What you need to know about COVID-19 in B.C. for Dec. 31 In a bid to prevent the spread of COVID-19 on the last night of the year, B.C. health officials have ordered restaurants, bars and retail locations to stop selling alcohol at 8 p.m. PT on New Year's Eve. Social Sharing CBC News · People line up outside a meat market in Vancouver on Dec. 23.(Ben Nelms/CBC)