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Robert Caro writes, and waits, during the COVID-19 outbreak
NEW YORK - On most days since the coronavirus spread through Manhattan, Robert Caro has held to a familiar routine. He rises early, walks to his office down the street, spends hours on the fifth and f...
May 09, 2020
Canada backs U.S.-led effort for Taiwan at WHO over China's objections
OTTAWA - Canada has backed an American-led effort to allow Taiwan to be granted observer status at the World Health Organization because of its early success in containing COVID-19. The move is politi...
May 09, 2020
No easy fix for long-term care, but it starts with working conditions: experts
OTTAWA - Experts say the path to fixing long-term care after the COVID-19 pandemic is not clear, but many agree it starts with improving conditions for the caregivers who work in them. Policy-mak...
May 09, 2020
Roy Horn of Siegfried & Roy dies from coronavirus at 75
LAS VEGAS - Roy Horn of Siegfried & Roy, the duo whose extraordinary magic tricks astonished millions until Horn was critically injured in 2003 by one of the act's famed white tigers, has died. He...
May 09, 2020
2 arrested in slaying of Michigan guard over face mask order
FLINT, Mich. - Two men were arrested Friday in the fatal shooting of a security guard who demanded a woman wear a mask while shopping at a store. Genesee County authorities said Ramonyea Bishop, 23, w...
May 08, 2020
Tekashi 6ix9ine releases new video from home confinement
NEW YORK - Rapper Tekashi 6ix9ine lit up social media on Friday, releasing a new song and video created during his home confinement just weeks after being freed from a Manhattan federal lockup over co...
May 08, 2020
Landslide risk leads to evacuation in Quesnel
QUESNEL, B.C. - The risk of a landslide in the north Cariboo has prompted the Cariboo Regional District (CRD) to issue an evacuation order and alert.The order affects one property in the Maple Drive a...
May 08, 2020
Kamloops daycares unsure of what reopening means for regular families, essential workers
KAMLOOPS - With plans in place for the B.C. economy to slowly reopen in the next couple weeks, parents who are needing to return to work are reaching out to their daycare providers. While some daycare...
May 08, 2020
Kamloops residents remember the sacrifices of war on 75th anniversary of VE Day
KAMLOOPS - It has been 75 years since victory was declared in Europe following the Second World War. It was a day of celebration for those who had suffered through fear and famine. Kamloops resident, ...
May 08, 2020
KTTA unclear on details of back to school plan
KAMLOOPS - School District 73 staff and teachers are slowly piecing together a way to safely re-open schools to some students. President of the Kamloops Thompson Teachers' Association (KTTA) Laurel Ma...
May 08, 2020
