Denise Wong
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Vancouver, BC, Canada
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Alberta teen's death deemed not COVID-related: Hinshaw-
Alberta's top doctor is retracting information on the death of a teen from earlier this week. She says a review has found COVID was not the cause of death. → Read More
British Columbians can soon fly out of Bellingham again
The U.S. is re-opening its land borders to fully vaccinated Canadians in November. Pre-COVID, over half of Bellingham Airport's passengers were Canadian. → Read More
B.C. records 28 COVID-related deaths over Thanksgiving long weekend
B.C. saw a daily average of seven COVID-related deaths over the Thanksgiving long weekend. There were 2,090 new cases over the past four days. → Read More
Will vaccine mandates push Metro Vancouver police officers to different forces?
Some Metro Vancouver police officers need to be vaccinated, while others don't. At least one police chief doesn't expect this will drive members elsewhere. → Read More
'They don't care about people': B.C. minister not sorry for vaccine card crackdown
B.C.'s Public Safety Minister has little sympathy for who he calls "Covidiots" who think "they can thumb their nose at the rest of the province." → Read More
B.C. expanding indoor public mask mandate to include ages five and up
Everyone in B.C. aged five and up will soon be required to wear a mask in indoor public spaces such as malls, grocery stores, and libraries. → Read More
'Swatting' being investigated after threats at Metrotown mall, SkyTrain, Port Moody school
Police are investigating if reports of threats at Metropolis at Metrotown, the nearby SkyTrain station, and a Port Moody school were a case of "swatting." → Read More
Vancouver man who ran makeshift nightclub during COVID could lose condo
A civil action filed in BC Supreme Court could see the owner of a Vancouver condo stripped of his property after violating COVID-19 restrictions. → Read More
North Vancouver COVID-19 cases worse than reported, parents claim
Parents with kids at a school on the North Shore are getting upset and angry with how COVID-19 cases in classrooms are being handled. → Read More
VSB to discuss extending mask mandate to all students
Vancouver's school district could be the first to approve a mandatory mask policy for all students Kindergarten to Grade 12 this fall. → Read More
Air Canada resumes flights between India and Vancouver, Toronto
Canadians can once again book flights to India, with Air Canada announcing the resumption of non-stop flights to and from Delhi. The airline's flights from Delhi to Toronto and Vancouver resumed Monday. → Read More
B.C. records seven COVID-related deaths, 80% of those eligible fully vaccinated
Seven more British Columbians have died due to COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, as Fraser Health once again recorded the most new cases in the province. → Read More
No sympathy from B.C.'s premier for businesses defying vaccine passport rules
B.C.'s premier says he's disappointed with restaurant owners and other businesses who are defying orders to demand proof of COVID-19 vaccination. → Read More
B.C. parents demand faster notifications about COVID-19 exposures in school
Some B.C. parents are demanding more transparency about COVID-19 exposures in schools and are not convinced changes promised this week are strong enough. → Read More
TransLink reports biggest jump in ridership since start of COVID-19 pandemic
TransLink is optimistic ridership will continue to grow after seeing its highest jump in riders since start of the COVID-19 pandemic. → Read More
COVID-19: B.C. records 10 deaths, 759 new cases
There have been 10 new COVID-related deaths in B.C. in the past day, most of which were in the Fraser Health region. → Read More
B.C. Conservatives who voted against banning 'conversion therapy' ousted
At least three B.C. Conservatives lost their seats in the 2021 federal election. All of them voted against the banning of "conversion therapy." → Read More
Woman attacked on SkyTrain over mask dispute
Transit Police say a woman was hit by two maskless SkyTrain riders in Burnaby on Monday. They call it an unprovoked attack. → Read More
Vancouver-Granville riding too close to call on election night-
In Vancouver-Granville, the NDP's Anjali Appadurai and the Liberals' Taleeb Noormohamed were in a dead heat in the federal election. → Read More
Surrey RCMP needs help finding missing woman
Mounties in Surrey are asking for help finding a woman who's been missing since early Friday morning. → Read More