[ad_1] VANCOUVER – The BC Teachers’ Federation has created new campaigns to increase the use of face masks in BC classrooms. The BCTF took matters into their own hands after provincial health officer Dr. Bonnie Henry excluded schools from the new BC mandate. On Saturday, the teachers’ union posted on …
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[ad_1] VANCOUVER – A Hudson’s Bay store in Coquitlam is closed and a letter posted on the front door indicates that the closure was due to non-payment of the rent. The letter on the door of the department store inside the Coquitlam Center shopping mall indicates that the owner, Pensionfund …
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[ad_1] WINNIPEG – The Manitoba government deems some additional items essential and excludes five other remote communities from the ban on selling non-essential items in person. Announced on Saturday afternoon, the province includes gift cards, prepaid credit cards and newspapers on its list of essentials. Sapotaweyak, Berens River, Poplar River, …
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[ad_1] WINNIPEG – Another Winnipeg nursing home is struggling to cope with a COVID-19 outbreak. More than half of all residents tested positive for the virus at the Golden Links Lodge in St. Vital. Jordan Hanna is worried about her grandmother, who lives at the Golden Links Lodge. “The thought …
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[ad_1] VANCOUVER – BC’s new and stringent COVID-19 restrictions didn’t appear to be the priority for people queuing outside a Foot Locker store in downtown Vancouver on Friday. Shoppers outside the Foot Locker Power Store on Robson Street said they were concerned about what appeared to be groups of friends …
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[ad_1] WINNIPEG – Lottery products have been deemed “non-essential” under new public health orders in the province, meaning Manitobans will not be able to purchase or validate their lottery tickets in person. Manitoba Liquor and Lotteries and Western Canada Lottery Corporation (WCLC) will suspend lottery terminals in the province on …
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[ad_1] WINNIPEG – New model for COVID-19 predicts a bleak future for Canada, but tight restrictions in Manitoba have caught the attention of the country’s provincial public health chief who is looking to change the trend. The Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC) has released a model for the second …
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[ad_1] WINNIPEG – The Manitoba government has launched a new digital campaign to encourage safe local shopping amid new public health orders. Finance Minister Scott Fielding and Minister of Economic Development and Education Ralph Eichler made the announcement on Friday, noting that the campaign came as a recommendation from the …
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[ad_1] VANCOUVER – Several COVID-19 exposure alerts have been posted online for BC grocery stores in recent days. Parent companies Sobeys and Loblaws have posted multiple alerts each, warning customers that employees have tested positive for the disease in some of their stores. The latest warnings concern: Shoppers Drug Mart …
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[ad_1] VANCOUVER – The BC Center for Disease Control has added 16 flights to its list of COVID-19 exposure alerts. The BCCDC added two flights to the list on Thursday and added 14 more on Friday. Flights are a mix of domestic and international flights and each is connected to …
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