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Segment 1

• BC to allow 'careful' travel within province as it eases more COVID-19 restrictions under Phase 3
• Stabilization care proposed for youth following an overdose 
• Chief coroner's statement on proposed amendments to the Mental Health Act 
• B.C. lifts ban on some residential evictions and other tenancy laws
• Province announces next steps to support renters, landlords
• Minister’s statement on Province’s response to allegations of racism in health-care system
• Office of the Ombudsperson | Ombudsperson investigation finds two pandemic emergency orders not authorized by Emergency Program Act - Office of the Ombudsperson
• Report calls for end of B.C.’s legislative assembly police force, changes to sergeant-at-arms job

Segment 2

• China charges Canadians Michael Kovrig and Michael Spavor with espionage
• China suggests it will free Kovrig and Spavor if Canada allows Huawei executive Meng to return home
• Former parliamentarians, diplomats pen letter calling on Canada to release Meng
• Senators urge Trudeau to sanction Chinese officials over human-rights violations

Quick takes

• Fitch downgrades Canada’s credit rating as deficit grows due to emergency coronavirus spending
• Foreign Affairs Minister Champagne repays mortgages held by state-owned Chinese bank