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Vaccine call centre provider 'needs to step up' amid first-day booking bottlenecks

Vaccine call centre provider 'needs to step up' amid first-day booking bottlenecks

Online vaccine booking only available in one of B.C.'s health regions
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Bonnie Henry has 'hope' sports and religious services can resume in 'coming weeks'

Bonnie Henry has 'hope' sports and religious services can resume in 'coming weeks'

First death from COVID-19 in B.C. was announced one year ago tomorrow.
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Opinion: No, silly, the COVID-19 vaccine doesn't 'alter' your DNA

Opinion: No, silly, the COVID-19 vaccine doesn't 'alter' your DNA

Some of these theories are just 'ridiculous'
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COVID-19 vaccine call centres flooded with 1.7 million calls on first day

COVID-19 vaccine call centres flooded with 1.7 million calls on first day

Health minister pleads with British Columbians not to phone vaccine call centres unless eligible
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Online sexual exploitation of children on the rise during pandemic

Online sexual exploitation of children on the rise during pandemic

Canada's tip line for reporting the online exploitation of children increased by 81 per cent.
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Queensborough Middle School sees second COVID-19 exposure of the month

Queensborough Middle School sees second COVID-19 exposure of the month

New exposure follows on the heels of a self-monitor letter issued to the entire school after a previous case. It brings New Westminster's exposure notification total to 19 over the past month.
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New Westminster school district issues new daily health checklist

New Westminster school district issues new daily health checklist

Expanded symptom list follows updated school health guidance from the B.C. Centre for Disease Control in February. And Fraser Health is now urging everyone to get tested for COVID-19-like symptoms – even mild ones.
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New West's worst COVID-19 outbreak finally declared over

New West's worst COVID-19 outbreak finally declared over

Outbreak over at Royal City Manor, but another continues at RCH
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Multiple grocery store workers across Metro Vancouver test positive for COVID-19

Multiple grocery store workers across Metro Vancouver test positive for COVID-19

Stores with affected employees are located throughout the Lower Mainland, including in Vancouver, Burnaby, Coquitlam, and Surrey.
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Letter: Fraser Health yanked my COVID-19 vaccine at the last moment. Just shameful

Letter: Fraser Health yanked my COVID-19 vaccine at the last moment. Just shameful

He's the sole caregiver for a senior parent
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