Record-high lumber prices add as much as $30K to the cost of building a house
COVID-19 has wreaked havoc on just about every industry sticking a wrench into the normal forces of supply and demand and lumber is a prime example. A shortage is having a cascading impact on lumber yards, contractors and home builders.
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COVID-19 long-hauler calls for greater availability of antibody tests in B.C. to determine spread of virus
Like others who believe they contracted the virus early in the pandemic, Basil Cohen wants COVID-19 antibody tests, which look for proteins developed in response to an infection, to be more accessible and widely used in B.C.
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LifeLabs has offered the tests since November, but health officials says they re not for routine clinical use
Posted: Feb 14, 2021 7:00 AM PT | Last Updated: February 14
A medical lab technician draws a blood sample for a COVID-19 serology test at the B.C Centre for Disease Control lab in Vancouver. The tests determine a person has had COVID-19 if virus antibodies are detected in the blood.(Ben Nelms/CBC)
Two weeks ago, Energy Minister Bruce Ralston said he would not discuss the report s findings before first sharing them with cabinet and the premier.
Furstenau says she hadn t heard about the commissioning of additional geotechnical stuides and wonders how long it will take for Milburn s report to be made public. I expect that, like so many other aspects of this project and the way the government has treated it, that it will be quite a while before I or the public sees it, she told Carolina de Ryk, host of CBC s
Daybreak North.
Green Party leader Sonia Furstenau says she was not aware of the commissioning of two additional geotechnical reports on Site C.(Ben Nelms/CBC)
The outbreak at the Little Mountain care home has become the deadliest care home outbreak in B.C. Two families are questioning whether some deaths could have been avoided if the home had taken stronger measures immediately after the first case was identified.
I m the same person : B.C. premier says a majority isn t changing the way he governs
At the end of 2020, Premier John Horgan doesn t regret calling an election or decisions made when COVID-19 cases surged in British Columbia.
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John Horgan doesn t regret past decisions, isn t tipping his hand on the future of Site C
Posted: Dec 23, 2020 4:00 AM PT | Last Updated: December 23, 2020
NDP Leader John Horgan gives the thumbs up as he greets supporters on election day, Oct. 24, 2020, hours before he won a historic majority. (Jonathan Hayward/The Canadian Press)