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We need to make it official: The Times 91原创 book drive, a vital part of our lives since 1998, will not happen this year. COVID-19 has made it unthinkable.

About a dozen people gathered downtown Saturday to demand better protections for retail and hospitality industry workers, including 21 days of paid sick leave.

Despite public-health orders restricting visits to long-term care homes, a small number of able-bodied residents are walking out of the homes to buy cigarettes, take a stroll in the city or meet with friends, creating a risk to others in the faciliti

Every known human culture from every era in every part of the world has told stories. We use stories to foster co-operation and teach social norms. We tell them to pass along information, culture and beliefs, and to instill social expectations.

As B.C. school districts plan for schools to reopen in September, education leaders will be making decisions based on a balance of educational and economic interests as well as limited and rapidly changing epidemiological evidence and advice.

Even in the face of a relatively significant COVID-19 outbreak in Kelowna, provincial health officer Dr. Bonnie Henry is sticking to a stance she outlined last month. She wants the gradual re-opening of B.C. to move forward, not back.

Business tenants in hotels recently purchased to house homeless people are free to end their leases if they wish, says B.C.鈥檚 housing minister.

Maritime museum belongs by the water Re: 鈥淢aritime Museum of B.C. charts course for Langford,鈥� July 10. It is simply incomprehensible to me that the Maritime Museum of B.C. is moving to Langford.

Bus service for trips up-Island and to the Lower Mainland is coming back starting Friday. The Wilson鈥檚 Group of Companies is gradually restarting services, with physical distancing in effect: 鈥� The B.C.

Finance Minister Carole James gave us an update Tuesday on the province鈥檚 economy and finances. Though we had been led to expect bad news, her statement was nevertheless deeply troubling, and in more ways than one. B.C.