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BCDec 15, 2020

Court hears senior RCMP officer emailed FBI after Huawei CFO arrested in Vancouver

A security analyst who monitors emails to and from the RCMP says a senior Mountie emailed the FBI the day after Huawei executive Meng Wanzhou was arrested at Vancouver's airport. Jayson Allen told a BC Supreme Court hearing yesterday that a manager asked him to search the emails of Staff Sgt. Ben Chang. Chang dealt with requests for information from the US law enforcement agency. Meng's lawyers allege Chang illegally passed on serial numbers of her electronic devices to the FBI. Court is scheduled to continue later today.
BCDec 15, 2020

Second day of testing at Big White Ski Resort following a few positive cases of COVID-19

Interior Health says it is carrying out a second day of testing at Big White Ski Resort following a few positive cases of COVID-19, and reports of partying on the mountain. The resort's senior vice-president says the company knows there are people residing on the mountain who have probably been gathering when they should be. Interior Health says the cases of COVID-19 detected are related to transmission caused by social activity in homes and accommodations. Senior vice-president Michael Ballingall says testing is underway to determine who else may have contracted the virus. He says young peo
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BCDec 15, 2020

First doses of the COVID-19 vaccine set to be administered to BC residents today

The first doses of the COVID-19 vaccine are set to be administered to BC residents today. Provincial health officer Doctor Bonnie Henry told a news conference yesterday that the vaccine will be given to workers in long-term care facilities to start. Fraser and Vancouver Coastal health regions are due to receive the first doses, with the rest of the province having access by next week. The Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine is being used in the regions covered by the Fraser and Vancouver Coastal health authorities and will be given to workers in long-term care facilities. Dr. Henry says a second dose of
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CanadaDec 15, 2020

Moderna vaccine could be delivered to Canada before the end of the month

The federal government has reached an agreement with Moderna that would see doses of its COVID-19 vaccine shipped to Canada within 48 hours of Health Canada approval.The chief medical adviser at Health Canada says things are on track for her department to approve a second vaccine for COVID-19 very soon. Dr. Supriya Sharma says things ``look positive'' for the vaccine from U.S. biotech firm Moderna but there are still some outstanding manufacturing documents needed before the decision can be made.Ongoing reviews of two more vaccines are less certain, with AstraZeneca's potentially needing more
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IndiaDec 15, 2020

Farmers' protest against Centre's 3 farm laws continues for 20th day

Farmers' protest against Centre's three farm laws continued for the 20th day at Singhu border with Delhi on Tuesday.Several former army personnel also joined the protesting farmers.Speaking to ANI, Kamaldeep Singh said that he has retired from the Army five years ago. "I was posted in different states of the country. We are also the son of a farmer. I come here as a farmer. I have these medals placed because I have done valourous work in the past and stood at the border. We want to show the government that if these black laws are not taken back then we will stay here.""We are farmers and to de
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BCDec 15, 2020

First doses of the COVID-19 vaccine arrive in B.C.; Dr. Bonnie Henry says B.C. will administer first vaccines tomorrow

The first doses of the COVID-19 vaccine have arrived in British Columbia and will start to be administered on Tuesday. Provincial health officer Dr. Bonnie Henry says the vaccine's arrival is "momentous" news, but warned it doesn't mean it's safe to break physical distancing restrictions. The Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine is being used in the regions covered by the Fraser and Vancouver Coastal health authorities and will be given to workers in long-term care facilities. There were 2,146 new cases of COVID-19 over the last three days, bringing the total number of infections to 42,943 since the pande
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WorldDec 15, 2020

Electoral College confirms Biden's victory; Biden says current president should finally accept his own defeat

President-elect Joe Biden says his Electoral College victory of the same magnitude as President Donald Trump's in 2016 is a signal that the current president should finally accept his own defeat in this year's election. Biden noted during a speech Monday in Wilmington, Delaware, that Trump called his 2016 tally of 306 electoral votes a "landslide." Biden says if that constituted a clear victory then, he wanted to "respectfully suggest" that Trump now accept Biden's victory this year. Trump has refused to concede defeat in the presidential vote, making repeated and unfounded allegations of wid
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CanadaDec 14, 2020

Health-care worker from Toronto and Quebec care home resident get country's first COVID-19 vaccinations

Quebec and Ontario have administered the country's first COVID-19 vaccinations to a health-care worker from a Toronto nursing home and a Quebec care home resident. Anita Quidangen, a personal support worker at the Rekai Centre, received the first dose at a hospital in Toronto. Her coworker Derek Thompson was also inoculated and he says the shots represent progress for all front-line workers in the province. Just shortly before that Quebec also administered its first Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccines to residents of long-term care homes in Montreal and Quebec City. In Quebec City, Gisele Leves
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BCDec 14, 2020

City, park board put plan in place to empty Vancouver tent encampment for homeless

A plan has been released to end the encampment in Vancouver's Strathcona Park as soon as possible. The park board says it's working with the city to find several short-term solutions on temporary indoor spaces while it looks for a longer-term fix. The board says in a statement that once indoor spaces have been found they'll enforce the bylaw prohibiting overnight camping in the park. A statement from the Vancouver Park Board says the city has identified several properties that can be used as temporary indoor spaces to bring people inside. Those properties include the Jericho Hostel as well a

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