Author Archives:
Federal task force considers a national flood insurance program
OTTAWA - A new federal task force will look at the possibility of a low-cost national flood insurance program as well as options for moving people who live in areas at highest risk from surging spring...
Nov 26, 2020
Trouble brewing ahead of start to Nova Scotia fall lobster season: Indigenous leader
HALIFAX - The Indigenous leader at the centre of a dispute over Nova Scotia lobster says the recent seizure of lobster traps in St. Marys Bay by federal officers could lead to trouble on the water nex...
Nov 26, 2020
Provinces push Freeland to delay bump in CPP premiums in economic update
OTTAWA - Provincial finance ministers have quietly prodded Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland to put a pause on planned increases in premiums workers and businesses pay into the Canada Pension Plan.Th...
Nov 26, 2020
ICBC, police team up to launch CounterAttack road checks this weekend
VICTORIA - Although COVID-19 will make the upcoming holiday season unlike any other, one thing won't change - holiday road checks.ICBC says the annual holiday CounterAttack campaign will get started t...
Nov 26, 2020
Interim BCLC head announces resignation
KAMLOOPS - The interim president and CEO of Kamloops-based B.C. Lottery Corporation says he will step down in January.Greg Moore assumed the role on an interim basis in September, 2019. He took over f...
Nov 26, 2020
Toronto Raptors place seldom-used centre Dewan Hernandez on waivers
TORONTO - The Toronto Raptors have waived centre Dewan Hernandez.Hernandez split last season between the NBA and Raptors 905 of the G League after Toronto selected him with the 59th pick of the 2019 d...
Nov 26, 2020
Overnight fire damages two units in Valleyview motel
KAMLOOPS - Kamloops Fire Rescue (KFR) investigators are going over the scene of a fire at a Valleyview motel.KFR crews were called to the Tournament Inn at about 12:45 a.m. Thursday (Nov. 26).When fir...
Nov 26, 2020
New LifeLabs COVID-19 antibody test available in Kamloops
KELOWNA - For British Columbians who have been feeling under the weather over the last few months but were never tested for COVID-19, there's now a way to find out if they've had the novel coronavirus...
Nov 26, 2020
Indigenous groups criticize ABC series 'Big Sky' for insensitivity to MMIWG
VANCOUVER - Several Indigenous groups are lambasting ABC's "Big Sky" for a storyline about kidnapped women in Montana that fails to mention Indigenous victims. The Union of British Columbia Indian Chi...
Nov 26, 2020
CHARBONNEAU: The language and mood of the second COVID-19 wave has changed
THE SECOND WAVE of the pandemic feels quite different than the first. In the spring, shoppers emptied store shelves of toilet paper - a curious indicator of what's important in people's lives. A sense...
Nov 26, 2020
