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B.C. premier says return to class a 'challenge' but students will be safe
SURREY, B.C. - Sending students back to class in September in British Columbia will be "an unprecedented challenge" during a pandemic but Premier John Horgan says he's confide...
Aug 06, 2020
CFJC Midday - BOLD Street Team and Luv'n the Loops Passport! Tourism Kamloops making meaningful interactions with visitors and locals!
Tourism Kamloops CEO Beverley DeSantis gives an update on the mobile, on location model of meeting tourists with a logoed Jeep and trailer, and the launch of the Luv'n the Loops Passport, an opportuni...
Aug 06, 2020
Elections Canada recalculates, says voter turnout last fall higher than 2015
OTTAWA - Elections Canada says voter turnout in last fall's federal election was actually slightly higher than the 2015 election. The independent agency initially reported a slight decl...
Aug 06, 2020
Grant to reduce waste of wood and create jobs in Cariboo-Chilcotin
WILLIAMS LAKE - A joint venture company, owned by two First Nations, is receiving a $1 million dollar grant to decrease the amount of wood that goes to waste in the forest.The funding is being provide...
Aug 06, 2020
BC Transit to mandate use of face coverings
VICTORIA - If you plan to take a bus, you'll need to wear a mask soon. BC Transit says face coverings will become mandatory August 24. Health officials have been advising residents to wear a mask in s...
Aug 06, 2020
A timeline of the controversy around WE, the Liberals and a student program
OTTAWA - A timeline of events regarding the Canada Student Service Grant program, based on public documents, events and statements from cabinet ministers, government officials, and WE Charity: March 6...
Aug 06, 2020
Homes evacuated in Penticton as fire threatens community
PENTICTON, B.C. - UPDATE: The Tactical Evacuation has been lifted in the Sage Mesa area north west of Penticton.More than 80 homes and a golf course were evacuated in Penticton this morning (Aug. 6) a...
Aug 06, 2020
Capitol negotiators trade broadsides on stalled virus aid
WASHINGTON - The rival sides in bumpy congressional negotiations on a huge COVID-19 relief package exchanged public broadsides rather than constructive concessions Thursday as they stumbled toward a s...
Aug 06, 2020
Revelstoke men arrested in arson attempt
REVELSTOKE - Revelstoke RCMP have arrested two men who were allegedly throwing 'Molotov style cocktails' into a home in the community. The incident happened just before 3 a.m. today (Aug. 6). A person...
Aug 06, 2020
Canada 'profoundly concerned' over Chinese death sentence for citizen in drug case
OTTAWA - A spokesman for the federal government says Canada is "profoundly concerned" about a Canadian citizen sentenced to death on drug charges in China. The Guangzhou Municipal Intermediate Court a...
Aug 06, 2020
