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Rochelle Baker
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News, Island Insider
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July 16th 2020
In June, 175 people died from illicit drug overdoses across the province, up from the previous record high of 171 fatalities set in May, the BC Coroners Service reported Thursday.
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The federal government is offering a "temporary income support program" that will provide workers without access to paid sick leave 10 days if it is related to COVID-19, Trudeau's office announced.
Carl Meyer
News, Business, Politics, Ottawa Insider
| July 16th 2020
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The question of how to deal with education sits at the centre of the province’s reopening dilemma, since anything less than a full return to classes makes it difficult for working parents who have for months been juggling both the working and the parenting.
Morgan Sharp
Analysis, Next Gen Insider
| July 17th 2020
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