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Adopt-A-Road/Trail returns for 2021
KAMLOOPS - The City of Kamloops can resume its Adopt-A-Road/Trail program on Tuesday (June 1) after being suspended the previous year due to the COVID-19 pandemic.Since its inception in the 1980s, the...
May 31, 2021

Tourism Merritt continues to promote ‘Dream Now, Visit Later’
MERRITT, B.C. - As the province of BC begins to loosen COVID-19 restrictions, travel and tourism will be looking to quickly rebound from over a year of limited movement."We'll be following the restric...
May 31, 2021

AstraZeneca expiry change based on science but communication is key: experts
OTTAWA - Many immunologists and infectious disease experts say it is a normal, and scientifically sound decision to extend the expiration date on vaccine doses.Health Canada is adding another month to...
May 31, 2021

RCMP trying to locate suspect in man's death
RCMP in Kelowna are seeking public assistance to locate a suspect in a suspicious death investigation.Police were called to a residence in the Rutland area on Sunday, May 30 just after 10:00 p.m., aft...
May 31, 2021

Quebec and Ontario report fewest numbers of new COVID-19 cases in months
MONTREAL - Ontario and Quebec are reporting their lowest numbers of new COVID-19 cases in months. Quebec is reporting fewer than 300 new COVID-19 cases today for the first time since mid-September, wi...
May 31, 2021

Greens joins Conservatives to say Feds-NDP pushing through new net-zero climate bill
OTTAWA - Green Party of Canada Leader Annamie Paul says important climate legislation is failing to get the scrutiny it deserves because the Liberal government and NDP are ramming it through Parliamen...
May 31, 2021

Federal government launches loan program for Black-owned businesses
OTTAWA - The federal government is opening the doors to a loan program that will provide financing to Black-owned businesses that often face a steep hill to access capital. The Black Entrepreneurship ...
May 31, 2021

Echaquan inquiry: reform needed to reduce Indigenous patients' fear of health system
MONTREAL - The coroner's inquiry examining the death Joyce Echaquan is moving to the recommendations phase of its public hearings. Dr. Stanley Vollant, an Innu surgeon, is recommending the government ...
May 31, 2021

Veteran quarterback MacLeod Bethel-Thompson signs new deal with the Toronto Argonauts
TORONTO - Veteran quarterback MacLeod Bethel-Thomson re-signed with the Toronto Argonauts on Monday. Bethel-Thompson had a CFL-high 26 touchdown passes in 13 starts with Toronto in 2019. The six-foot-...
May 31, 2021

NDP urges Ottawa to enact TRC calls to action following school burial site discovery
OTTAWA - Federal New Democrats are calling for an emergency debate in the House of Commons on the recent discovery of the remains of 215 children on the grounds of the former Kamloops Indian Residenti...
May 31, 2021

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