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Tourism Kamloops takes its show on the road
KAMLOOPS - Tourism Kamloops is leaving its visitor centre in the dust.According to a news release Thursday (June 25), Tourism Kamloops will move to a "mobile, on location model" of meeting tourists, c...
Jun 25, 2020
Kenney rejects NDP call to fire speechwriter over residential school comments
EDMONTON - Alberta Premier Jason Kenney says he disputes comments made by his speechwriter in 2013 that questioned the severity of the effects of residential schools on Indigenous peoples, but is...
Jun 25, 2020
Judge shuts down energy pipeline in Michigan's Great Lakes
DETROIT - A judge shut down an energy pipeline in Michigan's Great Lakes on Thursday, granting a request from the state after the owner reported problems with a support piece far below the surface. En...
Jun 25, 2020
Province reports 20 new COVID-19 cases — highest total in more than three weeks
VICTORIA - The B.C. government is reporting 20 new cases of COVID-19 Thursday (June 25), the highest total in more than three weeks.In a news conference, Provincial Health Officer Dr. Bonnie Henry sai...
Jun 25, 2020
Habs' Price needs more information before deciding on NHL's plan to restart
Carey Price needs more information before deciding where he stands. The Montreal Canadiens goalie was asked on a conference call with reporters Thursday - his first media availability since COVID-19 b...
Jun 25, 2020
Liverpool clinches league title, ends 30-year drought
LIVERPOOL, England - The 30-year wait is over. Liverpool is champion of England again. Liverpool clinched its first league title since 1990 on Thursday, ending an agonizing title drought without the p...
Jun 25, 2020
B.C. extends layoff provisions to Aug. 30; prepares for September school restart
VICTORIA - The B.C. government says it is extending temporary layoff provisions until the end of August, giving employers and workers more flexibility to support economic recovery during the COVID-19 ...
Jun 25, 2020
Privacy commissioners in B.C., Ontario order LifeLabs to improve security
VICTORIA - One of Canada's largest medical services companies failed to put in place reasonable safeguards to protect the personal health information of millions of Canadians, say the privac...
Jun 25, 2020
With Climate Pledge Arena, Amazon puts promise in lights
NEW YORK - Amazon is bringing its climate change message to a new arena. Literally. The company, eager to prove that it's working to combat climate change, is paying to name a Seattle hockey stadium C...
Jun 25, 2020
Privacy commissioners in B.C., Ontario, order LifeLabs to improve security
VICTORIA - A joint investigation by the privacy commissioners of Ontario and British Columbia says Lifelabs failed to put in place reasonable safeguards to protect the personal health information of m...
Jun 25, 2020
