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B.C.’s restaurant sector has a simple, direct response to the Provincial Health Officer Bonnie Henry’s decision – announced only one day ahead of time – to ban alcohol sales from 8 p.m. on New Year’s Eve to 9 a.m. the next day.

VICTORIA — Health officials in British Columbia are cutting off alcohol sales on New Year's Eve in an effort to prevent gatherings where COVID-19 can spread. Last call for alcohol will be at 8 p.m. on New Year's Eve and the ban continues until 9 a.m.

Government also announces 485 new cases of the coronavirus in the last 24 hours, putting the provincial total of active cases at 7,551, with 379 people in hospital, including 77 in intensive care

VANCOUVER — The dispatcher that handles most of British Columbia's 911 calls says COVID-19 gave a different twist to some calls this year, but E-Comm's annual list of nuisance callers reveals little change elsewhere.

VANCOUVER — The association representing construction employers in British Columbia says most expect less work in 2021, although employees will see wages climb.

PEMBERTON, B.C. — RCMP say two men have died in an avalanche north of Whistler, B.C.

SURREY, B.C. — Homicide detectives are investigating the fatal shooting of a teenager in Surrey, B.C., the second deadly attack in the city in as many days. Sgt.

VICTORIA — British Columbia health officials are urging people to avoid gatherings in celebration of New Year's Eve.

CHILLIWACK, B.C. — The Mounties say British Columbia's police watchdog has been notified after two people died and another was seriously injured in a vehicle collision early Tuesday near Chilliwack.

CACHE CREEK, B.C. — The RCMP say they've identified two suspects in an investigation into the theft of a massive slab of low-grade jade from outside a gift shop in B.C.'s southern Interior earlier this month.