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Three new deaths from COVID-19 include first death in Interior Health area
VICTORIA - The population within the Interior Health region has experienced its first death from COVID-19.In her daily news conference Wednesday (Apr. 15), Provincial Health Officer Dr. Bonnie Henry a...
Apr 15, 2020 Image Credit: Flickr / Government of B.C.
Report: Roy Halladay was doing stunts when plane crashed
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. - Baseball Hall of Famer Roy Halladay had high-levels of amphetamines in his system and was doing extreme acrobatics when he lost control of his small plane and nosedived into Ta...
Apr 15, 2020
Raptors guard Norm Powell studying sign language, Spanish during hiatus
Toronto Raptors guard Norman Powell has been using this forced down time to brush up on his sign language. The 26-year-old, whose mom was a special needs educator, studied sign language as a...
Apr 15, 2020
CFJC nabs regional award for best radio newscast
KAMLOOPS - The Radio Television Digital News Association has announced its regional awards for 2020, and CFJC's newsroom has another feather in its cap.The B-100 5:00 p.m. News has been chosen as the ...
Apr 15, 2020 File Photo (Image Credit: CFJC Today)
Rachael Ray tapes show from home, makes $4M virus donation
Rachael Ray had big plans for the quarantine break at her home in upstate New York. She envisioned "a Renaissance time," rereading the classics, resuming her Danish lessons and studying Italian. "I wa...
Apr 15, 2020
B.C. extends state of emergency for another two weeks
VICTORIA - B.C. Premier John Horgan announced today (Apr. 15) that the province's state of emergency surrounding COVID-19 is being extended by two more weeks.In a news conference, Horgan said the stat...
Apr 15, 2020 Image Credit: Flickr / BC Government
Scottish clubs vote to end season below top-tier Premiership
EDINBURGH, Scotland - Scottish clubs have voted to end the season for leagues below the top-flight Premiership with immediate effect amid the coronavirus pandemic, organizers said Wednesday. A resolut...
Apr 15, 2020
Former Jays infielder Damaso Garcia, a two-time all-star, dead at 63
TORONTO - Former Toronto Blue Jays second baseman Damaso Garcia, a two-time all-star and a big part of the club's rise to prominence in the 1980s, has died at the age of 63. Garcia, who had ...
Apr 15, 2020
Woodbine CEO Lawson postpones 2020 Pepsi North America Cup harness event
TORONTO - Woodbine Entertainment CEO Jim Lawson says the 2020 Pespi North America Cup has been postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Lawson made the announcement Wednesday during a question-and...
Apr 15, 2020
US relief checks begin arriving as economic damage piles up
WASHINGTON - Government relief checks began arriving in Americans' bank accounts as the economic damage to the U.S. from the coronavirus piled up Wednesday and sluggish sales at reopened stores in Eur...
Apr 15, 2020
