[ad_1] VANCOUVER – Nearly a dozen other COVID-19 exposure warnings have been posted in grocery stores and pharmacies across the Lower Continent. Parent companies Sobeys and Loblaws have posted multiple alerts each in the past few days after employees at some of their stores tested positive for the disease. These …
Read More »BC Black Friday sales start early due to the COVID-19 pandemic
[ad_1] VANCOUVER – Retailers across BC are starting Black Friday discounts early in an effort to keep shoppers safe. As COVID-19 cases continue to rise, hopefully consumers will be able to spread out their store visits, but still get some offers. Black Friday sales are known for large crowds and …
Read More »BC teachers ask for parental help amid growing concerns about COVID-19
[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 …
Read More »Hudson’s Bay store in Coquitlam defaults on rent, owner takes over
[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 …
Read More »Foot Locker launch draws crowds in downtown Vancouver
[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 …
Read More »COVID-19 Exposures: Multiple alerts posted for BC grocery stores and pharmacies
[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 …
Read More »More than a dozen flights added to BC’s COVID-19 exposure list
[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 …
Read More »COVID-19 exposures: more grocery stores in the Lower Continent, pharmacies record positive tests
[ad_1] VANCOUVER – Several other grocery stores and pharmacies in the Lower Mainland have had employees tested positive for COVID-19 in the past few days. Parent company Loblaws has issued warnings of possible exposure to COVID-19 for several stores Shoppers Drug Mart and Real Canadian Superstore, and T&T Supermarket has …
Read More »Another 11 flights involving BC airports added to the COVID-19 exposure list
[ad_1] VANCOUVER – The BC Center for Disease Control has added several more flights to its list of COVID-19 exposures. The BCCDC added two flights to Tuesday’s list e nine more on Wednesday. The latest additions only took off on November 5th and October 22nd. The details of the affected …
Read More »Dozens of positive tests as 2 nursing homes fight major COVID-19 outbreaks
[ad_1] VANCOUVER – With the increase in the number of COVID 19 in the Fraser Health region, nursing homes are also seeing an alarming number of people infected, despite protocols in place to protect them. At the Fellburn Care Center in Burnaby, 36 residents and 16 employees tested positive for …
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