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• COVID-19 update: B.C. reports 14 deaths, 500 cases

  British Columbia announced another 14 deaths from COVID-19 on Wednesday, as well as 500 new infections.

  

• Families say isolated seniors in care still being denied essential visitors

  More than two months ago, B.C.’s seniors advocate recommended that every person living in long-term care be allowed an essential visitor. But families say they continue to be refused this designation.

  

• Canucks' first home game brings modest business boost with fans still banned

  On Wednesday, the Canucks returned to Rogers Arena to take on the Montreal Canadiens, but the fans did not.

• B.C. corrections facility dealing with another COVID-19 outbreak

  A provincial corrections facility is currently dealing with an outbreak of COVID-19, B.C. health officials confirmed Wednesday.

• Dozens more COVID-19 tickets handed out as B.C.'s safety minister chastises 'selfish' actions

  Dozens more COVID-19 tickets have been issued in B.C. with the province's public safety minister warning enforcement will continue to come to those breaking public health orders.

• Man wanted Canada-wide after breaching release conditions in Vancouver, police say

  Mounties are asking the public to be on the lookout for a man wanted Canada-wide after failing to return to a Vancouver dwelling where he is required to live as a condition of his previous release.

• Tiny B.C. community suing province, others over slow-moving landslide

  Residents of a tiny community in northeastern British Columbia are suing the local and provincial governments over two slow-moving landslides they claim caused their property values to plummet.

• Snow in the forecast this weekend in Vancouver

  With lows around the freezing mark, Vancouver may see some snow this weekend.

• COVID-19 exposures: These flights were recently added to the BCCDC's warning list

  Several more flights in and out of B.C. were added the province's COVID-19 exposure warning list over the past couple days.

• Man without shirt bit officer during arrest, tried to grab gun: Vancouver police

  Police say a suspect with 'symptoms of excited delirium' is facing charges after allegedly biting an officer in Vancouver.

• Teenager hospitalized after stabbing at Delta high school, police say

  Police in Delta, B.C. say a young person was stabbed and taken to hospital Tuesday after an altercation outside a high school.

• Biden takes the helm, appeals for unity to take on crises

  Joe Biden was sworn in as the 46th president of the United States on Wednesday, declaring that 'democracy has prevailed' and summoning American resilience and unity to confront the deeply divided nation's historic confluence of crises.

• Peer support workers on front lines of overdose crisis to join union in Vancouver

  Dozens of peer support workers on the front lines of Vancouver's overdose crisis are about to be unionized in a move their union says formally recognizes the role they play in saving lives.

• BC Ferries union calls on feds to allow passengers to remain below deck due to COVID-19

  The president of the BC Ferry and Marine Workers' Union penned a letter to Transport Canada saying the agency needs to rethink its policy in recognition of more transmissible COVID-19 variants.

• 'It's not smart': Police condemn stunt involving backflip off Vancouver bridge

  Vancouver police are condemning a risky stunt involving a downtown bridge that was recorded and posted online.

• Moderna to be new 'workhorse' vaccine for B.C. as Pfizer supply dries up

  B.C.'s health minister says the Moderna vaccine will become the province's 'workhorse' for first doses as officials await more shipments from Pfizer.