COVID-19

This Vancouver firm is 3D printing and donating protective gear for health care workers

LNG Studios has been producing about 35 face shields a day for frontline health care workers in the Lower Mainland.

Mar 28, 2020 6:23 PM Read more >

Former Steve Nash Fitness World employees are calling for an independent investigation into ‘unpaid wages, bullying, harassment’

The petition claims an investigation regarding a prior complaint “could not be concluded” after SNFC employees were let go amid COVID-19 closures

Mar 28, 2020 5:49 PM Read more >

London Drugs employee tests positive for COVID-19 in Vancouver

London Drugs states that a pharmacy staff member at a Downtown Vancouver location has tested positive for COVID-19.

Mar 28, 2020 4:22 PM Read more >

With workers ill and traffic down 70%, BC Ferries looks at reducing service

The number of employees off work is running about four times higher than normal.

Mar 28, 2020 1:41 PM Read more >

Read this before you go for a hike this weekend

The BC Search and Rescue Association is asking the public to take extra precautions if heading into the outdoors, to avoid getting lost or injured.

Mar 28, 2020 1:21 PM Read more >

Vancouver launches childcare referral system for essential workers

Priority will be given to children whose parents or guardians work as front-line workers in public health and health services, social services, law enforcement, first responders and emergency response.

Mar 28, 2020 12:36 PM Read more >

Only food can be sold at farmers' markets: Provincial Health Officer

One of the main goals is to discourage people from using farmers' markets as a gathering place.

Mar 28, 2020 12:24 PM Read more >

B.C. confirms 92 new cases of COVID-19, for total of 884

There has been one more death.

Mar 28, 2020 12:12 PM Read more >

‘I was scared:’ Richmond woman recalls her family’s time stuck in Peru under COVID-19 lockdown

Sabine Yep wept when she saw the Air Canada flight crew lined up outside the plane on the tarmac of an air force base in Lima, waving Canadian flags.

Mar 28, 2020 11:59 AM Read more >

This life-saving project aims to build a million ventilators in 90 days

“If doctors and nurses are to give patients a fighting chance, we want to do everything possible to give them the tools they require."

Mar 27, 2020 9:45 PM Read more >