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Education Minister says new school for Pineview Valley moving ahead
VICTORIA - B.C. Education Minister Jennifer Whiteside says Kamloops is on track to get a new elementary school.As MLAs debated budget estimates Wednesday afternoon (May 19) - Kamloops-South Thompson M...
May 20, 2021
Impatience, lack of clarity as clock ticks on AstraZeneca expiry date
TORONTO - Impatience and a lack of clarity persisted Thursday over the fate of thousands of doses of the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine set to expire in the coming weeks. Several provinces have stopped gi...
May 20, 2021
Nova Scotia mass shooter obsessed by spectre of pandemic disaster, violence
HALIFAX - The spectre of pandemic-fuelled social chaos and widespread looting appeared to haunt the Nova Scotia mass shooter a month before he carried out his killing rampage of April 18-19, 2020. Twe...
May 20, 2021
Too early to set a date on loosening travel restrictions: Canada's transport minister
OTTAWA - Transport Minister Omar Alghabra says he cannot yet commit to a date - or COVID-19 vaccination rate benchmarks - for when so-called vaccine passports will allow Canada to ease travel restrict...
May 20, 2021
Safety improvements coming to a section of Highway 97 and two intersections near Quesnel
QUESNEL, B.C. - Safety improvements are coming to a section of Highway 97 near Quesnel.The project will involve widening 1.1 kilometres of Highway 97 and improvements to two key intersections.Traffic ...
May 20, 2021
Swimming Canada confirms Olympic trials in Toronto have green light
TORONTO - Canada's Olympic swim trials can proceed next month in Toronto, Swimming Canada announced Thursday. The organization said in a release that Toronto Public Health has confirmed that the June ...
May 20, 2021
Pilot injured in small plane crash on Kamloops Airport runway
KAMLOOPS - UPDATE: The airport now says the runway will open at about 2:00 p.m.Update: Runway closure is extended to 2pm while crews complete cleanup.— Kamloops Airport (@KamloopsAirport) May 20...
May 20, 2021
Coroner, police investigate death of Vernon, B.C., toddler in fall from window
VERNON, B.C. - A two-year-old child has died after a fall from a third-storey window at a home in Vernon, B.C. A statement from RCMP says it happened Saturday, May 15. The toddler was taken to hospita...
May 20, 2021
B.C., Vancouver, create cargo e-bike hub to cut pollution, handle urban deliveries
VANCOUVER - A project to deliver packages by cargo electric bicycle is about to launch in Vancouver as the city works to reduce pollution and traffic congestion. A joint statement from the Transportat...
May 20, 2021
Statistics Canada reminds people to fill out 2021 census, may follow up in person
OTTAWA - Statistics Canada is reminding people to fill out this year's census to avoid getting a visit at their door during the COVID-19 pandemic. The agency says later this month, census enumerators ...
May 20, 2021
