Beginning on Monday, March 8, vaccine call centres will open to seniors aged 80 and older, Indigenous people aged 65 and up, and Elders.
Identified as eligible groups under phase 2 of BC’s Immunization Plan, residents will be able to call a toll-free number and schedule their first vaccination appointment.
“We are encouraging family members, friends, and neighbours to help us reach vulnerable seniors in the community and to spread the word that they will soon be invited to book their first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine,” Vancouver Coastal Health said.
VCH has identified 25 vaccination clinics within its catchment area, and Fraser Health has designated 22 sites for its immunization efforts.
Both health authorities have designated specific sites that will be focused on vaccinating Indigenous peoples, and will have cultural supports in place.
Here’s a list of every vaccine clinic located in the Fraser Health and Vancouver Coastal Health regions.
Vancouver
ASK Friendship Centre – 2177 W 42nd Ave
Creekside Community Centre – 1 Athletes Way
Italian Cultural Centre – 3075 Slocan St.
Kerrisdale Community Centre – Seniors Centre – 5851 West Blvd.
Sunset Community Centre – 6810 Main St.
Vancouver Community College Test Collection Site, Impark Lot #865 – 1155 E. Broadway
West End Community Centre – 870 Denman St.
Vancouver – Indigenous focus
Britannia Community Centre – 1661 Napier St.
Lu’ma Medical Centre – 2970 Nanaimo St.
Native Education College – 205 East 5th Ave.
Vancouver Aboriginal Health Society – 449 E Hastings St.
North Vancouver
ICBC Test Collection Site – 255 Lloyd Ave
West Vancouver
West Vancouver Community Centre – 2121 Marine Dr.
Richmond
East Richmond Community Hall – 12360 Cambie Rd.
Jackson Lam Adult Day Centre/Austin Harris Assisted Living – 5411 Moncton St.
River Rock Casino Resort (The Show Theatre) – 8811 River Rd.
Sea to Sky
Bowen Island Community School – 1041 Mt Gardner Rd., Bowen Island
Pemberton Community Centre – 7390 Cottonwood St., Pemberton
Squamish 55 Seniors Centre – 5604 Trail Ave., Squamish
Whistler Convention Centre – 4010 Whistler Way, Whistler
Sunshine Coast
Powell River Recreation Complex – 5001 Joyce Ave., Powell River
Royal Canadian Legion Branch 109 – 747 Gibsons Way, Gibsons
Royal Canadian Legion Branch 112 – 12829 Lillies Lake Rd., Madeira Park
Sechelt Seniors Centre – 5604 Trail Ave., Sechelt
Central Coast
Bella Coola General Hospital – 1025 Elcho St., Bella Coola
Abbotsford
Abbotsford Ag Rec, Building 1 – 32470 Haida Drive
Abbotsford – Indigenous focus
Mamele’awt Community Indigenous Centre – 3277 Gladwin Rd.
Agassiz – Indigenous focus
Agassiz Public Health Office – 7243 Pioneer Ave.
Burnaby
Burnaby COVID-19 Testing and Immunization Centre – 6110 Boundary Rd. (Drive-through clinic)
Burnaby Hospital – 3935 Kincaid St.
Chilliwack
Chilliwack COVID-19 Testing and Immunization Centre – 9090 Newman Rd.
Chilliwack – Indigenous focus
Tzeachten Community Hall – 45855 Promontory Rd.
Coquitlam/TriCities
Coquitlam COVID-19 Testing and Immunization Centre, Coquitlam Park and Ride – 2796 Aberdeen Ave. (Drive-through clinic)
Coquitlam – Indigenous focus
Douglas College – Coquitlam – 1250 Pinetree Way
Delta
Delta COVID-19 Testing and Immunization Centre – 4470 Clarence Taylor Cres.
Hope
Hope COVID-19 Testing and Immunization Centre – 1275 7th Ave.
Hope – Indigenous focus
Hope Public Health Office – 444 Park St.
Langley
Langley COVID-19 Testing and Immunization Centre – 20901 Langley Bypass (Drive-through clinic)
Maple Ridge
Haney Place Mall – 11900 Haney Place
Maple Ridge – Indigenous focus
Golden Ears United Church Hall (Fraser River Indigenous Society) – 22165 Dewdney Trunk Rd.
Mission
Mission COVID-19 Testing and Immunization Centre – 7324 Hurd St.
Mission – Indigenous focus
Mission Friendship Centre – 33150A 1st Ave.
New Westminster – Indigenous focus
Douglas College – New Westminster – 700 Royal Ave.
North Surrey
Surrey North – 10025 King George Blvd.
South Surrey/White Rock
South Surrey COVID-19 Testing and Immunization Centre – 3800 King George Blvd. (Drive-through clinic)
Surrey
Surrey 66 COVID-19 Testing and Immunization Centre – 14577 66th Ave. (Drive-through clinic)
Surrey – Indigenous focus
Fraser Region Aboriginal Friendship Centre (FRAFCA) – A101-10095 Whalley Blvd.
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.
