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Deal reached to get California children back in classrooms
SACRAMENTO, Calif. - California's public schools could get $6.6 billion from the state Legislature if they return to in-person instruction by the end of March, according to a new agreement announced M...
Mar 01, 2021

Canadian Felix Auger-Aliassime drops first-round match in Rotterdam
ROTTERDAM, Netherlands - Canada's Felix Auger-Aliassime lost 7-6 (4), 6-1 to Japan's Kei Nishikori in the first round of the ABN AMRO World Tennis Tournament on Monday. The seventh-seeded Auger-Aliass...
Mar 01, 2021

The latest news on COVID-19 developments in Canada for Monday, March 1, 2021
The latest news on COVID-19 developments in Canada (all times eastern): 11:15 a.m. Quebec is reporting 613 new cases of COVID-19 today and six more deaths attributed to the novel coronavirus, includin...
Mar 01, 2021

Units in two Vancouver-area hospitals closed by COVID-19 outbreak
VANCOUVER - Health officials have declared COVID-19 outbreaks at two more Metro Vancouver hospitals after finding evidence the virus was transmitted within a medicine unit at both locations. A stateme...
Mar 01, 2021

Landfill reopens after fire
KAMLOOPS - The Mission Flats landfill reopened for business yesterday after being closed most of Saturday because of a stubborn fire in the scrap metal pile near the landfill entrance. The fire broke ...
Mar 01, 2021

Large shop destroyed in Westsyde fire
KAMLOOPS - Several crews responded to a structure fire yesterday afternoon in the 6000 block of Westsyde Road. Apparently a large shop was destroyed. It was fully involved when firefighters arrived af...
Mar 01, 2021

ESPN re-signs Rece Davis as 'College GameDay' host
ESPN has re-signed Rece Davis to a multiyear contract that will keep him in place as host of the network's popular Saturday college football pregame show. The network announced the deal Monday. Davis,...
Mar 01, 2021

US manufacturing activity jumps to 3-year high in February
WASHINGTON - U.S. manufacturing expanded in February at the fastest pace three years with the arrival of a surge in new orders. The Institute for Supply Management reported Monday that its gauge of ma...
Mar 01, 2021

Prince Harry: Split from royal life 'unbelievably tough'
LOS ANGELES - Prince Harry says the process of separating from royal life has been very difficult for him and his wife, Meghan. In an interview with Oprah Winfrey, Harry invoked the memory of his late...
Mar 01, 2021

George Floyd kin joins protest anthem album project
NEW YORK - Before a late night rehearsal in December, Terrence Floyd couldn't remember the last time he squatted on a drum throne, sticks in hand and ready to perform. Surely, he said, it had not happ...
Mar 01, 2021

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