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Non-medical masks can keep people with COVID-19 from spreading it, Tam says
OTTAWA - Wearing a simple cloth mask is a way for someone who might have COVID-19 without realizing it to avoid spreading the illness to others, Canada's top public-health doctor said Monday.Dr. There...
Apr 06, 2020
Thousands of Kamloops residents come together to help neighbours during pandemic
KAMLOOPS - A grassroots volunteer group has surpassed 3,500 members eager to help locals during the COVID-19 pandemic.Caremongering-Kamloops is a volunteer team that shares resources and offers help a...
Apr 06, 2020 Image Credit: Kent Simmonds
GINTA: Dreaming about better days helps us get through the present ones
THE PEOPLE I KNOW are now unequally divided in two groups. The first, by far the largest, is composed of those who take physical distancing to heart and roll with it the best they can, offering people...
Apr 06, 2020 Image Credit: Michal Bednarek / Dreamstime.com
Woman scared for brother in Calgary long-term care home with COVID-19 outbreak
CALGARY - A Calgary woman says she's terrified for her brother who has a severe mental disability and is living in a long-term care home with an outbreak of COVID-19. Julie Nimmo's br...
Apr 06, 2020
Leafs' Matthews, Marner, Penguins' Marleau relive start of ageless friendship
Auston Matthews remembers returning to the Toronto Maple Leafs' hotel after dinner one night and finding something unexpected. It was a road trip early in the 2017-18 season, and when t...
Apr 06, 2020
CRIME STOPPERS: Crimes of the Week — April 6, 2020
KAMLOOPS - Here are the Kamloops Crime Stoppers crimes of the week for April 6, 2020.Crime of the week #1Kamloops Crime Stoppers would like your help tracking down this alleged shoplifter.The incident...
Apr 06, 2020 Image Credit: CFJC Today
B.C. confirms new COVID-19 death; outbreak at another correctional facility
VICTORIA - A man in his 40s has died as a result of COVID-19.That's according to B.C. provincial health officer Bonnie Henry, who made the announcement during her daily news briefing on Monday (Apr. 6...
Apr 06, 2020 Image Credit: BC Government
Judge sides with woman accused of spying for Russia, orders new hearing
OTTAWA - A Russian-born woman who was barred from Canada for allegedly spying on behalf of Moscow will get another chance to argue her case. In a newly released ruling, Federal Court Ju...
Apr 06, 2020
Beloved Detroit Tigers star Al Kaline dies at 85
DETROIT - Al Kaline, who spent his entire 22-season Hall of Fame career with the Detroit Tigers and was known affectionately as "Mr. Tiger," died Monday. He was 85. John Morad, a friend of Kaline's, c...
Apr 06, 2020
Dana White says UFC 249 is on with Justin Gaethje taking on Tony Ferguson
UFC 249 is going ahead with Justin Gaethje stepping in for lightweight champion Khabib Nurmagomedov against Tony Ferguson for the interim 155-pound title. UFC president Dana White tweeted the news Mon...
Apr 06, 2020
