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N.L. public health has COVID advice for the holiday mummering tradition
ST. JOHN'S, N.L. - Newfoundland and Labrador public health officials have issued advice for those looking to stay COVID-safe while marauding around town with underwear on the outside of their clothes....
Nov 12, 2020
Coronavirus deaths surpass 10,000 in hard-hit Massachusetts
BOSTON - Once a coronavirus hot spot, Massachusetts was seen as a model for infection control this summer as coronavirus cases and deaths dwindled. Now, experts are warning the state could be headed f...
Nov 12, 2020
Canada's Haley takes on hockey hopes of Hungarian women
Unable to coach the Ryerson Rams to a national women's university hockey title because of the COVID-19 pandemic, Lisa Haley has applied her talents to an up-and-coming country. Hungary, which won prom...
Nov 12, 2020
RIH laboratory gets $90,000 infusion from philanthropist Ken Lepin
KAMLOOPS - Noted Kamloops philanthropist Ken Lepin has made another generous donation, this time to the Royal Inland Hospital Foundation.According to a news release, the local businessman has donated ...
Nov 12, 2020
First Nation to file series of lawsuits against N.S. government, commercial fishers
INDIAN BROOK, N.S. - A Mi'kmaq First Nation that encountered violence after it opened a self-regulated lobster fishery says it will sue non-Indigenous fishers and the Nova Scotia government for allege...
Nov 12, 2020
Inquiry hears money laundering concerns at B.C. casinos rose as 2010 Olympics neared
VANCOUVER - A former British Columbia gaming official says concerns were raised as larger amounts of suspicious cash with possible links to money laundering began showing up at casinos while the provi...
Nov 12, 2020
Inquiry hears money laundering concerns at B.C. casinos rose as 2010 Olympics neared
VANCOUVER - A former British Columbia gaming official says concerns were raised as larger amounts of suspicious cash with possible links to money laundering began showing up at casinos while the provi...
Nov 12, 2020
B.C.-based dancer Margaret Grenier wins Walter Carsen Prize for performing arts
VANCOUVER - Gibsons, B.C.-based dancer and choreographer Margaret Grenier has won this year's Walter Carsen Prize for Excellence in the Performing Arts. The Canada Council for the Arts administers the...
Nov 12, 2020
CFJC Midday - Volunteers needed! Salvation Army kicks off Kettle Campaign in need of help
Captain Cory Fifield with the Kamloops Salvation Army, outlines this year's Kettle goal, and the extreme need for volunteers to help with kettles. Please phone 250-819-0843 or email salvationarmykamlo...
Nov 12, 2020
Ottawa plans to move from open-net fish pens to 'sustainable technology' in B.C.
VANCOUVER - The federal government says it has a game plan to transition away from open-net fish farming on British Columbia's coast. Terry Beech, a Burnaby MP and parliamentary secretary for the mini...
Nov 12, 2020
