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Week in Review — Week of April 20, 2020
Welcome to Week in Review.This week, more COVID-19 testing becomes available in the Interior Health region.High water in Cache Creek, and how communities are preparing for flooding during a pandemic. ...
Apr 25, 2020 (Image Credit: CFJC Today )
Trudeau says too early to discuss 'immunity passports' for people recovered from COVID
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says neither Ottawa nor the provinces are preparing plans to reopen the country that hinge on people being immune to catching COVID-19 a second time. Trudeau was...
Apr 25, 2020
Wake Forest fires basketball coach Danny Manning
RALEIGH, N.C. - Wake Forest fired basketball coach Danny Manning after six seasons in which the Demon Deacons had a winning record only once. The school announced the decision Saturday. That came more...
Apr 25, 2020
The latest developments on COVID-19 in Canada
The latest news on the COVID-19 global pandemic (all times Eastern): 11 a.m. The Ontario government says provincial parks and conservation areas will remain closed until May 31 to prote...
Apr 25, 2020
The latest numbers on COVID-19 in Canada
The latest numbers of confirmed and presumptive COVID-19 cases in Canada as of 10:47 a.m. ET on April 25, 2020: There are 44,364 confirmed and presumptive cases in Canada. _ Quebec: 22,616 confirmed (...
Apr 25, 2020
Special weather statement issued for South Thompson, with possibility of winds up to 80 km/h
KAMLOOPS - Environment Canada has issued a special weather statement for the South Thompson today (Apr. 25), with strong winds expected in the region. According to the forecaster, an intense Pacific c...
Apr 25, 2020 (Image Credit: Contributed - Trevor Rowse)
'Death is so real:' Immigrant group says meat workers afraid after plant closure
CALGARY - An organization that works with immigrants says the temporary closure of a large slaughterhouse in southern Alberta has left many among its largely Filipino workforce fea...
Apr 25, 2020
ROTHENBURGER: Reluctant council gives Heritage Society reprieve at St. Andrew’s
MEANWHILE, OVER AT ST. ANDREW'S, there are developments.You will recall there was a major public outcry a few months ago over the City's inexplicable determination to give the Kamloops Heritage Societ...
Apr 25, 2020 (Image Credit: Mel Rothenburger)
Nashville musicians find themselves without jobs or benefits
NASHVILLE - Colin Poulton moved to Nashville in 2008 to study commercial guitar. He dropped out of college but stuck with the city and the guitar, first playing in a series of original bands and more ...
Apr 25, 2020
EU rallies Canada, allies to help WHO after Trump temporarily withdraws funding
OTTAWA - The European Union is planning a major pledging conference early next month to help fill the World Health Organization's funding gaps, and it expects Canada to play a key role. Brice de ...
Apr 25, 2020
