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New flu outbreaks outpace COVID-19 ones at B.C. care facilities

New flu outbreaks outpace COVID-19 ones at B.C. care facilities

B.C. had five new flu outbreaks at care facilities in week ended Dec. 17
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Canadian economy grew by 0.1% in October, Statistics Canada says

Canadian economy grew by 0.1% in October, Statistics Canada says

OTTAWA — The Canadian economy grew slightly in October with the latest reading on real gross domestic product coming in higher than expected. Statistics Canada said Friday that the economy edged up 0.
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Powerful storm to test B.C.’s new emergency ministry

Powerful storm to test B.C.’s new emergency ministry

Concerns for homeless people, impassable highways and roads and localized flooding as an atmospheric river slams into Arctic air on B.C.’s South Coast Friday
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Rare snow-ice event prompts B.C. government to warn against travel

Rare snow-ice event prompts B.C. government to warn against travel

'Rarely do we see such heavy snowfall followed by freezing rain and heavy rainfall,' said one minister.
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B.C. COVID-19 trends stabilize

B.C. COVID-19 trends stabilize

Of 349 people in hospital with COVID-19, 35 are sick enough to be in ICUs
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'Very bad, very messy': B.C. forecaster warning the public about next storm

'Very bad, very messy': B.C. forecaster warning the public about next storm

A longtime meteorologist is warning the public about the storm headed for B.C.
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Stratcom parlayed pandemic polls into telephone town halls to set-up NDP snap election

Stratcom parlayed pandemic polls into telephone town halls to set-up NDP snap election

The second in a two-part series on the NDP’s use of polling ahead of the snap October 2020 provincial election
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B.C. winter havoc conjures up memories of past ‘Decembers to remember’

B.C. winter havoc conjures up memories of past ‘Decembers to remember’

Is this another December to Remember? It could already be one to forget, for those that have suffered in one way or another. The Dec.
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B.C. judge denies Save Old Growth protester conditional discharge

B.C. judge denies Save Old Growth protester conditional discharge

A Vancouver teacher faced the music in Provincial Court Wednesday and got schooled by a judge for her role in illegal Save Old Growth blockades.
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Guest list for Vancouver mayor and council inauguration included director of Richmond society under RCMP probe

Guest list for Vancouver mayor and council inauguration included director of Richmond society under RCMP probe

A director of a Richmond society now under an RCMP national security investigation was invited to Vancouver Mayor Ken Sim’s Nov. 7 swearing-in at the Orpheum Theatre.
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