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10.09.2020 / 08:11

Wildfires raging across Oregon, Washington may cause historic destruction: officials

wildfires raging across the Pacific Northwest destroyed hundreds of homes in Oregon, the governor said Wednesday, warning it could be the greatest loss of life and property from wildfire in state history.The blazes from the top of the state to the California border caused highway closures and smoky skies and had firefighers struggling to contain and douse flames fanned by 50 mph (80 kph) wind gusts. Officials in some western Oregon communities gave residents “go now” orders to evacuate, meaning they had minutes to flee their homes.

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Fence erected on stretch of Canada-U.S. border near Vancouver

COVID-19: B.C. grandparents meet newborn granddaughter across U.S.

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Washington state bans indoor service at bars, restricts indoor dining

COVID-19 cases.“I care about businesses opening and people getting back to work, but public health and economic activity go hand in hand,” Inslee said.“Our suppression of this virus is not at the level it needs to be to continue allowing for more activity. If we let this virus get even more out of control, it will have devastating effects on our health and on our economy.”The rate of disease transmission has been increasing around the state with a spike in transmission among people in their 20s spreading into all age groups in Washington, he said.The changes mostly affect indoor activities where the risk of virus exposure could be highest, officials said.

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Coronavirus: B.C. says no, again, on releasing COVID-19 numbers for cities or regional districts

B.C. health officials are holding firm on a policy not to share data on confirmed coronavirus cases for specific communities — though say they could one day release that data.

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Coronavirus: 3 more cases announced in Interior Health, region now at 135

For the second day in a row, the number of confirmed cases of COVID-19 increased in the Interior Health region.

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Coronavirus: U.S. nursing home where dozens died hit with wrongful death lawsuit

A woman whose mother died of the coronavirus at a Seattle-area nursing home that was ravaged by the COVID-19 outbreak filed a wrongful death lawsuit on Friday against the company that owns the facility.

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‘Stay home’: B.C. man’s plea after mother, stepfather die of COVID-19 hours apart

A respected Vancouver photographer is pleading with people to take the novel coronavirus more seriously, after COVID-19 claimed his mother and stepfather’s lives just hours apart.

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Calling all K-9s: Police chase man ‘teaching his dog how to drive’ in Washington state

Call the K-9 unit.

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‘Helping humanity’: Why this man volunteered for a coronavirus vaccine trial

Last Monday, Neal Browning became one of the first people to get injected with an experimental COVID-19 vaccine as part of a clinical trial in Seattle.

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