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Former Vancouver hotel to be converted to 65 units for homeless people by the fall

Former Vancouver hotel to be converted to 65 units for homeless people by the fall

VANCOUVER — A former hotel on the Vancouver's eastside has been purchased to create about 65 units to accommodate homeless people. The City of Vancouver, the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corp.
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Metro Vancouver wastewater carries COVID-19, new app reveals viral load

Metro Vancouver wastewater carries COVID-19, new app reveals viral load

VANCOUVER — A new online tool allows Metro Vancouver residents to track the viral load of COVID-19 found in untreated wastewater at each of the region’s five wastewater treatment plants.
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Todd Bertuzzi arrested on suspicion of DUI

Todd Bertuzzi arrested on suspicion of DUI

He was picked up early Saturday morning
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Premier Horgan to present details of B.C.'s COVID-19 mass immunization plan

Premier Horgan to present details of B.C.'s COVID-19 mass immunization plan

VICTORIA — Premier John Horgan, Health Minister Adrian Dix and health officials are set to reveal the details of British Columbia's COVID-19 mass immunization plan.
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Units in two Vancouver-area hospitals closed by COVID-19 outbreak

Units in two Vancouver-area hospitals closed by COVID-19 outbreak

VANCOUVER — Health officials have declared COVID-19 outbreaks at two more Metro Vancouver hospitals after finding evidence the virus was transmitted within a medicine unit at both locations.
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This young Port Moody entrepreneur wants to save the planet

This young Port Moody entrepreneur wants to save the planet

A young Port Moody entrepreneur is hoping his organic cotton shopping bags will help reduce the amount of plastics going into the world's oceans.
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Fire at Kamloops landfill extinguished Sunday

Fire at Kamloops landfill extinguished Sunday

It had been burning since Saturday morning
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UPDATE: First Nation man fatally shot by Tofino RCMP officer

UPDATE: First Nation man fatally shot by Tofino RCMP officer

RCMP say an interaction took place and a man was shot after they were called to a Opitsaht First Nation residence near Tofino.
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‘A questionable basis’: B.C. airsoft and paintball players speak out against proposed gun law changes

‘A questionable basis’: B.C. airsoft and paintball players speak out against proposed gun law changes

Petitions against the proposed bill have reached over 53,000 signatures
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New B.C.-based clinical simulation tech changing the landscape of medical education

New B.C.-based clinical simulation tech changing the landscape of medical education

A new clinical training simulation platform from UBC professor Karim Qayumi is set to change the way medical students polish their skills
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