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Ebus suspends B.C. services indefinitely
KAMLOOPS - The charter bus company that serves routes across the province - including the Southern Interior - has suspended its services in B.C.On its website, Ebus says B.C. services will be temporar...
Apr 01, 2020 Image Credit: CFJC Today
Golfer Corey Conners making the most of time at home during social distancing
Like most people, Corey Conners is finding new and different ways to fill his time while observing physical distancing during the COVID-19 pandemic. That means playing as the Toronto Maple L...
Apr 01, 2020
Man facing murder charges in deaths of Saskatchewan boy and grandparents
PRINCE ALBERT, Sask. - A Saskatchewan man is facing three counts of first-degree murder in the deaths of a seven-year-old boy and the child's grandparents. Court records show an appearance was schedul...
Apr 01, 2020
New York City deaths top 1,000 with worst to come
New York authorities rushed to bring in an army of medical volunteers Wednesday as the statewide death toll from the coronavirus surged past 1,900 and the wail of ambulances in the otherwise eerily qu...
Apr 01, 2020
Trudeau: U.S. standing down plan to send soldiers to backstop northern border
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says the United States appears to have backed off on its plan to send soldiers to the Canada-U.S. border. The U.S. Department of Homeland Security had been float...
Apr 01, 2020
Trudeau defends new flights bringing Canadians home from across the globe
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says Canadians being flown home from abroad must subject themselves to "rigorous" and mandatory 14-day self-isolation to keep their fellow citizens safe. Tr...
Apr 01, 2020
Supply-line disruptions could cause Canadian drug shortage
OTTAWA - The deputy minister of Health Canada says the COVID-19 pandemic will likely lead to shortages of drugs and medical devices that treat other conditions. A lack of medications to fill ordinary ...
Apr 01, 2020
Wimbledon cancelled for 1st time since WWII because of virus
Wimbledon was cancelled on Wednesday because of the coronavirus pandemic, the first time since World War II that the oldest Grand Slam tennis tournament won't be played. The All England Club announced...
Apr 01, 2020
Troops await word on quarantine location upon return from Ukraine
OTTAWA - Canadian troops returning from Ukraine this month have not been told whether they will allowed to quarantine at home or be forced to spend the two weeks somewhere else. The 200 troops first d...
Apr 01, 2020
Liberals must provide clarity, not more confusion on wage subsidy: Scheer
OTTAWA - Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer says confusion over who is eligible for the government's promised wage subsidy must be cleared up. Scheer says the legislation as written - and hastily passe...
Apr 01, 2020
