COVID-19 highlights lack of connectivity in First Nations communities

Many don’t have access required to utilize online platforms, says First Nations Technology Council

B.C. businesses ‘can’t shoulder burden’ of COVID-19 sick pay

Another Asian giant ‘murder hornet’ found in Lower Mainland

B.C. girl left temporarily paralyzed by tick bite sparks warning from family

PHOTOS: Loved ones reunite at an oasis on closed U.S.-Canada border in Surrey

Introducing the West Coast Traveller: A voyage of the mind

Feds delay national action plan for missing and murdered Indigenous women

DFO allowing at-sea observers again if safe work procedures in place

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Canada, allies condemn China on Hong Kong law after contentious Meng ruling

Dispute did not dissuade Canada from criticizing China for imposing a national security law on Hong Kong

B.C. sees 9 new COVID-19 cases, one death as officials watch for new cases amid Phase Two

Number of confirmed active cases is at 244, with 37 people in hospital

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Community

Burns Lake woman creates scavenger hunt trail

Hopes to bring wilderness awareness

Cruisin’ road show in Houston

The Burns Lake Classic Car Club organizers put on a cruise on…

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    Obituaries

    Lynne Martens

    May 8th, 2020

    Arthur Samuel “Art” St Jean

    Apr 28th, 2020

    Richard John Cannon

    Apr 12th, 2020

    Pierre Michele ‘Peter’ Gagnon

    Apr 5th, 2020

    Alva Doreen Smith (nee Anderson)

    Feb 9th, 2020

    David Albert “Dave” Herd

    Feb 2nd, 2020

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    Sports

    Canucks GM says team could hold camp in U.S. due to Canada’s quarantine rules

    The NHL, which paused the season March 12, is hoping it can move to Phase 2 of its return-to-play plan

    Edmonton, Vancouver and Toronto vying to be NHL hubs, but there’s a catch

    The NHL unveiled a return-to-play plan that would feature 24 teams

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    Entertainment

    VIDEO: B.C. musicians feed the need amid ‘Strange Times’

    NOX donates to Food Bank for every stream

    Museum society to open public art gallery in Burns Lake

    Artists and residents who have been lobbying for additional exhibition space in…

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      Opinion

      COLUMN: B.C.’s labour minister should look at COVID-19 financial carnage amid minimum wage increase

      The timing couldn’t be worse for any government decision that drives up costs for business, writes Jock Finlayson

        COLUMN: Canada needs to remember rural communities as thoughts turn to pandemic recovery

        Small towns often rely on tourism, which has been decimated by COVID-19

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          Business

          Union calling for Save-On-Foods to extend COVID-19 worker incentive program

          Save-On-Foods is ending its two-dollar-an-hour pay increase on May 30

          BC Ferries losing up to $1.5 million each day as pandemic tanks ridership

          The company does not qualify for the wage subsidy

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          VIDEO: Bear catches ‘rascally rabbit’ for breakfast near Whistler bus stop

          The brief encounter of the bear hunting its meal has gone viral

          JK Rowling publishes first chapters of new story online

          Book will be a fairy tale for kids and benefit those particularly affected by the pandemic

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          Life

          BLVD TV Interviews Jason Binab from the Agency Victoria

          Boulevard Magazine sits down with Victoria’s Jason Binab

            Boulevard Interview with Blaise MacDonald

            Blaise MacDonald makes adjustments during COVID-19 to assist his clients

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