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A look at how provinces plan to emerge from COVID-19 shutdown
Provinces have been releasing plans for easing restrictions that were put in place to limit the spread of COVID-19. Here is what some of the provinces have announced so far: Newfoundland and Labrador ...
May 27, 2020
'Disturbing' long-term care home report doesn't come as surprise to families
Simon Nisbet is convinced that if he hadn't moved his mother out of her long-term care home, she would never have left alive. He said daily visits to her window at Orchard Villa in Pickering, Ont., le...
May 27, 2020
Key court ruling coming today in Meng extradition case
VANCOUVER - The British Columbia Supreme Court is scheduled to release a key decision today in the American extradition case of Huawei executive Meng Wanzhou. Justice Heather Holmes is relea...
May 27, 2020
Global pandemic: Through the eyes of the world's children
CHICAGO - These are children of the global pandemic. In the far-north Canadian town of Iqaluit, one boy has been glued to the news to learn everything he can about the coronavirus. A girl in Australia...
May 26, 2020
Japan police arrest man in Kyoto anime arson that killed 36
TOKYO - Japanese police on Wednesday arrested a suspect in the deadly arson at a Kyoto anime studio last year after he recovered enough from his own severe burns to respond to the police investigation...
May 26, 2020
Retiring superintendent reflects on her time leading Kamloops-Thompson School District
KAMLOOPS - Alison Sidow has been at the helm of School District 73 since 2016, and her retirement comes after four years of working to improve student success in the region.Reflecting on her administr...
May 26, 2020
River Forecast Centre issues flood watch for Salmon Arm area
VICTORIA - The B.C. River Forecast Centre (RFC) has issued a flood watch for the Salmon Ariver near Salmon Arm. The provincial agency made the announcement Tuesday afternoon.At the same time, the RFC ...
May 26, 2020
With rain and soaring temperatures this week, City of Kamloops prepares for fast-rising rivers
KAMLOOPS - After near-perfect runoff conditions for the early part of spring, City of Kamloops officials are bracing for that pattern to change.Utility Services Manager Greg Wightman says recent rainf...
May 26, 2020
Kamloops students take altered graduation plans in stride
KAMLOOPS - Graduation ceremonies have begun for Grade 12 students in the Kamloops-Thompson School District. Rashika Subedi is among the 190 Valleyview Secondary School graduates receiving their diplom...
May 26, 2020
Kansas governor vetoes limits on her power but loosens rules
TOPEKA, Kan. - Kansas' Democratic governor on Tuesday vetoed a sweeping Republican coronavirus measure that would have limited her power to direct the state's pandemic response but then ceded to local...
May 26, 2020
