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Mayor Lisa Helps says Victoria ready to give restaurants more room for physical distancing

Victoria Mayor Lisa Helps says council is prepared to quickly approve a plan to give restaurants more room for physical distancing by enlarging their outdoor space. Helps says the COVID-19 recovery plan would allow restaurants ...

COVID-19: BC reports 23 new cases, phase two of the pandemic restart plan can be expected next week

Provincial health officer Doctor Bonnie Henry is reporting 23 new cases of COVID-19 since Saturday and another death. That raises the total cases in the province to 2,352, with 130 deaths. Henry says if the province continues wit...

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PM Trudeau: Federal government will continue to push for caution in terms of lifting COVID-19 restrictions

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says the federal government will continue to push for caution in terms of lifting COVID-19 restrictions. Trudeau says leaders across the country are trying to find the right balance in terms of easin...

Dr. Theresa Tam: About a dozen potential vaccines that officials are hoping will prevent COVID-19

Canada's chief public health officer, Dr. Theresa Tam, says there are about a dozen potential vaccines that officials are hoping will prevent COVID-19, though none is more promising than the others. A vaccine has been seen as cri...

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U.S. Environmental Protection Agency questioning B.C. government decision

A B.C. government decision to allow Teck Resources' coal mines in southeastern B.C. to use a new type of water treatment has prompted a stern response from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. It has written a letter to Envi...

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British Columbia: Emerging Economy Task Force final report released

B.C. is in a better position to chart a long-term vision for the province according to the final report of the Emerging Economy Task Force. The 14-member task force has made 25 recommendations to help B.C. navigate global trends ...

Nova Scotia mass killer's semi-automatic guns believed to have come from U.S.

The RCMP says three of the four semi-automatic weapons used by a gunman during last month's mass shooting in Nova Scotia are believed to have come from the United States. The federal force says in a news release today that only on...

Feds pledge COVID-19 financing help for the country's biggest companies

The federal government says it will provide loans and financing to the country's largest employers to help them weather the COVID-19 economic crisis. The Liberals are promising bridge financing to companies whose financial needs a...

Quebec reopens some elementary schools, daycares after COVID-19 shutdowns

Quebec children have begun heading back to class today for the first time since March as the province reopens elementary schools and daycares outside the Montreal area. Quebec is the first province to open schools following the o...