Author Archives:
Province records 697 COVID-19 cases; 65 found in Interior Health
VICTORIA - B.C. has found another 697 cases of COVID-19 Tuesday (May 4), including 65 within Interior Health.The totals are included in a prepared statement from Provincial Health Officer Dr. Bonnie H...
May 04, 2021
'Kiss baby for me': First use of DNA to link Franklin expedition sailor to descendant
Canadian archeologists have used DNA analysis to identify the remains of a Franklin expedition sailor and to link him with his modern-day descendants. "The news came by email and I was at work," said ...
May 04, 2021
Accused of lacking sensitivity, Legault doubles down on comments about immigrants
Quebec Premier Franois Legault said Tuesday he has no regrets about comments he made on immigration to a business crowd last week. Legault had said that every time the government accepts an immigrant ...
May 04, 2021
RCMP release person of interest photo after Valleyview smash-and-grab
KAMLOOPS - RCMP hope the public can help them identify a person of interest in a theft from an automobile in Valleyview Tuesday (May 4).Kamloops RCMP spokesperson Cst. Crystal Evelyn says a caller rep...
May 04, 2021
Man City ousts PSG to reach first Champions League final
MANCHESTER, England - By the time Riyad Mahrez completed the counterattack that sealed Manchester City's spot in a first Champions League final, it looked so effortless overcoming a Paris Saint-Germai...
May 04, 2021
UK police on trial accused of soccer player's murder
LONDON - British prosecutors accused a police officer of murder Tuesday for allegedly using unnecessary force against a Black former Premier League soccer player, who died after being kicked in the he...
May 04, 2021
UK police on trial accused of soccer player's murder
LONDON - British prosecutors accused a police officer of murder Tuesday for allegedly using unnecessary force against a Black former Premier League soccer player, who died after being kicked in the he...
May 04, 2021
Netanyahu misses deadline, political future in question
JERUSALEM - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Tuesday failed to meet a midnight deadline to put together a new governing coalition, raising the possibility that his Likud party could be pus...
May 04, 2021
What to know about NACI, blood clots and the AstraZeneca and J&J COVID-19 vaccines
OTTAWA - With thousands of doses of Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine creeping towards their expiration date in freezers across Canada, many provinces moved in mid-April to let people as young as 40 start ge...
May 04, 2021
Solving public shootings a 'top priority' for Metro Vancouver police: Delta chief
DELTA, B.C. - The police chief in Delta, B.C., offered comfort to community members following two brazen daytime shootings outside shopping malls on the Lower Mainland, saying officers across the regi...
May 04, 2021
