifted the restriction on international students’ work hours last April, but it expired on Aug. 31, 2020, and has not been reinstated

Jan 15, 2021 1:00 AM Read more >

BCCDC reports 65 COVID-19 exposures on flights to Vancouver

Over the last five days the BC Centre for Disease Control identified exposures dating back as far as Dec. 28 and as early as Jan. 8

Jan 14, 2021 8:47 AM Read more >

COVID-19: B.C. now expecting 2.6m vaccine doses this spring

Province also names Vancouver’s former city manager to lead vaccination efforts

Jan 13, 2021 1:09 PM Read more >

COVID-19: Another staff member tests positive at Vancouver care home hit by 41 deaths

Two residents from Little Mountain Place are in hospital

Jan 13, 2021 12:48 PM Read more >

B.C.'s recovery economy: Pandemic's toll on B.C. universities, colleges

Campuses became ghost towns in 2020, as post-secondary lectures went virtual

Jan 13, 2021 8:25 AM Read more >

REPORT: J.T. Miller and Jordie Benn are quarantined according to NHL's COVID-19 protocol

The Canucks will start the season without last season's leading scorer.

Jan 12, 2021 6:03 PM Read more >

Crisis at the camps: B.C.’s COVID-19 rules for industrial sites too little, too late, critics say

Action taken after 250 cases, worker complaints and six open letters

Jan 12, 2021 1:15 PM Read more >

Ottawa secures another 20 million doses of COVID-19 vaccine from Pfizer

Latest order doubles the number of Pfizer doses earmarked for Canada

Jan 12, 2021 9:27 AM Read more >