On March 8, all five health authorities in B.C. will begin using a phone-in system, where those aged 90-and-over and Indigenous people age 65-and-over can begin booking their immunization appointments at clinics within their health regions.
The phone lines will be open from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m., seven days a week.
Before dialing to book your appointment, it’s recommended you have a pen and paper handy, as well as your personal health number, full name, date of birth, postal code and phone number.
A call centre agent will confirm your appointment date and time at the location nearest to you.
If you are not sure which health region you are served by, you can find out by clicking HERE.
Here is a list of all the provincial COVID-19 immunization clinics that have been announced:
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Vancouver Coastal Health
Vancouver Coastal Health oversees health care for 1.25 million people in Vancouver, Richmond, the North Shore and Coast Garibaldi, Sea-to-Sky, Sunshine Coast, Powell River, Bella Bella and Bella Coola.
Register for COVID-19 vaccination by phone at 1-877-587-5767
Vancouver
• ASK Friendship Centre Address: 2177 W 42nd Ave.
• Creekside Community Centre Address: 1 Athletes Way
• Italian Cultural Centre Address: 3075 Slocan St.
• Kerrisdale Community Centre – Seniors Centre Address: 5851 West Blvd.
• Sunset Community Centre Address: 6810 Main St.
• Vancouver Community College Test Collection Site – Impark Lot #865 Address: 1155 E. Broadway
• West End Community Centre Address: 870 Denman St.
North and West Vancouver
• ICBC Test Collection Site Address: 255 Lloyd Ave., North Vancouver
• West Vancouver Community Centre Address: 2121 Marine Dr., West Vancouver
Richmond
• East Richmond Community Hall Address: 12360 Cambie Rd.
• Jackson Lam Adult Day Centre / Austin Harris Assisted Living Address: 5411 Moncton St.
• River Rock Casino Resort (The Show Theatre) Address: 8811 River Rd.
Sea to Sky
• Bowen Island Community School Address: 1041 Mt Gardner Rd., Bowen Island
• Pemberton Community Centre Address: 7390 Cottonwood St., Pemberton
• Squamish 55 Seniors Centre Address: 5604 Trail Ave., Squamish
• Whistler Convention Centre Address: 4010 Whistler Way, Whistler
Sunshine Coast
• Powell River Recreation Complex Address: 5001 Joyce Ave.
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• Royal Canadian Legion Branch 109 Address: 747 Gibsons Way, Gibsons
• Royal Canadian Legion Branch 112 Address: 12829 Lillies Lake Rd., Madeira Park
• Sechelt Seniors Centre Address: 5604 Trail Ave., Sechelt
• Britannia Community Centre Address: 1661 Napier St., Vancouver
• Lu’ma Medical Centre Address: 2970 Nanaimo St., Vancouver
• Native Education College Address: 205 East 5th Ave., Vancouver
• Vancouver Aboriginal Health Society Address: 449 E Hastings St. Vancouver
Fraser Health
Fraser Health is the province’s largest health region, serving 1.8 million people in 20 communities from Burnaby to the Fraser Canyon (including Abbotsford, Agassiz, Anmore, Belcarra, Boston Bar, Burnaby, Chilliwack, Coquitlam, Langley, Delta, District of Kent, Harrison Hot Springs, Hope,Maple Ridge, Mission,Pitt Meadows, Port Coquitlam, Port Moody, Surrey, White Rock and New Westminster).
• Abbotsford Ag Rec Address: 32470 Haida Drive, Building 1
• Mamele’awt Community Indigenous Centre Address: 3277 Gladwin Road
Agassiz
• Agassiz Public Health Office Address: 7243 Pioneer Avenue
Burnaby
• Burnaby COVID-19 Testing and Immunization Centre Address: 6110 Boundary Road
• Burnaby Hospital, 2nd Floor Lecture Theatres A and B Address: 3935 Kincaid Street
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Chilliwack
• Chilliwack COVID-19 Testing and Immunization Centre Address: 9090 Newman Road
• Tzeachten Community Hall Address: 45855 Promontory Road
Coquitlam/Tri-Cities
• Coquitlam COVID-19 Testing and Immunization Centre Address: Coquitlam Park and Ride (entry off of Mariner Way), 2796 Aberdeen Ave
• Douglas College – Coquitlam Address: 1250 Pinetree Way
Delta
• Delta COVID-19 Testing and Immunization Centre Address: 4470 Clarence Taylor Crescent
Hope
• Hope COVID-19 Testing and Immunization Centre Address: 1275 7th Avenue
• Hope Public Health Office Address: 444 Park Street
Langley
• Langley COVID-19 Testing and Immunization Centre Address: KPU parking lot
Maple Ridge
• Golden Ears United Church Hall (Fraser River Indigenous Society) Address: 22165 Dewdney Trunk Road
• Haney Place Mall Address: 11900 Haney Place
Mission
• Mission COVID-19 Testing and Immunization Centre Address: 7324 Hurd St.
• Mission Friendship Centre Address: 33150A 1st Avenue
New Westminster
• Douglas College – New Westminster Address: 700 Royal Avenue
North Surrey
• Surrey North Address: 10025 King George Boulevard
South Surrey/White Rock
• South Surrey COVID-19 Testing and Immunization Centre Address: South Surrey Park and Ride lot, 3800 King George Boulevard
• Fraser Region Aboriginal Friendship Centre (FRAFCA) Address: A101-10095 Whalley Boulevard
• Surrey 66 COVID-19 Testing and Immunization Centre Address: 14577 66th Ave.
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Island Health
Island Health serves more than 850,000 people on Vancouver Island, the islands in the Salish Sea and the Johnstone Strait, and the mainland communities north of Powell River and south of Rivers Inlet.
Register for COVID-19 vaccination by phone at 1-833-348-4787
Campbell River & Area
• Campbell River Campbell River Community Centre Address: 401 11 Ave.
Comox Valley & Area
• Comox Valley Hospital, Ambulance Bay Address: 101 Lerwick Rd, Courtenay
• Comox Valley Health Unit Address: 961 England Ave, Courtenay
Cowichan Valley/Duncan
• Cowichan Community Centre Gym Address: 2687 James St, Duncan
Victoria/Sooke/Saanich Peninsula
• Archie Browning Sports Centre Address: 1151 Esquimalt Rd, Victoria
• Mary Winspear Centre Address: 2243 Beacon Ave, Sidney
• Eagle Ridge Arena Address: 1089 Langford Pkwy., Victoria
Nanaimo & Area
• Ladysmith Urgent Care Centre Address: 1111 4th Ave., Ladysmith
• Beban Park Address: 2300 Bowen Rd., Nanaimo
• Cedar Community Centre Address: 2388 Cedar Rd., Nanaimo
Oceanside
• Parksville Community Centre Address: 132 Jensen Ave E., Parksville
Port Alberni — West Coast
• Alberni Athletic Hall Address: 3727 Roger Street., Port Alberni
• Tofino Public Health Unit 265 First St, Tofino
Northern Island – Mt. Waddington
• Port Alice Health Unit Address: 1090 Marine Dr., Port Alice
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• Port Hardy Health Unit Address: 7070 Market St., Port Hardy
• Port McNeill Health Unit Address: 1775 Grenville Pl., Port McNeill
Salt Spring Island
• Salt Spring Island Health Centre Address: 160 Fulford-Ganges Road
Interior Health
Interior Health is the health authority for more than 800,000 people living in B.C.’s southern interior, which includes East Kootenay, Kootenay Boundary, Okanagan and Thompson Cariboo Shuswap regions.
Register for COVID-19 vaccination by phone at 1-877-740-7747
100 Mile House
• South Cariboo Health Centre Address: 555 D Cedar Ave.
Ashcroft
• Ashcroft Hospital and Community Health Centre Address: 700 Ash-Cache Creek Hwy.
Alexis Creek
• Alexis Creek Community Hall Address: 2620 Stum Lk Rd.
Barriere
• Barriere Seniors Centre Address: 4431 Barriere Town Road.
Big Lake Ranch
• Big Lake Ranch Community Hall Address: 4056 Lakeview Road
Castlegar
• Selkirk College Address: 301 Frank Beinder Way
Chase
• Chase Community Hall Address: 547 Shuswap Ave.
Celista
• Celista Community Centre Address: 5456 Squilax-Anglemont
Clearwater
• Clearwater Community Health Centre Address: 640 Park Dr.
Clinton
• Clinton Health & Wellness Centre Address: 1510 Cariboo Hwy.
Cranbrook
• Cranbrook Curling Centre Address: 1777 2nd St. North
Crawford Bay
• Crawford Bay School Address: 16150 Walkley Rd.
Creston
• Creston Valley Hospital-ED room A Address: 312 15th Ave. North
Elkford
• Elkford Health Centre Address: 212 Alpine Way
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Enderby
• Enderby Seniors Centre Address: 1101 George St.
Fauquier
• Fauquier Community Hall Address: 5456 Squilax-Anglemont Rd.
• Horsefly Community Hall Address: 5772 Horsefly Rd.
Invermere
• Invermere Catholic Church Address: 712 12th Ave.
• Akisqnuk Community Centre Address: 3050 HW-93
• Shuswap Band Office Address: 4846 Althamer Road
Kamloops North
• Mcarthur Park Rec. Area Address: 1655 Island Pkwy
Kamloops South
• Tournament Capital Centre Address: 910 McGill Rd.
Kaslo
• Victorian Community Health Centre Address: 673 A Ave.
Kelowna
• Kelowna Health Services Centre Address: 505 Doyle
• Trinity Hall Address: 1905 Springfield Rd.
Keremeos
• South Similkameen Health Centre Address: 700 3rd St.
Kimberley
• Centennial Hall Address: 525 Archibald St.
Lillooet
• Lillooet Hospital and Health Centre Address: 951 Murray St.
Merritt
• Merritt Public Health Address: 3451 Voght St.
Midway
• Midway Health Unit Address: 540 – 7th Ave
Nakusp
• Arrow Lakes Hospital Address: 97 1 Ave.
Nelson
• Selkirk College Address: 820 Tenth St.
Oliver
• Oliver Legion Address: 6417 Main St.
Osoyoos
• Osoyoos Health Centre Address: 4816 89th St.
Penticton
• South Okanagan Trade and Convention Centre Address: 273 Power St.
Princeton
• Riverside Community Centre Address: 148 Old Hedley Rd.
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Revelstoke
• Revelstoke Community Centre Address: 600 Campbell Ave.
Salmon Arm
• Salmon Arm Rec. Centre Address: 170 5th Ave. SE
Summerland
• Summerland Curling Club Address: 8820 Jubilee Rd.
Sparwood
• Sparwood Health Centre Address: 570 Pine Ave.
Tatla Lake
• West Chilcotin Health Care Centre
Trail
• Waneta Plaza Address: 205 8100 Highway 3B
Vernon
• Vernon Rec. Centre Address: 3310 37th Ave.
West Kelowna
• Westbank Community Centre Address: 2466 Main St
Williams Lake
• Williams Lake Health Centre Address: 540 Borland Ave.
Northern Health
Northern Health serves about 300,000 people living an area covering 600,000 square kilometres and includes the communities of Atlin, Burns Lake, Chetwynd, Dawson Creek, Dease Lake, Fort Nelson, Fort St. James, Fort St. John, Fraser Lake, Hazelton, Houston, Kitimat, Mackenzie, Masset, McBride, Prince George, Prince Rupert, Queen Charlotte, Quesnel, Smithers, Stewart, Terrace, Tumbler Ridge, Valemount and Vanderhoof.
Register for COVID-19 vaccination by phone at 1-844-255-7555
Atlin
Atlin residents will be contacted based off the information registered with Northern Health.
Burns Lake & Area
• Lakes District Hospital – Community Entrance Address: 741 Centre Street, Burns Lake
• Granisle Seniors Centre Address: 9 Chapman St, Granisle
• Southside Health Centre Address: Grassy Plains, BC (10 km south of Francois Lake ferry)
Chetwynd & Area
• Primary Clinic Boardroom Address: 5125 50th St SW, Chetwynd
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Dawson Creek & Area
• Dawson Creek Health Unit – Multipurpose Room Address: 1001 110 Ave, Dawson Creek
Dease Lake & Area
• Stikine Health Centre Address: BC-37, Dease Lake
Fort Nelson
• Fort Nelson Recreation Centre Address: 5500 Alaska Hwy
Fort St. James
• Fort St. James Health Centre Address: 111-250 Douglas Ave.
Fort St. John
• Fort St. John Health Unit – Multipurpose Room Address: 10115 110 Ave.
Fraser Lake
• Fraser Lake Community Health Centre Address: 130 Chowsunket St.
Hazelton
• Erwin Stege Community Centre Address: 3026 Bowser St., New Hazelton
Houston
• Coast Mountain College Address: 3221 W 14 St.
Hudson’s Hope
• Hudson’s Hope Health Centre Address: 10309 Kyllo St.
Kitimat
• Kitimat General Hospital – Multi-purpose Room Address: 920 Lahakas Blvd S.
Mackenzie
• Mackenzie and District Hospital and Health Centre Address: 45 Centennial Dr.
Masset – Haida Gwaii North & Area
• Howard Phillips Hall Address: 1590 Cook St., Masset
• Port Clements Elementary School Address: 14 Park St, Port Clements
McBride
• McBride Hospital and Health Centre Address: 1136 5 Ave.
Prince George
• Prince George Conference and Civic Centre Address: 808 Canada Games Way
Prince Rupert
• Jim Ciccone Civic Centre Address: 1000 McBride St.
Quesnel
• Quesnel Community Health Centre Address: 523 Front St.
Smithers
• Coast Mountain College Address: 3966 2nd Ave.
Stewart
• Stewart Health Centre Address: 705 Brightwell St.
Terrace
• Terrace Sportsplex Address: 3320 Kalum St.
Tumbler Ridge
• Tumbler Ridge Medical Clinic Address: 220 Front St.
Valemount & Area
• Valemount Golden Years Lodge Address: 1300 Main St., Valemount
Vanderhoof
• Vanderhoof Health Centre Address: 3299 Hospital Rd.
Village of Queen Charlotte — Haida Gwaii
• Queen Charlotte Community Hall Address: Bay St, Queen Charlotte
• Tlell – Parks BC, Naikoon Park Headquarters Address: Queen Charlottes Hwy, Tlell
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TOKYO (AP) — Japanese technology group SoftBank swung back to profitability in the July-September quarter, boosted by positive results in its Vision Fund investments.
Tokyo-based SoftBank Group Corp. reported Tuesday a fiscal second quarter profit of nearly 1.18 trillion yen ($7.7 billion), compared with a 931 billion yen loss in the year-earlier period.
Quarterly sales edged up about 6% to nearly 1.77 trillion yen ($11.5 billion).
SoftBank credited income from royalties and licensing related to its holdings in Arm, a computer chip-designing company, whose business spans smartphones, data centers, networking equipment, automotive, consumer electronic devices, and AI applications.
The results were also helped by the absence of losses related to SoftBank’s investment in office-space sharing venture WeWork, which hit the previous fiscal year.
WeWork, which filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in 2023, emerged from Chapter 11 in June.
SoftBank has benefitted in recent months from rising share prices in some investment, such as U.S.-based e-commerce company Coupang, Chinese mobility provider DiDi Global and Bytedance, the Chinese developer of TikTok.
SoftBank’s financial results tend to swing wildly, partly because of its sprawling investment portfolio that includes search engine Yahoo, Chinese retailer Alibaba, and artificial intelligence company Nvidia.
SoftBank makes investments in a variety of companies that it groups together in a series of Vision Funds.
The company’s founder, Masayoshi Son, is a pioneer in technology investment in Japan. SoftBank Group does not give earnings forecasts.
Shopify Inc. executives brushed off concerns that incoming U.S. President Donald Trump will be a major detriment to many of the company’s merchants.
“There’s nothing in what we’ve heard from Trump, nor would there have been anything from (Democratic candidate) Kamala (Harris), which we think impacts the overall state of new business formation and entrepreneurship,” Shopify’s chief financial officer Jeff Hoffmeister told analysts on a call Tuesday.
“We still feel really good about all the merchants out there, all the entrepreneurs that want to start new businesses and that’s obviously not going to change with the administration.”
Hoffmeister’s comments come a week after Trump, a Republican businessman, trounced Harris in an election that will soon return him to the Oval Office.
On the campaign trail, he threatened to impose tariffs of 60 per cent on imports from China and roughly 10 per cent to 20 per cent on goods from all other countries.
If the president-elect makes good on the promise, many worry the cost of operating will soar for companies, including customers of Shopify, which sells e-commerce software to small businesses but also brands as big as Kylie Cosmetics and Victoria’s Secret.
These merchants may feel they have no choice but to pass on the increases to customers, perhaps sparking more inflation.
If Trump’s tariffs do come to fruition, Shopify’s president Harley Finkelstein pointed out China is “not a huge area” for Shopify.
However, “we can’t anticipate what every presidential administration is going to do,” he cautioned.
He likened the uncertainty facing the business community to the COVID-19 pandemic where Shopify had to help companies migrate online.
“Our job is no matter what comes the way of our merchants, we provide them with tools and service and support for them to navigate it really well,” he said.
Finkelstein was questioned about the forthcoming U.S. leadership change on a call meant to delve into Shopify’s latest earnings, which sent shares soaring 27 per cent to $158.63 shortly after Tuesday’s market open.
The Ottawa-based company, which keeps its books in U.S. dollars, reported US$828 million in net income for its third quarter, up from US$718 million in the same quarter last year, as its revenue rose 26 per cent.
Revenue for the period ended Sept. 30 totalled US$2.16 billion, up from US$1.71 billion a year earlier.
Subscription solutions revenue reached US$610 million, up from US$486 million in the same quarter last year.
Merchant solutions revenue amounted to US$1.55 billion, up from US$1.23 billion.
Shopify’s net income excluding the impact of equity investments totalled US$344 million for the quarter, up from US$173 million in the same quarter last year.
Daniel Chan, a TD Cowen analyst, said the results show Shopify has a leadership position in the e-commerce world and “a continued ability to gain market share.”
In its outlook for its fourth quarter of 2024, the company said it expects revenue to grow at a mid-to-high-twenties percentage rate on a year-over-year basis.
“Q4 guidance suggests Shopify will finish the year strong, with better-than-expected revenue growth and operating margin,” Chan pointed out in a note to investors.
This report by The Canadian Press was first published Nov. 12, 2024.
TORONTO – RioCan Real Estate Investment Trust says it has cut almost 10 per cent of its staff as it deals with a slowdown in the condo market and overall pushes for greater efficiency.
The company says the cuts, which amount to around 60 employees based on its last annual filing, will mean about $9 million in restructuring charges and should translate to about $8 million in annualized cash savings.
The job cuts come as RioCan and others scale back condo development plans as the market softens, but chief executive Jonathan Gitlin says the reductions were from a companywide efficiency effort.
RioCan says it doesn’t plan to start any new construction of mixed-use properties this year and well into 2025 as it adjusts to the shifting market demand.
The company reported a net income of $96.9 million in the third quarter, up from a loss of $73.5 million last year, as it saw a $159 million boost from a favourable change in the fair value of investment properties.
RioCan reported what it says is a record-breaking 97.8 per cent occupancy rate in the quarter including retail committed occupancy of 98.6 per cent.
This report by The Canadian Press was first published Nov. 12, 2024.
