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Preparing for battle: Doctor on front lines shares how health-care is changing
TORONTO - Each morning when Dr. Seema Marwaha is preparing for work, she thinks about her husband, her 15-month-old son and the possibility she could bring home a dangerous virus. Like health-care pro...
Mar 24, 2020
Provinces tighten freedoms, police get help from citizens in fight against COVID-19
MONTREAL - Police forces in Canada are getting extra powers, more flexibility and even help from citizens reporting on one another as governments seek to enforce decrees aimed at stoppi...
Mar 24, 2020
One in five Canadians think COVID-19 pandemic blown out of proportion: Poll
OTTAWA - A new poll suggests one in five Canadians weren't taking the deadly COVID-19 pandemic seriously as recently as last weekend.In a Leger poll conducted between Friday and Sunday, 16 per cent of...
Mar 24, 2020
Parliament to debate emergency spending and government powers in COVID-19 fight
OTTAWA - The House of Commons sits today to deal with an emergency bill to spend billions of dollars to fight the COVID-19 pandemic and cushion some of its economic harms. The opposition parties have ...
Mar 24, 2020
Thailand decrees state of emergency to control coronavirus
BANGKOK - Thailand's prime minister says his government has agreed to declare a state of emergency to implement stricter measures to control the coronavirus outbreak. Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha ...
Mar 24, 2020
China to lift lockdown in most of virus-hit Hubei province
BEIJING - Chinese authorities are lifting a lockdown in most of its virus-hit Hubei province. People who are cleared will be able to leave the province after midnight Tuesday. The city of Wuhan, where...
Mar 23, 2020
City of Merritt declares local state of emergency over COVID-19 pandemic
MERRITT, B.C. - With the COVID-19 outbreak growing daily throughout the Interior, the City of Merritt has taken action and declared a local state of emergency. Mayor Linda Brown says the city is in co...
Mar 23, 2020 The City of Merritt declared a local statement of emergency around COVID-19 on Monday (Image Credit: CFJC Today)
Williams Lake to open low-risk Emergency Operations Centre on Tuesday
WILLIAMS LAKE, B.C. - Following in the footsteps of other Interior municipalities, Williams Lake is set to activate its Emergency Operations Centre on Tuesday morning. The centre will be active starti...
Mar 23, 2020 Williams Lake will open its low-risk Emergency Operations Centre on Tuesday morning.
Interior Health restricting visitors to its facilities during COVID-19 outbreak
KAMLOOPS - Interior Health is putting limits on who can and cannot visit its facilities during the COVID-19 pandemic. The local health authority says only essential visitors can enter facilities, incl...
Mar 23, 2020 Interior Health is putting restrictions on who can and cannot visits its facilities during the COVID-19 pandemic
Kamloops athlete sheds tear over COC not sending athletes to Olympics/Paralympics -- but says it is the right thing to do.
KAMLOOPS --- Yesterday the Canadian Olympic Committee announced it will not be sending athletes to the Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics if they are held this summer.Other national Olympic committees hav...
Mar 23, 2020 Image credit: Athletics Canada
