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Majority agree with provincial plans to ease lockdown restrictions

Majority agree with provincial plans to ease lockdown restrictions

Only 13 per cent of those surveyed think it would be wise to allow live sporting events
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Ottawa earmarks $252m to bolster food security

Ottawa earmarks $252m to bolster food security

Funding falls short of industry requests
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B.C. confirms 53 new cases of COVID-19 since Saturday

B.C. confirms 53 new cases of COVID-19 since Saturday

B.C.'s provincial health officer also reported three new deaths over the past 48 hours
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B.C. extends temporary COVID-19 layoff period

B.C. extends temporary COVID-19 layoff period

The extension delays when temporarily laid-off employees become permanently laid off under provincial employment law
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VIDEO: Veteran shares his memories liberating the Netherlands, 75 years later

VIDEO: Veteran shares his memories liberating the Netherlands, 75 years later

Seventy-five years ago, when frontlines really did mean frontlines, and the Second World War was coming to an end in Europe, Sgt. Norman Kirby was there. Tuesday this week marks the anniversary of the liberation of the Netherlands.
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Opinion: Internet giants should pay their share

Opinion: Internet giants should pay their share

Newspapers have never been so loved, and never been so neglected. The thirst for coverage of how the COVID-19 pandemic is turning the world upside-down has doubled, even tripled, the audiences of news publishers over the past two months.
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Trudeau pledges $850 million to global pandemic fight

Trudeau pledges $850 million to global pandemic fight

Despite billions in emergency funding, Trudeau does not plan to revise budget
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Tourism outlook bleak, with glimmers of hope

Tourism outlook bleak, with glimmers of hope

In the best-case scenario offered by Destination B.C., short-haul tourism could start in June and July of this year
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Doctors anxious over PPE shortages as Ottawa tries to shore up domestic supply

Doctors anxious over PPE shortages as Ottawa tries to shore up domestic supply

New poll also finds vast majority of doctors remain anxious over lack of COVID-19 testing
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Feds investing $175m in B.C. firm developing COVID-19 treatment

Feds investing $175m in B.C. firm developing COVID-19 treatment

Ottawa also promising $240m in additional health-care services
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