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Greece finalizes plan to build wall on border with Turkey
THESSALONIKI, Greece - Greece's government says it has finalized plans to build a wall along its northeast border with Turkey, over concerns that migrants may try to stage mass crossings into the Euro...
Oct 19, 2020
B.C. officials assessing risk of tsunami after 7.5-magnitude quake off Alaska
VICTORIA - The British Columbia government says it's assessing whether there's any tsunami risk to the province after a 7.5-magnitude earthquake struck off the coast of the Alaska Peninsula today.Emer...
Oct 19, 2020
Top doctor says B.C. can control the trajectory of its second wave of COVID-19
VICTORIA - British Columbia is reporting 499 cases of COVID-19 detected over three days between Friday and Monday. Provincial health officer Dr. Bonnie Henry says B.C. is in the midst of a secon...
Oct 19, 2020
Vaccine storage issues could leave 3B people without access
GAMPELA, Burkina Faso - The chain breaks here, in a tiny medical clinic in Burkina Faso that went nearly a year without a working refrigerator. From factory to syringe, the world's most promising coro...
Oct 19, 2020
Thai authorities seek to censor coverage of student protests
BANGKOK - Thai authorities worked Monday to stem a growing tide of protests calling for the prime minister to resign by threatening to censor news coverage, raiding a publishing house and attempting t...
Oct 19, 2020
Morales party claims win as Bolivia seems to shift back left
LA PAZ, Bolivia - Bolivia appeared Monday to be shifting sharply away from the conservative policies of the U.S.-backed interim government that took power last year after leftist President Evo Morales...
Oct 19, 2020
Quebec town of Abestos votes to change name to Val-des-Sources
ASBESTOS, Que. - The Quebec town synonymous with the cancer-causing fibre asbestos has voted for a new name: Val-des-Sources. During a livestreamed council meeting Monday night, Mayor Hugues Grimard a...
Oct 19, 2020
ELECTION ISSUES: Health Care / Seniors Care
KAMLOOPS - The B.C. healthcare system is the biggest public expenditure in the province. COVID-19 has emphasized the need for great improvements in the healthcare system - and in particular long-term ...
Oct 19, 2020
Four demonstrators arrested Saturday at Trans Mountain work site in Kamloops
KAMLOOPS - Another group of protestors was arrested allegedly blocking work on the Trans Mountain (TMX) pipeline expansion project on the weekend.According to Southeast District RCMP, Mounties were ca...
Oct 19, 2020
GINTA: Let’s all do our part to reduce the risk of pedestrian fatalities and severe injuries
IT WAS NOT THE FACT THAT the car in front of me was driving faster than 30 km/h in the school zone on Summit. Drivers can often and inadvertently find themselves going 50 in a school zone, which is wh...
Oct 19, 2020
