B.C. added 785 new COVID-19 cases for Wednesday.
There have now been 166,853 cases of COVID-19 in B.C. since the pandemic began, as well as 1,818 related deaths.
The death toll has increased by 2 since Tuesday.
B.C. added 785 new COVID-19 cases for Wednesday.
There have now been 166,853 cases of COVID-19 in B.C. since the pandemic began, as well as 1,818 related deaths.
The death toll has increased by 2 since Tuesday.
More than 655,000 doses of AstraZeneca, which most provinces have now decided against using first doses, arrived in Canada through the COVAX initiative Thursday.
David Musyj, head of Windsor Regional Hospital in the border city of Windsor, Ont., said he has asked the Public Health Agency of Canada whether the government does deem the vaccines medically necessary.
Higgins, a Democrat, urged Biden to "directly engage" with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau in order to widen the definition of essential travellers by the end of May, with an eye toward fully reopening the border by early July.
Dr. Theresa Tam is touting "great strides" in the fact nearly 50 per cent of adults have at least one vaccine dose. She says maintaining that pace will allow "an outdoor summer that gets us back into many of the activities we've been missing."
International Trade Minister Mary Ng says she'll take part in the virtual meetings, scheduled for Monday and Tuesday.
This shooting is gang related. Sgt Frank Jang of IHIT says they’re hoping for a repeat of last week in which charges were laid in the fatal Burnaby shooting.