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Feds to lift 14-day quarantine requirement for fully vaccinated Canadian travellers
OTTAWA - The federal government is set to announce today that fully vaccinated Canadian travellers will no longer need to spend 14 days in quarantine upon arriving home. A federal source familiar with...
Jun 09, 2021
Citing role in 'genocidal policies,' history professors reach out to First Nations
FREDERICTON - History professors at the University of New Brunswick are offering their research skills to Indigenous people looking for information about ancestors or seeking land claims, saying First...
Jun 09, 2021
SD58 confirms COVID-19 exposure at Merritt Central Elementary
MERRITT, B.C. - School District 58 Nicola Similkameen has confirmed a COVID-19 exposure among the community at Merritt Central Elementary School.The exposure is stated to have occurred between June 1-...
Jun 09, 2021
Missing Alberta man, thought to be travelling to B.C., located safe
GRANDE PRAIRIE, ALBERTA - The wife of an Alberta man who was missing for nearly a week and thought to be travelling to B.C. says he has been found safe.Jesse Faulkenham, 31, went missing June 2. His w...
Jun 09, 2021
Adams Lake Indian Band honouring residential school suvivors with walk from Kamloops to Chase
KAMLOOPS - Over the course of three days, Adams Lake Indian Band members will walk from Kamloops to Chase to honour the Kamloops Indian Residential School survivors and the children who never made it ...
Jun 09, 2021
Scheifele not happy with NHL's decision on four-game suspension
WINNIPEG - Mark Scheifele says he remains disappointed in the NHL's decision to suspend him for four games for his crushing blow on Jake Evans of the Montreal Canadiens in the opener of the North Divi...
Jun 09, 2021
B.C. zooming toward electric vehicle charging station goal
VICTORIA - The province is speeding toward its goal of electric vehicle (EV) charging stations, with 50 per cent of the 2040 target of 400 stations already built or underway."A record number of Britis...
Jun 09, 2021
New classrooms coming to Dover Bay secondary expected to ease capacity crunch
NANAIMO - The addition of four new classrooms to a local high school is hoped to have a positive impact with a shortage of spaces.The province announced $2.6 million in funding on Wednesday, June 9, t...
Jun 09, 2021
Vaccine lottery: Manitobans eligible for cash, scholarships if they get a COVID shot
WINNIPEG - The Manitoba government is launching a lottery that will award nearly $2 million in cash and scholarships to people who get a COVID-19 vaccine. Premier Brian Pallister says anyone aged 12 a...
Jun 09, 2021
SOUND OFF: B.C.'s restart brings renewed hope for British Columbians
OVER THE COURSE OF THE LAST 15 MONTHS, British Columbians have banded together like never before through acts of kindness. We put hearts in our windows to honour healthcare workers, we walked a neighb...
Jun 09, 2021
