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Recalled YVR staff to work in vaccine clinics

Recalled YVR staff to work in vaccine clinics

YVR CEO Tamara Vrooman says airport reached partnership with Vancouver Coastal Health
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Premier John Horgan has the highest approval rating in Canada, again

Premier John Horgan has the highest approval rating in Canada, again

More British Columbians approve of the job Horgan is doing this quarter over last
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High COVID-19 count prompts citywide vaccinations in Prince Rupert, B.C.

High COVID-19 count prompts citywide vaccinations in Prince Rupert, B.C.

PRINCE RUPERT, B.C. — Health officials say an entire northwestern British Columbia city will be vaccinated over the next three weeks as the community continues to face persistent outbreaks of COVID-19.
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After 90 calls, 96-year-old B.C. woman finally gets vaccine appointment

After 90 calls, 96-year-old B.C. woman finally gets vaccine appointment

A B.C. family had to ring the call centre more than 90 times before they got through to get their 96-year-old mother a COVID-19 vaccine appointment.
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Money laundering whistleblower vanishes without a trace

Money laundering whistleblower vanishes without a trace

Ross Alderson, a former director of anti-money laundering (AML) investigations at the B.C. Lottery Corporation, took concerns to media in 2017; now he’s a no-show at the Commission of Inquiry into Money Laundering in B.C.
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B.C. blames Telus for call centre failures amid criticism over lack of online booking

B.C. blames Telus for call centre failures amid criticism over lack of online booking

VICTORIA — British Columbia is blaming Telus after call centres for COVID-19 vaccine appointments were overwhelmed, while the province also faces criticism over the lack of an online booking platform.
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B.C. records 1,393 COVID-19-related deaths in year after first such fatality

B.C. records 1,393 COVID-19-related deaths in year after first such fatality

A man in his 80s at North Vancouver's Lynn Valley Care Centre was the first to die from COVID-19 in Canada.
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Money laundering whistleblower vanishes without a trace

Money laundering whistleblower vanishes without a trace

Ross Alderson, a former director of anti-money laundering (AML) investigations at the B.C. Lottery Corporation, took concerns to media in 2017; now he’s a no-show at the Commission of Inquiry into Money Laundering in B.C.
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B.C. records 1,393 COVID-19-related deaths in year after first such fatality

B.C. records 1,393 COVID-19-related deaths in year after first such fatality

A man in his 80s at North Vancouver's Lynn Valley Care Centre was the first to die from COVID-19 in Canada.
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Transportation Safety Board issues report into fatal northwest B.C. helicopter crash

Transportation Safety Board issues report into fatal northwest B.C. helicopter crash

VANCOUVER — Heavy rain creating an optical illusion on the windshield of a helicopter could have played a role in a fatal crash in northwestern British Columbia last summer, but the Transportation Safety Board says without onboard recording devices i
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