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Final COVID-19 update of the week includes 13 deaths in just 24 hours in B.C.

Another 13 people have died in the latest 24-hour period examined by public health officials, the province said in its final COVID-19 update of the week.

A pedestrian wearing a face mask to curb the spread of COVID-19 sprints across a street in Vancouver, on Monday, March 8, 2021. (Darryl Dyck / THE CANADIAN PRESS)

No police wrongdoing in Whistler incident that left a man dead, IIO concludes

B.C.'s police watchdog has concluded that RCMP officers did not use excessive force in their efforts to arrest a man who was causing a disturbance in a Whistler restaurant in March 2020.

The Independent Investigations Office of B.C. said RCMP notified it of the incident on March 8, 2020, saying police were called to Whistler Village around 11 a.m. to respond to the man. (Photo courtesy: James Woodworth)

Tour operators want Ottawa to consider switching requirement to rapid tests for returning Canadian travellers

With the U.S. border reopening for non-essential travel from Canada early next month, tour operators are trying to find a way to navigate the remaining requirement for a PCR test before returning home. An industry group is calling on the federal government to consider allowing rapid tests as an alternative.

For years, Surrey-based Pitmar Tours has helped people kick off the Christmas season in Washington State, with visits to the Bavarian-style village of Leavenworth.

'Atmospheric river' puts Metro Vancouver on flood watch

Metro Vancouver, the North Shore mountains, Fraser Valley and Sunshine Coast are under a flood watch as of 3:30 p.m. Friday.

Constitutional challenge of vaccine card filed by 2 B.C. women

Two British Columbia women who say doctors advised them against getting COVID-19 vaccines have filed a constitutional challenge of the province's vaccine passport.

Downtown Eastside residents complain city sweeps target marginalized people's belongings

A group of Downtown Eastside residents and advocates gathered for a news conference Friday morning to decry street sweeps conducted by the City of Vancouver, which they say target people sleeping outdoors on East Hastings Street.

COVID-19 exposures: 184 Lower Mainland schools on health authority lists

The number of COVID-19 exposures in Lower Mainland school continued to climb this week, even as caseloads showed signs of declining province-wide.

Impaired driver pleads guilty in Burnaby hit-and-run that killed cyclist

A driver pleaded guilty this week to his role in a fatal hit-and-run crash on Burnaby Mountain in 2019.

Vaccine-card enforcement: 885 complaints filed in B.C.; 13 violation tickets issued

Just over a dozen enforcement tickets were handed out in the first month of B.C.'s vaccine-card program, but hundreds of complaints were issued to officials.

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U.S. says it will permit entry of Canadian travellers with mixed vaccine doses

The U.S. says it will allow Canadians into the country who have received a mixed COVID-19 vaccine schedule, when the U.S. opens its borders to fully vaccinated travellers on Nov. 8.

A traveller waits next to check-in kiosks not currently in use at Vancouver International Airport, in Richmond, B.C., on Friday, July 30, 2021. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck

Military's human resources officer under investigation for 'historic' sex misconduct allegations

Military police say they are investigating 'historic' allegations of sexual misconduct involving yet another senior commander, this time the officer responsible for human resources in the Canadian Armed Forces.

Testing shows high concentrations of fuel in tank at Iqaluit's water treatment plant

The City of Iqaluit says testing shows a high concentration of fuel in a tank that supplies water to the Nunavut capital.

Polar bears in the summer: Vancouver man wins prestigious wildlife photography prize

Martin Gregus of Vancouver won the Rising Star Portfolio Award at the Natural History Museum’s 2021 Wildlife Photographer of the Year competition for his summertime photos of polar bears.

Ontario premier reveals new details on province's reopening plan

Ontario Premier Doug Ford says his government is finalizing its plans to exit the final stage of its reopening plan in order to 'cautiously lift more public health measures' currently in place.