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The latest fundraising data shows where BC’s political parties stand and continued vaccine rollout difficulties.

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Segment 1: Raking in the big bucks

• 2020 Provincial General Election Financing Reports Available
• Zussman tweet re Throness
• 2020 Fourth Quarter Interim Financial Reports Available

Segment 2: COVID woes

• Airlines suspending certain flights, Ottawa introducing quarantine hotel stays to discourage travel
• Canada mulls new travel restrictions to close land border loophole: Transport minister
• Enhanced safety measures for K-12 schools
• Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine delays are longer than expected, Ottawa says
• Canada doesn't know how many more Moderna doses will be delivered, or why there are delays
• EU says it has authorized vaccine delivery to Canada
• Canada the only G7 country to take vaccines from fund that helps developing countries
• With Novavax deal, Canada could be producing COVID-19 vaccine domestically by the fall
• Every COVID-19 vaccine maker was asked to make their doses in Canada and all said no, Anand says
• New facility to be built in Vancouver will produce 240 million vaccine doses annually | Urbanized  
• Officials apologize after more than 200 vaccine doses pulled from remote BC community     

Quick takes

• BC drivers to receive average of $190 each from ICBC pandemic rebate
• Proud Boys among 13 groups added to Canada's list of terrorist entities
• NDP repays multimillion-dollar campaign debt amid tough fundraising climate during pandemic
• O'Toole: Trudeau faces 'conflict of interest' if he picks next governor general
• Rex Murphy: No, Don Cherry can't be governor general. He likes people