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Six new COVID-19 cases on Vancouver Island amid provincewide rise

Six new COVID-19 cases on Vancouver Island amid provincewide rise

Vancouver Island has seen six new COVID-19 cases since Friday as part of a provincewide uptick that provincial health officer Dr. Bonnie Henry called a warning to British Columbians.
Dave Obee: No sa国际传媒 book drive this year, but we have ideas

Dave Obee: No sa国际传媒 book drive this year, but we have ideas

We need to make it official: The sa国际传媒 book drive, a vital part of our lives since 1998, will not happen this year. COVID-19 has made it unthinkable.
Dozen gather downtown to demand better worker protection

Dozen gather downtown to demand better worker protection

About a dozen people gathered downtown Saturday to demand better protections for retail and hospitality industry workers, including 21 days of paid sick leave.
鈥榃e can鈥檛 stop them鈥: Despite restrictions, some care-home residents go out for strolls

鈥榃e can鈥檛 stop them鈥: Despite restrictions, some care-home residents go out for strolls

Despite public-health orders restricting visits to long-term care homes, a small number of able-bodied residents are walking out of the homes to buy cigarettes, take a stroll in the city or meet with friends, creating a risk to others in the faciliti
Monique Keiran: Life with COVID-19 is full of plot twists

Monique Keiran: Life with COVID-19 is full of plot twists

Every known human culture from every era in every part of the world has told stories. We use stories to foster co-operation and teach social norms. We tell them to pass along information, culture and beliefs, and to instill social expectations.
Geoff Johnson: Reopening schools a test of will and skill

Geoff Johnson: Reopening schools a test of will and skill

As sa国际传媒 school districts plan for schools to reopen in September, education leaders will be making decisions based on a balance of educational and economic interests as well as limited and rapidly changing epidemiological evidence and advice.
Les Leyne: Henry resisting any thought of new pandemic restrictions

Les Leyne: Henry resisting any thought of new pandemic restrictions

Even in the face of a relatively significant COVID-19 outbreak in Kelowna, provincial health officer Dr. Bonnie Henry is sticking to a stance she outlined last month. She wants the gradual re-opening of sa国际传媒 to move forward, not back.
Province says business tenants can end leases at hotels it bought for homeless

Province says business tenants can end leases at hotels it bought for homeless

Business tenants in hotels recently purchased to house homeless people are free to end their leases if they wish, says sa国际传媒鈥檚 housing minister.
Letters July 16: Where Maritime Museum belongs; impact of social isolation

Letters July 16: Where Maritime Museum belongs; impact of social isolation

Maritime museum belongs by the water Re: 鈥淢aritime Museum of sa国际传媒 charts course for Langford,鈥 July 10. It is simply incomprehensible to me that the Maritime Museum of sa国际传媒 is moving to Langford.
Wilson鈥檚 restarting bus service to Tofino, up-Island, ferry

Wilson鈥檚 restarting bus service to Tofino, up-Island, ferry

Bus service for trips up-Island and to the Lower Mainland is coming back starting Friday. The Wilson鈥檚 Group of Companies is gradually restarting services, with physical distancing in effect: 鈥 The sa国际传媒