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Memorial Cup, CHL playoffs cancelled because of COVID-19
For the first time in 102 years, there will not be a showdown to determine Canada's major junior hockey champion. The 2020 Memorial Cup has been added to the list of cancelled sporting event...
Mar 23, 2020
COC's Tokyo decision brings back memories for athletes who missed 1980 Games
Time hasn't diminished the myriad of emotions Jay Triano felt in 1980. There was the euphoria of the Canadian men's basketball team qualifying for the Moscow Summer Games. Then days later came&nb...
Mar 23, 2020
NewsAlert:Kalen Schlatter found guilty of murder in killing of Tess Richey
TORONTO - A Toronto man has been found guilty of first-degree murder in the killing of a young woman whose body was found in an outdoor stairwell days after she went missing. Jurors con...
Mar 23, 2020
Highland Valley Copper begins COVID-19 slowdown, assures employees they will be paid as normal
LOGAN LAKE, B.C. - Teck Resources says it is slowing down its operations at several locations, including Highland Valley Copper in Logan Lake, in response to COVID-19.In a message to employees obtaine...
Mar 23, 2020 Image Credit: CFJC Today
Three COVID-19 deaths in B.C., 472 total cases, says provincial health officer
VICTORIA - British Columbia reported three additional deaths related to COVID-19 and 48 new cases of the respiratory virus on Monday. Provincial health officer Dr. Bonnie Henry said 472...
Mar 23, 2020
RCMP find evidence of shots fired in Vernon neighbourhood
VERNON, B.C. - RCMP are investigating a report of shots fired in the 1700-block of 43rd Street in Vernon.Police responded to the report just after 12:00 a.m. on Saturday (March 21), and evidence was f...
Mar 23, 2020 Image Credit: CFJC Today
GINTA: No, we are not making too much of it
THE VERBS DU JOUR alternate between 'social distancing' and 'self-isolating', but in order to remove the negative connotations of the first, we are advised to call it 'physical distancing' - because w...
Mar 23, 2020 Image Credit: The Canadian Press
Volunteers first responders in Shuswap suspend service in response to COVID-19
CHASE, B.C. - Residents in the North Shuswap will now have to rely solely on BC Ambulance paramedics if they need medical assistance. The North Shuswap First Responders Society, a volunteer service in...
Mar 23, 2020 Image Credit: North Shuswap First Responders
PG&E to plead guilty to lethal crimes in 2018 wildfires
SAN FRANCISCO - Pacific Gas & Electric will plead guilty to 84 counts of involuntary manslaughter for a swath of death and destruction left behind after its fraying electrical grid ignited a 2018 ...
Mar 23, 2020
COVID-19 a 'devastating blow' to mountain towns that rely on tourism
CALGARY - The COVID-19 pandemic has walloped tourism-dependent mountain towns by cutting short what had been shaping up to be a great ski season in Western Canada. At the same time, there are con...
Mar 23, 2020
