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BCAug 11, 2020

COVID-19 exposure at Vancouver shoe store

The health authority in Vancouver is warning those who shopped at the Foot Locker on Robson Street to monitor for symptoms of COVID-19. Vancouver Coastal Health says the potential exposure dates were Aug. 4 and Aug. 5 during operating hours. It says the possible exposures are believed to be low risk, but it asks those who may have visited the store during that time to monitor for symptoms and get tested if they are feeling ill. Advisories have also been issued for passengers on several planes arriving or leaving Vancouver after positive COVID-19 tests related to those flights. Affected flight
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BCAug 11, 2020

Man dead after drowning in Squamish Lake :RCMP

Squamish RCMP say a man has died after slipping off an inflatable at a lake in Murrin Provincial Park. Mounties say they were called early yesterday evening about a swimmer missing on Browning Lake. When they arrived they say they were told the man, in his 20s, had slipped off the inflatable and couldn't be found. He was located a short time later, pulled from the water and rushed to hospital but police say he didn't survive.
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CanadaAug 11, 2020

Trudeau shuts down speculation that Morneau about to be fired as finance minister

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says he has full confidence in Finance Minister Bill Morneau and that any reports to the contrary are false.Trudeau's office has taken the unusual step of issuing a statement in support of Morneau in a bid to shut down speculation the finance minister is about to be fired.Opposition parties have been calling for Morneau's resignation over allegations that he had a conflict of interest in the WE Charity affair.News that Mark Carney, a former governor of both the Bank of Canada and Bank of England, is helping to advise Trudeau on the post-pandemic economic recovery
BCAug 11, 2020

Police seek witnesses, dashcam video, in Vancouver's tenth homicide of the year

Vancouver police are seeking witnesses to an assault last week on the city's Downtown Eastside, saying the details could be critical to what is now a homicide investigation. A statement from police says 64-year-old Jeff Strom was assaulted and seriously injured last Thursday and died two days later in hospital. The death is Vancouver's tenth homicide of the year.An arrest was made following the assault and charges against the man in custody have been upgraded to manslaughter.Sgt. Aaron Roed says investigators believe there may be more witnesses who haven't spoken with detectives and their inf
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CanadaAug 11, 2020

Ministers, top public servant to be grilled by committee on WE affair

Two federal cabinet ministers and the country's top public servant will be grilled today about how a charity with close ties to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau wound up administering a $912-million student grant program.The House of Commons ethics committee is scheduled to hear from Youth Minister Bardish Chagger, Employment Minister Carla Qualtrough and Ian Shugart, clerk of the Privy Council.The committee is ostensibly conducting a review of the existing safeguards in place to prevent conflicts of interest when the federal government is deciding how to spend taxpayers' dollars.But opposition M
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IndiaAug 11, 2020

Rajasthan political crisis: Sachin Pilot welcomes formation of 3 member committee by Sonia Gandhi

Rajasthan former deputy chief minister Sachin Pilot met Congress president Sonia Gandhi and other senior Congress leaders in the national capital on August 10. While briefing the media about the meeting, Pilot said, "Since past some time some MLAs were in Delhi, there were some issues which we wanted to highlight. I did that. I'd been saying since beginning that all these things were based on principle. I always thought these things are essential to be raised in party's interest". He further added, "Several things were said, I heard a lot of things. I was surprised by a few things that were sa
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CanadaAug 11, 2020

385 COVID-19 cases reported in Canada

There are 120,132 confirmed cases in Canada. Quebec: 60,627 confirmed (including 5,696 deaths, 53,041 resolved) Ontario: 40,161 confirmed (including 2,786 deaths, 36,381 resolved) Alberta: 11,687 confirmed (including 213 deaths, 10,384 resolved) British Columbia: 4,065 confirmed (including 195 deaths, 3,425 resolved) Saskatchewan: 1,450 confirmed (including 20 deaths, 1,265 resolved) Nova Scotia: 1,071 confirmed (including 64 deaths, 1,007 resolved) Manitoba: 543 confirmed (including 8 deaths, 354 resolved), 15 presumptive Newfoundland and Labrador: 268 confirmed (including 3 deaths, 263 resol
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BCAug 11, 2020

B.C. provincial health officer calls on younger people to avoid parties

British Columbia's provincial health officer says the public needs to do a better job at lowering the number of COVID-19 cases and encouraged younger residents to avoid large social gatherings. Dr. Bonnie Henry says a pandemic is a good excuse to skip a party. Dr. Henry says gatherings of young people, even if it is less than the 50 person limit, are a concern for health officials. She says when alcohol is involved, people often don't take the precautions they normally would. B.C. reported 131 new cases of COVID-19 since Friday, bringing the provincial total to 4,065. There have been no new d
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BCAug 10, 2020

Man charged with manslaughter just over two months after a woman died in Surrey

A man has been charged with manslaughter just over two months after a woman died in Surrey. The Integrated Homicide Investigation Team says the 47 year old man was arrested Friday and court documents show he is expected to return to court in early September. A statement from the homicide team says he was questioned because he was with 40 year old Karlee Dixon when she was found unconscious in a Surrey home on June 2nd. She died later in hospital and the homicide team says it worked with RCMP to gather evidence and submit a charge recommendation to Crown.

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CanadaJul 03, 2026

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BCJul 03, 2026

B.C. nurses begin targeted job action, refuse non-nursing duties and non-essential overtime

Nurses across British Columbia began targeted job action on Thursday by refusing to perform non-nursing duties and non-essential overtime as contract negotiations with the provincial government continue. According to the BC Nurses' Union, the action is intended to bring the province back to the bargaining table with what the union describes as a meaningful offer that addresses nurses' long-standing concerns. The union said members are continuing to provide patient care while focusing on the clinical responsibilities for which they are trained. The union said nurses have stopped performing duti