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B.C. records lowest single-day COVID-19 case count in weeks — but 16 more deaths
VICTORIA - Provincial health officials are reporting 566 new cases of COVID-19 Tuesday (Dec. 8), the lowest single-day case count since November 19. There were 74 new cases found within Interior Healt...
Dec 08, 2020
B.C. ministers pay tribute to Joseph Arvay, lawyer and civil rights champion
VICTORIA - British Columbia's attorney general paid tribute Tuesday to a lawyer he credited with reforming Canada's legal landscape and fighting for the rights of all Canadians throughout his lifetime...
Dec 08, 2020
B.C. ministers pay tribute to Joseph Arvay, lawyer and civil rights champion
VICTORIA - British Columbia's attorney general paid tribute Tuesday to a lawyer he credited with reforming Canada's legal landscape and fighting for the rights of all Canadians throughout his lifetime...
Dec 08, 2020
CP NewsAlert: Alberta tightens COVID restrictions; closes restaurants, casinos, gyms
EDMONTON - Alberta Premier Jason Kenney, his province relentlessly pounded by thousands of new COVID-19 cases, has reintroduced strict economic lockdown rules and banned all outdoor social gatherings....
Dec 08, 2020
AP source: NHL players balk at changing CBA, league moves on
NHL players have balked at changing the collective bargaining agreement and the league is preparing to open the season Jan. 13 after starting training camp on New Year's Day, a person with knowledge o...
Dec 08, 2020
Kamloops Shoebox Project still accepting online donations to collect gifts for women in shelters
KAMLOOPS - The Shoebox Project began in 2011 in Toronto. Four sisters wanted to make sure women experiencing homelessness and living in shelters weren't forgotten over the holidays. Nine years later, ...
Dec 08, 2020
AP sources: Biden picks Rep. Marcia Fudge as housing chief
WASHINGTON - President-elect Joe Biden has selected Ohio Rep. Marcia Fudge as his housing and urban development secretary, according to three people familiar with the decision. Fudge was first elected...
Dec 08, 2020
Shuswap holiday display leads police to stolen decorations
SALMON ARM - RCMP in Sicamous and Salmon Arm have recovered stolen Christmas decorations from multiple homes that ended up in a single display. Sometime overnight on Dec. 5, large inflatable Christmas...
Dec 08, 2020
Saga over senator who posted anti-Indigenous letters continues in Senate
OTTAWA - Lynn Beyak, the senator who posted derogatory letters about Indigenous people on her website, once again faces the prospect of expulsion from the Senate. The Senate's ethics committee recomme...
Dec 08, 2020
City to let grant applications determine future of Noble Creek Irrigation System
KAMLOOPS - Kamloops council has given itself more than a year to determine next steps for the Noble Creek Irrigation System (NCIS).Last month, council decided against going forward with a $14 million ...
Dec 08, 2020
