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Trump White House requesting 3M to cease respirator exports to Canada
The Donald Trump White House has requested medical supply maker 3M to stop exporting respirators to Canada and Latin America in an attempt to prioritize the American market. In a statement issued...
Trump told to look at B.C.’s COVID-19 addict-support policy
President’s global drug war escalation called a distraction.
B.C. health care workers continue to work at multiple seniors' care centres
B.C.'s provincial health officer, Bonnie Henry, said April 2 that it has been a "monumental task" to get this practice to stop
Pandemic update: Six more B.C. deaths since Wednesday
Vancouver Island has recorded its first deaths from COVID-19
City of Vancouver website solicits COVID-19 support
Offers of medical supplies, cleaning products or food sought
Let refugees in during pandemic: rights groups
Majority of third-country refugees attempting to enter from New York State
Questioning WHO and China virus data feeds conspiracy theories: Health Minister
Liberal Health Minister Patty Hajdu, who has previously praised the Chinese Communist Party’s handling of COVID-19 outbreak, derides classified U.S. intelligence reported by Bloomberg
Alternate non-COVID medical care site at Vancouver Convention Centre to be operational by April 8
The alternate medical care site that is being set up at the Vancouver Convention Centre to take care of non-COVID patients displaced by victims of the outbreak will be operational by April 8,...
B.C. city halls are shrinking but some have bigger reserves to fall on
B.C. residents may get varying degrees of help from municipal halls during the pandemic response, although most are still assessing what’s to come
Trudeau sidesteps call to release COVID-19 projections
While the White House this week is offering stark estimates of COVID-19’s potential death toll, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is remaining tight-lipped on Canada’s own projections. The prime...