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Point Roberts visitors suggest COVID tests don’t seem so random

Point Roberts visitors suggest COVID tests don’t seem so random

Visits to isolated border community nowhere near pre-pandemic levels and business leader says random testing and ArriveCan app are not helping
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B.C.’s COVID-19 hospitalizations tick down slightly

B.C.’s COVID-19 hospitalizations tick down slightly

While hospitalizations have dropped, deaths have grown over the past week.
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New study shows effects from spousal death during COVID-19

New study shows effects from spousal death during COVID-19

Those who lost a spouse during the COVID-19 pandemic are at a greater risk of loneliness or depression in comparison to widows and widowers pre-pandemic.
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Wuhan market ground zero for COVID-19 pandemic, confirm two studies

Wuhan market ground zero for COVID-19 pandemic, confirm two studies

“There's a very, very strong case that the Huanan market was indeed the epicentre,” said one of the researchers.
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B.C. man dealing with a paralysis reaction to COVID vaccine frustrated by slow government support

B.C. man dealing with a paralysis reaction to COVID vaccine frustrated by slow government support

Julian Scholefield said the paralysis came over the course of a few hours, just 12 days after he received his second dose of a Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine.
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Serious COVID-19 infections dip slightly in B.C.

Serious COVID-19 infections dip slightly in B.C.

Hospitalizations, the ICU patient count and deaths are all slightly below that of a week ago
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Canada’s cruise sector aims for smoother sailing season

Canada’s cruise sector aims for smoother sailing season

Lessons learned from painful 2020 have raised health, safety bar for passengers in 2022
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Boost now or wait? What you should know

Boost now or wait? What you should know

Boosters are essential to prevent serious outcomes from the Omicron family of variants in particular 
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Personal risk assessment the new normal for summer travellers

Personal risk assessment the new normal for summer travellers

In the absence of mandates, experts say masks, vaccines and insurance can minimize health risks
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COVID-19 still taking wind out BC Ferries’ sails

COVID-19 still taking wind out BC Ferries’ sails

Train, ferry operators struggle to cope with overheated summer travel volume
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