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After months of boredom and frustration, two Alaskan girls are excited they can go back to classes just across the border in B.C. a school run that had until recently been impossible due to COVID-19 travel restrictions.

An accountant for a hotel in downtown Nelson, B.C., had a heart attack and collapsed shortly after being spat upon by an angry customer refusing to wear a mask, according to the hotel manager.

"We are struggling at the best of times to be able to keep it open," says Ken Charko, the owner of the independent Dunbar Theatre.

British Columbians can expect their cellphones to sound an alarm at 1:55 p.m. PT Wednesday as the province tests its emergency alert system.