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More than three million British Columbians fully vaccinated
Active infections rose to a six-week high of 1,231.
Copyright royalty collector can’t enforce licences: court
Collectives need to work harder to serve customers, lawyers say
Meng Wanzhou extradition hearings enter final phase next week
The process was delayed for three months from the original scheduled final committal date of May, when Meng asked the court to introduce new evidence from HSBC.
Judge upholds constitutionality of freeze orders on Bridgemark Group
Freeze orders against public market participants not an unreasonable invasion of privacy, B.C. Supreme Court rules
Lumber bolsters B.C. manufacturing sales
Manufacturing sales held near record-high levels in May, propelled again by the stratospheric rise in wood-product prices. Total factory shipments rose 1.2% to a seasonally adjusted $5.52 billion,...
New COVID-19 cases in B.C. surge above 200
Province's number of active infections returns above 1,000 for first time since June 25
Lotteries? Mandates? Key to vaccinations might simply be education
Expert says it’s unclear if incentives boost vaccination rates
Decreased crime consistent with pandemic restrictions: Farnworth
Decreased police-reported numbers of property crimes and sexual assaults are consistent with COVID-19 pandemic impacts and related stay-at-home orders and social distancing, B.C.’s minister of public...
Interior continues to be B.C.'s COVID-19 hot spot
New mask mandate goes into effect at midnight in the Central Okanagan
COVID-19: Second doses moved up for Central Okanagan residents as outbreak declared
Mask mandates also being reintroduced to region