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COVID-19 London Drugs
London Drugs is dedicating certain shopping hours to frontline workers. The company says health care workers and first responders will have exclusive store access from 8 to 9 p-m Monday through Saturd...
Bill Nation Mar 25, 2020
COVID-19 Tokyo Olympic Games Postponed
The International Olympic Committee along with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and local organizers have decided that the Tokyo Games cannot go ahead as scheduled this year because of the coronavir...
Bill Nation Mar 24, 2020
COVID-19 Regional Closures
On March 17, the Comox Valley local governments took precautionary measures in support of the Public Health Agency of Canada and the BC Ministry of Health and their efforts to contain the novel corona...
Bill Nation Mar 24, 2020
COVID19 Hornby and Denman Islands Reducing Non-Essential Travel
Associations and governmental officials on Hornby and Denman Islands have united in respectfully requesting that visitors and residents observe the guidance of BC Health Office and the Canadian Govern...
Bill Nation Mar 23, 2020
COVID-19 Parliament To Reconvene
Parliament will reconvene this week to deal with the pandemic crisis. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau made the announcement during his daily briefing outside his Ottawa home. He also says the government...
Bill Nation Mar 23, 2020
COVID-19 Canadian Economic Plan
The federal government is going to spend up to 82-billion-dollars to help support workers, businesses and the entire Canadian economy. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says that includes 27-billion-dolla...
Bill Nation Mar 18, 2020
COVID-19 BC Public Health Emergency
Officials have declared a public health emergency in B-C over the coronavirus outbreak. Provincial health officer Dr. Bonnie Henry has also announced three more deaths in B-C from COVID-19 -- increasi...
Bill Nation Mar 18, 2020
COVID-19 BC Ferries
Passengers are being allowed to remain in their vehicles on the enclosed car decks of vessels operated by B-C Ferries because of COVID-19. The ferry service says is relaxing its restriction after Tran...
Bill Nation Mar 18, 2020
COVID-19 Local Closures
City of Campbell River has set up an emergency response centre amid the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. Mayor Andy Adams says the centre will be the communications point for multiple organizations. He says...
Bill Nation Mar 17, 2020
Coronavirus-Canadian Borders
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says Canada is closing its borders to most people who are not citizens or permanent residents to slow the spread of COVID-19. The prime minister has also announced new ru...
Bill Nation Mar 17, 2020