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There have been 90 new cases of variants of concern identified in the past two days.

B.C.’s Human Rights Code only protects people from discrimination based on certain personal characteristics.

To avoid climate catastrophes the report calls on the government to implement all of the 14 recommendations from the 2020 Old Growth Strategic Review.

Eight of the new positive tests over the weekend were of the United Kingdom variant of coronavirus.

International Trade Minister Mary Ng acknowledged at a House of Commons committee meeting Monday that promises to Canada from Europe are verbal, not in writing.

Charges have been laid.

A COVID-19 outbreak has been declared at the Discovery Harbour Long Term Care centre in Campbell River. https://www.campbellrivermirror.com//outbreak-declared-at/

An Abbotsford mom with a First Nations background is enraged that her daughter received a school assignment to list five positive stories about residential schools.

Bylaw amendment allows electoral area directors who attend rezoning and OCP amendment meetings to consider both components as separate meetings, and to get paid for each of them, even when the meeting takes place in one location and time.

BC Ferries to trial two-ship service on Campbell River Quadra Island route.

Key recommendations include the use of rapid testing protocols and clear guidelines on how essential family caregivers can stay safely connected to their loved ones. The report also calls for better funding and pandemic pay for staff, along with improved mental health and safety programs to ease what BC Care Providers Association CEO Terry Lake says is widespread employee burnout.

In 2019, medicines with 28-day treatment costs exceeding $7,500 made up 43 per cent of private plan oncology drug costs, compared with 17 per cent in 2010, according to the report.

Canada will not be first in line for COVID-19 vaccines, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said during his morning briefing in front of Rideau Cottage on Tuesday (Nov. 24).

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Of the new cases, 169 are in Vancouver Coastal Health, 443 are in Fraser Health, 70 are in Interior Health, 21 are in Island Health and 35 are in Northern Health.

The inquiry into money laundering in B.C. has heard the RCMP didn’t have the resources to investigate illegal activities at the province’s largest casino, while the B.C. Lottery Corp. didn’t have the authority to crack down on suspicious transactions.

The notice of application asks the court to certify the action as a class proceeding and declare that Facebook was obliged to safeguard their information under the Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act.

Obviously, some changes have been made to the way things work at the centre but it’s the organization’s hope that people come back and see what measures have been put in place so they can feel secure in the fact that all precautions have been taken.

The Vancouver Island Marmot population has been recovering since the species nearly went extinct in the early 2000s, but thanks to The Vancouver Island Marmot Recovery Foundation, their population has risen, particularly with 106 pups born within the past two years, said Adam Taylor, the foundation’s executive director.

Death cap mushrooms are a high health risk in urbananized environments. Death cap mushrooms are extremely poisonous and closely resemble some edible mushroom from Asia. Eating them may lead to liver and kidney damage, or death. People should educate themselves to keep their children and pets away from this species, says provincial forest pathologist Harry Kope, noting this is the first finding of the mushroom on Vancouver Island outside of Greater Victoria.

These gifts span two generations on both sides of our family maternal and paternal and we hope that they can be enjoyed by others in the community and all visitors to the Gallery.

As we continue our love affair with plastics, says PhD candidate Garth Covernton, who leads off the new speakers series presented by the Campbell River Museum, it’s important that we understand the complexities of the issue in order to make the right choices to protect human and environmental health.

Caleb Hart has the ability to bring something fresh, honest and powerful every time he steps on a stage.

Once B.C.’s election results are official, NDP leader John Horgan has to interview MLAs and choose a new cabinet, who then have to be sworn in by B.C. Lieutenant Governor Janet Austin and be briefed on the state of the provincial books. Only then can the cabinet and its treasury board go ahead with relief payments to individuals and businesses, and change any policies that aren’t working.

Judge rejects 15 youths’ climate change lawsuit against Canadian government

2 men accused of fleeing border agents near U.S.-B.C. border with $2M in drugs

Too rural, not enough diversity, soul searching needed, say BC Liberals.