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SOUND OFF: Why the delay in enacting a wildfire state of emergency?
IT CONTINUES TO BE A CHALLENGING WEEK not only for the hard-working crews tackling wildfires all across B.C., but also for evacuees and those on alert to leave their homes at a moment's notice. My hea...
Jul 08, 2021
Maple Leafs sign defenceman Travis Dermott to two-year contract extension
TORONTO - The Toronto Maple Leafs have signed defenceman Travis Dermott to a two-year contract extension. The average annual value of the contract is worth US$1.5 million. Dermott, 24, skated in 51 re...
Jul 08, 2021
Avenatti sentenced to 2 1/2 years in prison for extortion
NEW YORK (AP) - A New York judge sentenced the combative California lawyer Michael Avenatti to 2 1/2 years in prison Thursday for trying to extort up to $25 million from Nike by threatening to use his...
Jul 08, 2021
Kahnawake members set up protest camp south of Montreal to stop housing project
MONTREAL - Members of the Montreal-area First Nations territory of Kahnawake are occupying a disputed parcel of land beside their community in order to stop a proposed housing project. The encampment,...
Jul 08, 2021
UHN creates concussion calculator to ID those at high-risk for prolonged symptoms
Toronto researchers have developed a tool they say can help doctors determine who is most likely to suffer concussion symptoms that persist months after injury. The experts hope their calculator can h...
Jul 08, 2021
Biden says U.S. war in Afghanistan will end August 31
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Joe Biden on Thursday said the U.S. military mission in Afghanistan will conclude on Aug. 31, saying "speed is safety" as the United States seeks to end the nearly 20-year ...
Jul 08, 2021
Federal, provincial governments fund $10 per day daycare in B.C.
COQUITLAM - Parents in dire need for daycare spaces are set to receive some much needed support.Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced a minimum of $9.2 billion in annual funding across the country, ...
Jul 08, 2021
Blazers and Kamloops connection to Hockey Canada U-18 Summer Camp
KAMLOOPS --- Two Blazers and another player who is from Kamloops have been named to the Hockey Canada Men's Under-18 Summer Development Camp.Mats Lindgren is among six defenseman from the Western Hock...
Jul 08, 2021
Ottawa, B.C. governments reach deal on child-care funding
COQUITLAM, B.C. - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says the government has reached a deal with British Columbia on federal child-care funding.Trudeau says the agreement stipulates Ottawa will work with t...
Jul 08, 2021
Lambda variant spreading in South America one of many Canada is monitoring: Tam
OTTAWA - Chief public health officer Dr. Theresa Tam says the latest variant of interest in the COVID-19 pandemic has popped up in Canada in small numbers. Tam says the Lambda variant first identified...
Jul 08, 2021
