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Federal Liberal cabinet weighing whether to lift remaining COVID-19 travel measures
OTTAWA - The federal Liberal cabinet is considering whether to renew COVID-19 vaccine mandates and mandatory random testing for travellers. The current measures are set to expire at the end of the mon...
Sep 20, 2022
Fire starts have calmed, danger rating drops to moderate as wildfire season winds down
KAMLOOPS - As cooler temperatures hit the Kamloops region, the wildfire season has begun to wind down. There are currently 23 fires burning across the Kamloops Fire Centre and none are listed as a wil...
Sep 20, 2022
City of Kamloops making progress on climate-related goals: report
KAMLOOPS - Most short-term climate action items set out in the Community Climate Action Plan (CCAP) are in the works, according to a report that went before council on Tuesday (Sept. 20). The City est...
Sep 20, 2022
James Smith Cree Nation chief to meet with federal ministers to discuss stabbings
JAMES SMITH CREE NATION - The chief of a Saskatchewan First Nation that was the site of a series of deadly stabbings earlier this month is heading to Toronto for a meeting with federal cabinet ministe...
Sep 20, 2022
Five things to know about the government's plan to tackle affordability in Canada
OTTAWA - The Liberals launched the fall sitting of Parliament Tuesday by tabling two new bills with more than $4.5 billion in spending they hope will ease the rising cost of living for modest-income C...
Sep 20, 2022
B.C. youth representative calls for data on mental health of children in care
VICTORIA - British Columbia's representative for children says she's concerned that neither the province nor the country gathers data on the rate of mental health disorders for children in care, espec...
Sep 20, 2022
Saskatchewan Appeal Court removes injunction, allows Broncos lawsuit to proceed
REGINA - The Saskatchewan Court of Appeal has set aside a temporary injunction that halted a lawsuit filed by some parents of those who died in the Humboldt Broncos bus crash. Sixteen people were kill...
Sep 20, 2022
Public Safety minister defends RCMP's refusal to say how Sanderson died in custody
OTTAWA - Public Safety Minister Marco Mendicino is defending the RCMP's decision not to release details surrounding the death of the man accused in a mass stabbing rampage in Saskatchewan. Mendicino s...
Sep 20, 2022
Sunday, Monday football games fight for ratings supremacy
NEW YORK (AP) - The Nielsen company's list of the 20 most popular prime-time programs for the week of Sept. 12-18, their networks and viewerships: 1. NFL Football: Chicago at Green Bay, NBC, 19.55 mil...
Sep 20, 2022
Sweep 16: Curling Canada's PointsBet Invitational ready for debut in Fredericton
Nick Deagle's curling calendar usually includes weekly games in a recreational league along with four or five cashspiel appearances around Nova Scotia each season. His rink is going from the club leve...
Sep 20, 2022
