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Locals say drugstores are price gouging COVID-19 rapid tests. B.C. health officials weigh in

Locals say drugstores are price gouging COVID-19 rapid tests. B.C. health officials weigh in

Is over $125 too much to pay for five testing kits?
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COVID-19 patients in B.C. ICUs highest since October

COVID-19 patients in B.C. ICUs highest since October

B.C. acute-care wards are at 78.1% occupancy 鈥� far below pre-pandemic levels.
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Contact tracing is no longer a viable option in B.C. due to Omicron. Here's what you need to do.

Contact tracing is no longer a viable option in B.C. due to Omicron. Here's what you need to do.

Provincial health officer Dr. Bonnie Henry explains what people need to do to stay safe.
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B.C. extending COVID-19 vaccine card program to June 30

B.C. extending COVID-19 vaccine card program to June 30

Program was due to expire in days
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As in-person classes resume, students and faculty at UVic voice safety concerns

As in-person classes resume, students and faculty at UVic voice safety concerns

Students at the University of Victoria returned to in-person learning on Monday after two weeks of remote instruction.
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26 Island health-care facilities have COVID outbreaks; 626 new cases in region

26 Island health-care facilities have COVID outbreaks; 626 new cases in region

Island Health reported 626 confirmed cases of COVID on Monday. Eighty-one people in the region are in hospital with COVID, including 11 in intensive care.
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B.C. human rights complaint dismissed against Loblaws for mask policy

B.C. human rights complaint dismissed against Loblaws for mask policy

The complaint against the supermarket chain was dismissed due to a lack of evidence
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'I don't have time to pee:' 91原创 teachers report burnout during pandemic

'I don't have time to pee:' 91原创 teachers report burnout during pandemic

81 percent of surveyed teachers said they鈥檙e putting their students鈥� needs above their own, according to the 91原创 Teachers' Federation
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Cowichan Valley elementary school closing for a week due to COVID

Cowichan Valley elementary school closing for a week due to COVID

Cowichan Tribes says the number of staff absent is impacting the ability to safely run the facility.
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Healthy, vaccinated people face only tiny risk of hospitalization from Omicron, Henry says

Healthy, vaccinated people face only tiny risk of hospitalization from Omicron, Henry says

Dr. Bonnie Henry鈥檚 advice: 鈥淎ll of us need to routinely check ourselves every day, self-monitor, and if we have symptoms that might be COVID, that might be influenza, that might be a cold, we need to stay home until we feel better. Right now, with the level of transmission in our 颅communities, we all need to assume that we have been in contact with somebody with the virus.鈥�
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