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Seventy-two new COVID-19 cases in B.C. Friday; 13 in Interior Health
VICTORIA - B.C. is heading into the weekend with 72 new cases of COVID-19.The numbers are included in a Friday (June 25) update prepared by Provincial Health Officer Dr. Bonnie Henry, who notes there ...
Jun 25, 2021
Iqaluit mayor wants land tax exemption on churches removed over residential schools
IQALUIT, Nunavut - Iqaluit's mayor says he plans to make a motion to remove a land tax exemption for churches in Nunavut's capital city. Kenny Bell says he decided to do so after the Cowessess First N...
Jun 25, 2021
News hound, animal lover, former CP bureau chief Jill St. Louis dies at 66
VANCOUVER - Jill St. Louis, a former Vancouver bureau chief at The Canadian Press who thrived in a fast-breaking news environment and was a friend to anything with four legs, has died after a battle w...
Jun 25, 2021
News hound, animal lover, former CP bureau chief Jill St. Louis dies at 66
VANCOUVER - Jill St. Louis, a former Vancouver bureau chief at The Canadian Press who thrived in a fast-breaking news environment and was a friend to anything with four legs, has died after a battle w...
Jun 25, 2021
Canada rugby coach awaits word on players on final weekend ahead of July tour
Canada coach Kingsley Jones will be watching this weekend's Major League Rugby games with particular interest, hoping that members of his July touring squad who play emerge unscathed. He has already h...
Jun 25, 2021
One in custody following Scotch Creek incident
KAMLOOPS - One person has been arrested and is being held in custody following an incident in the Scotch Creek area. A resident of Scotch Creek says police cars are at a car wash on Squilax-Anglemont ...
Jun 25, 2021
'We're on track for next week': Dr. Henry confident about Phase 3 of B.C. reopening
KAMLOOPS - At the peak of COVID-19 this spring, Interior Health reported 125 cases. That happened on Apr. 10 - 12 per cent of the daily case count. Two and a half months later, while cases have droppe...
Jun 25, 2021
'Staying alive is an obsession:' Family of survivors reflect on residential schools
The weeds of residential schools are tangled throughout the family tree of Clayton Episkenew and many other Indigenous people in Canada. "I have come a long way but at times feel guilty that I am here...
Jun 25, 2021
Overnight shelter opening earlier as record-breaking heat hits area
NANAIMO - The doors of a Nanaimo overnight shelter are opening earlier to help clients get out of the hot sun. Kevan Griffith, coordinator of the Unitarian Shelter on Townsite Rd., said they wanted to...
Jun 25, 2021
Montreal Canadiens' magical playoff run helped inspire Lawson in naming of yearling
Next year, Henri Richard and Joe Zuger will be roommates. Not the former hockey and football standouts. Rather, their horse-racing namesakes. Pocket Rocket and Zuger are currently yearlings and Woodbi...
Jun 25, 2021
