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• B.C. company using specialized ultraviolet lights that can destroy viruses in the air

  05-01-2021 01:19 via vancouversun.com
  
  B.C.-based food manufacturer Nature's Path has installed cutting-edge ultraviolet lighting and air-disinfection filters at its plants that promise to rid indoor air of the virus that causes COVID-19. Read More
  
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• COVID-19: Online attempts to buy vaccine tripled in January

  18-01-2021 17:16 via vancouversun.com
  
  Online searches by Canadians seeking to skip the queue and buy the COVID-19 vaccine more than tripled in January compared to the month before. Read More
  
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• Langley complex cordoned off due to police incident overnight

  18-01-2021 15:53 via vancouversun.com
  
  A Langley complex was cordoned off overnight following an undisclosed police incident early Monday morning. Read More
  
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• COVID-19 update for Jan. 18: Here's the latest on coronavirus in B.C.

  18-01-2021 15:31 via vancouversun.com
  
  Here's your daily update with everything you need to know on the novel coronavirus situation in B.C. for Jan. 18, 2021. Read More
  
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• COVID-19 update shows B.C. kids in ICU for the first time

  18-01-2021 14:00 via vancouversun.com
  
  B.C. COVID-19 health data shows cases of children in intensive care for the first time, as a deadly nine-week surge in deaths and hospitalizations subsides. Read More
  
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• Kevin Falcon: Misguided policies are undermining the quality of life in urban centres

  18-01-2021 03:00 via vancouversun.com
  
  It is long past time for a candid discussion about our treatment of the mentally ill and severely addicted. Having served in the provincial government from 2001 to 2013 in senior cabinet roles, including as health minister, I have witnessed firsthand the continued failure of many well-intentioned addiction and mental-health programs in our province. The failures cross party lines, from Social Credit, to B.C. Liberal and NDP governments. Read More
  
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• Heather Owen and Jason Allsopp: Be it resolved — those who set new year’s resolutions see light at the end of the tunnel

  18-01-2021 03:00 via vancouversun.com
  
  January small talk with friends, family and colleagues often touches on the question of whether or not we make new year’s resolutions. Read More
  
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• Don Drummond and Duncan Sinclair: Enabling better aging: The four things seniors need, and the four things that need to change

  18-01-2021 03:00 via vancouversun.com
  Canada’s population is rapidly aging, but is it aging well? In our November 2020 report “Ageing Well,” we found both good and bad news. Read More
  
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• B.C. Court of Appeal upholds decision barring Vancouver man from asbestos removal industry

  17-01-2021 23:34 via vancouversun.com
  
  The B.C. Court of Appeal has upheld a lower-court ruling that prohibits Mike Singh and Seattle Environmental Consulting from working in the asbestos removal industry. Read More
  
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• COVID-19 update for Jan. 16-17: More January flights added to B.C. exposure list | No plans to cancel surgeries in second wave: Dix | Two Fraser Health outbreaks over | No sign of seasonal flu

  17-01-2021 22:28 via vancouversun.com
  
  Here's your daily update with everything you need to know on the novel coronavirus situation in B.C. for Jan. 16 to 17, 2021. Read More
  
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• COVID-19: More January flights added to B.C. exposure list

  17-01-2021 22:24 via vancouversun.com
  
  More January flights have been added to B.C.'s COVID-19 exposure list, as officials continue to be on guard for viral variants arriving in Canada. Read More
  
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• COVID-19 update for Jan. 16-17: No plans to cancel surgeries in second wave: Dix | Two Fraser Health outbreaks over | No sign of seasonal flu

  17-01-2021 22:14 via vancouversun.com
  
  Here's your daily update with everything you need to know on the novel coronavirus situation in B.C. for Jan. 16 to 17, 2021. Read More
  
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• Check out these six Lower Mainland zero-waste businesses

  17-01-2021 22:08 via vancouversun.com
  
  While the pandemic may have set back our zero-waste and green efforts in a short period of time, there are still ways to incorporate zero-waste living into your day-to-day routines. Read More
  
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• Dan Fumano: Preserving Commodore's history and future in the 'living city'

  17-01-2021 22:00 via vancouversun.com
  
  A proposal coming soon to city hall seeks to transform one of Vancouver's landmark blocks, preserving cherished historic institutions by building something decidedly modern directly overhead. Read More
  
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• Vancouver nanomedicine firm using new technology to develop COVID-19 vaccine

  17-01-2021 21:00 via vancouversun.com
  
  A Vancouver nanomedicine company is part of a team using new genetic technology to develop a COVID-19 vaccine. Read More
  
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• Ian Mulgrew: Hundreds of family, civil suits backlogged

  17-01-2021 20:17 via vancouversun.com
  
  The B.C. Supreme Court continues to be hobbled by the pandemic with more than 440 delayed civil and family trials remaining in limbo. Read More
  
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• Beauty Bar: L’Oréal Professionnel Steampod 3.0

  17-01-2021 20:00 via vancouversun.com
  
  What it is: The latest version of the Steampod straightening tool from L’Oréal Professionnel. Read More
  
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• No plans to cancel surgeries during COVID's second wave, health minister says

  17-01-2021 19:00 via vancouversun.com
  
  Although daily COVID numbers are much higher now than last spring, it is unlikely that surgeries will need to be cancelled in B.C. during this second wave of the pandemic, according to the province's health minister. Read More
  
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• Care home staff struggle to isolate dementia patients during outbreaks: experts

  17-01-2021 18:24 via vancouversun.com
  
  Staff in long-term care homes across Canada are struggling to isolate elderly residents with dementia during COVID-19 outbreaks, accelerating the deadly spread of the virus, experts say. Read More
  
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• Clean water finally brings hope of renewal to Semiahmoo reserve

  17-01-2021 18:01 via vancouversun.com
  
  The Semiahmoo reserve nestled between White Rock and the Peace Arch border crossing is about to get clean, fresh water after living with a boil water advisory since 2005. And with it comes new hope for the growth of the community and its economy. Read More
  
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• Vancouver weather: Rain, wind and cloud to ease into the week

  17-01-2021 17:25 via vancouversun.com
  
  VANCOUVER, B.C.: Jan. 17, 2021 – Sunday's weather has it all: rain, wind and clouds. Read More
  
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• COVID-19 update for Jan. 16-17: Two Fraser Health outbreaks over | No sign of seasonal flu | Pfizer delay slows vaccination rollout

  17-01-2021 07:44 via vancouversun.com
  
  Here's your daily update with everything you need to know on the novel coronavirus situation in B.C. for Jan. 16 to 17, 2021. Read More
  
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• COVID-19: No sign of regular flu in the province, says B.C. CDC

  17-01-2021 04:57 via vancouversun.com
  
  Public health measures intended to reduce the spread of COVID-19 have effectively eliminated the seasonal flu this year, according to the B.C. Centre for Disease Control. Read More
  
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• Trans-Canada Highway to close at Kicking Horse Canyon for five weeks this spring

  17-01-2021 00:59 via vancouversun.com
  
  A 4.8 kilometre stretch of Highway 1 will be closed for five weeks at Kicking Horse Canyon this spring, in order to allow work crews to proceed with excavation, clearing, hauling and other work the Ministry of Transportation says cannot be carried out safely without a long interruption. Read More
  
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• Family and friends of Flight 752 victims still hurting, still waiting for answers

  16-01-2021 23:02 via vancouversun.com
  
  Jamal Zahedi shuffled the bag of traditional Persian bread he'd just bought from one arm to the other as he exited Amir Bakery in North Vancouver, then walked over to his van to head home, his goal achieved. Read More
  
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• REAL SCOOP: Gangsters wanting to escape are turning to unique program

  16-01-2021 22:52 via vancouversun.com
  
  I have written a lot over the last decade on various anti-gang educational programs that have been implemented to combat our on-going gang problem. But this story is about the only program in B.C. where they actually help those connected to a gang to get out. Read More
  
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• Metro Vancouver company leads charge to supply B.C. film industry with clean energy generators

  16-01-2021 22:49 via vancouversun.com
  
  As Hollywood North strives to become carbon neutral, a Metro Vancouver company is leading the charge to provide zero-emission generators for the film industry. Read More
  
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• B.C. travel ban will cripple struggling tourism sector, says industry coalition

  16-01-2021 22:46 via vancouversun.com
  
  VICTORIA — A coalition of British Columbia tourism industry groups is urging the provincial government not to pursue plans to ban domestic travel in their efforts to curb the spread of COVID-19. Read More
  
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• COVID-19 update for Jan. 16 to 17: Nine more British Columbians dead | No sign of seasonal flu | Pfizer delay slows vaccination rollout

  16-01-2021 22:44 via vancouversun.com
  
  Here's your daily update with everything you need to know on the novel coronavirus situation in B.C. for Jan. 16 to 17, 2021. Read More
  
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• REAL SCOOP: Farnworth says people are "frustrated beyond belief" with gang conflict

  16-01-2021 22:34 via vancouversun.com
  
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