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Students at the University of Victoria returned to in-person learning on Monday after two weeks of remote instruction.

Island Health reported 626 confirmed cases of COVID on Monday. Eighty-one people in the region are in hospital with COVID, including 11 in intensive care.

The complaint against the supermarket chain was dismissed due to a lack of evidence

81 percent of surveyed teachers said they鈥檙e putting their students鈥� needs above their own, according to the Canadian Teachers' Federation

Cowichan Tribes says the number of staff absent is impacting the ability to safely run the facility.

Dr. Bonnie Henry鈥檚 advice: 鈥淎ll of us need to routinely check ourselves every day, self-monitor, and if we have symptoms that might be COVID, that might be influenza, that might be a cold, we need to stay home until we feel better. Right now, with the level of transmission in our 颅communities, we all need to assume that we have been in contact with somebody with the virus.鈥�

Post-secondary admissions will be not affected by the cancellations, the Education Ministry said, and those not planning on early graduation will be able to take their assessments in April or June.

"I would challenge the health officials to explain why their advice is changing from one day to the next," said an infectious diseases expert.

Unvaccinated workers will not be fired but will have to take regular tests, according to the chair of the Nanaimo Ladysmith Public Schools board.