B.C. Premier John Horgan along with Minister of Health Adrian Dix, provided an update on the government's response to the COVID-19 pandemic on Wednesday.

Horgan announced that the B.C. is extending their provincial state of emergency.

The province said there were nine new cases of COVID-19 on Wednesday and one new death.

Horgan also announced that provincial legislature would resume on June 22.

And the premier also stated that the province won't ask the federal government to bend the rules of the 14 day quarantine period. Vancouver was shortlisted as a potential hub city for an NHL return, but the federal rule could be a potential stumbling block.

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