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Canadian Press NewsAlert: Canada spending $192M to prepare for COVID-19 vaccine: Trudeau

OTTAWA — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says Canada is spending $192 million on developing and producing vaccines for the novel coronavirus.

Mar 23, 2020 1:52 AM Read more >

Canada refuses to go to Tokyo Games in 2020

Olympic and Paralympic sport committees asks for one-year postponement

Mar 22, 2020 1:15 PM Read more >

Victoria encouraging restaurants to use laid-off servers for liquor delivery

Restaurants temporarily allowed to deliver liquor products with purchase of meal

Mar 22, 2020 5:10 AM Read more >

Fines, arrests possible for social distancing non-compliance

Federal Emergency Measures act 'on the table'

Mar 22, 2020 3:45 AM Read more >

House of Commons to sit Tuesday to pass COVID-19 measures

Urgent economic measures to be introduced as part of feds' $82-billion aid package

Mar 22, 2020 3:20 AM Read more >

'Unsettling' images of packed parking lots and hikers not social distancing in Squamish Saturday

Local resident counts 200 people climbing ladder with bare hands on the Chief

Mar 22, 2020 2:45 AM Read more >

B.C. health officials not providing basic data on COVID-19 testing

The 74 new positive tests reported in B.C. Saturday is a lagging indicator of novel coronavirus infections, said Dr. Bonnie Henry

Mar 22, 2020 2:30 AM Read more >

B.C. orders all salons, parlours closed as 74 new COVID-19 cases reported

What happened: More B.C. businesses are being ordered to shut down as the COVID-19 pandemic sweeps the province. Why it matters: The new order comes just a day after restaurants were ordered closed to table service, leaving many workers jobless. B.C.

Mar 21, 2020 7:39 AM Read more >

74 new cases of COVID-19 in B.C., bringing total to 424

B.C.'s provincial health officer is reporting 74 new cases of the COVID-19 virus, bringing the total number of 424 people who have tested positive for the disease. One more person has died, bringing the total in B.C. to 10.

Mar 21, 2020 6:00 AM Read more >

Vancouver Island distillers brew up sanitizer to fill void

Companies offer it for free to first responders

Mar 21, 2020 3:30 AM Read more >