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Pandemic fears, financial fallout lead to rise in domestic violence

Pandemic fears, financial fallout lead to rise in domestic violence

According to Metro Vancouver Crime Stoppers, the number of reports to Vancouver’s Battered Women’s Support Services has increased 300% since the COVID-19 pandemic began. 
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B.C. woman awakes to be told she had died months ago

B.C. woman awakes to be told she had died months ago

Wilma Williams had a rough start to her Monday.
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B.C. confirms 95 new cases of COVID-19, for total of 1,948

B.C. confirms 95 new cases of COVID-19, for total of 1,948

There have been an additional two deaths, bringing B.C.'s provincial total to 100.
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B.C. to move homeless people into temporary shelters to protect from pandemic

B.C. to move homeless people into temporary shelters to protect from pandemic

VANCOUVER — British Columbia is looking to temporarily relocate people from tent encampments in Vancouver and Victoria to hotel and community centre accommodations to protect them from the ongoing pandemic.
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Poll shows mental health toll of COVID-19 pandemic, isolation on British Columbians

Poll shows mental health toll of COVID-19 pandemic, isolation on British Columbians

The survey shows women are feeling the mental effects of the pandemic harder, on average.
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What it's like to be a long-haul truck driver in Canada and the U.S. during a pandemic

What it's like to be a long-haul truck driver in Canada and the U.S. during a pandemic

Truck driver Thomas Bradbury: 'Right now, produce is like gold.'
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Stronger, more modern B.C. legal system to emerge from COVID pandemic: minister

Stronger, more modern B.C. legal system to emerge from COVID pandemic: minister

VICTORIA — Attorney General David Eby says the COVID-19 pandemic exposed vulnerabilities in British Columbia's legal system, weaknesses that have forged a unified effort to build a stronger, more modern justice administration. Most courts in B.C.
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New evacuation order in B.C. as flooding affects central Interior

New evacuation order in B.C. as flooding affects central Interior

PRINCE GEORGE, B.C. — A flood warning has been issued for a river near Prince George, B.C., after it rose nearly 35 centimetres in a day. The B.C.
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Poultry plant in Coquitlam, B.C., closed by health authority over COVID-19

Poultry plant in Coquitlam, B.C., closed by health authority over COVID-19

COQUITLAM, B.C. — A poultry processing plant in Coquitlam, B.C., has been closed by Fraser Health after an outbreak of COVID-19 among its workers. The health authority says two workers at the facility operated by Superior Poultry Processors Ltd.
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B.C. tree planter camps, other industries get new rules to prevent COVID-19 spread

B.C. tree planter camps, other industries get new rules to prevent COVID-19 spread

VICTORIA — Thousands of tree planters in British Columbia will be screened for COVID-19 under new rules issued by the provincial health officer as they prepare to travel to remote communities to start their work.
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