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Trudeau to highlight interest-free loans to help small business weather pandemic
OTTAWA - While Canadian businesses wait for Parliament to approve a $73-billion wage subsidy program, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is expected to highlight today another measure that will tide some c...
Apr 10, 2020
Canadian envoy to UN says past mental health fight has her ready for COVID-19
OTTAWA - As she watched the novel coronavirus swallow a helpless New York City, transforming it into the twin epicentre of the pandemic, Louise Blais found lessons in her own past for how to slay a de...
Apr 10, 2020
CP NewsAlert: Sex offender Gordon Stuckless dead
TORONTO - The man at the heart of the Maple Leaf Gardens sexual abuse scandal has died. Gordon Stuckless was sentenced in 2016 to six and a half years behind bars - six after credit for his time ...
Apr 09, 2020
CP NewsAlert: Sex offender Gordon Stuckless dead
TORONTO - The man at the heart of the Maple Leaf Gardens sexual abuse scandal has died. Gordon Stuckless was sentenced in 2016 to six and a half years behind bars - six after credit for his time ...
Apr 09, 2020
Pandemic blamed for low airport passenger numbers
KAMLOOPS - The Kamloops Airport saw reduced passenger numbers through the first quarter of 2020.YKA officials say the year started out strong before the COVID-19 virus struck, dramatically impacting t...
Apr 09, 2020
Golf remains last sport standing, presents opportunity to get outside
KAMLOOPS - The sound of a club striking the ball has never sounded so sweet during this global pandemic. Instead of being trapped at home, golfers are among the few amateurs that can get out to play a...
Apr 09, 2020 Golfers are flocking to courses in Kamloops as the last sport available to them during COVID-19 (Image Credit: CFJC Today)
Saskatchewan premier doesn't see need for Emergencies Act in COVID-19 fight
REGINA - Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe says he doesn't see a need for Ottawa to use the sweeping Emergencies Act to respond to the COVID-19 pandemic. Moe said Thursday that he has had discussions wit...
Apr 09, 2020
SOUND OFF: Small business — we hear you, we're with you
SMALL BUSINESSES AND THE FAMILIES WHO RUN THEM are suffering right now and they need to know they have our support. Of course, we know the assistance programs launched by the federal and provincial go...
Apr 09, 2020 Image Credit: CFJC Today
VIDEO: Chase Secondary teachers go stir crazy
CHASE, B.C. - Staff from Chase Secondary are clearly letting the isolation get to them.A video posted by the Kamloops-Thompson School District shows teachers going a little COVID crazy.WATCH: (Video C...
Apr 09, 2020 Image Credit: Youtube / School District 73
In abrupt about-face, UFC halts shows in face of COVID-19 pandemic
In an abrupt about-face at the behest of broadcast partner ESPN, the UFC has postponed UFC 249 and all future scheduled shows due to the global COVID-19 pandemic. As recently as Wednesday, UFC pr...
Apr 09, 2020
