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B.C. RCMP issues warning after seizing 1,500 unauthorized COVID-19 tests
RICHMOND, B.C. - Health Canada and the RCMP have seized more than 1,500 unauthorized COVID-19 test kits from a British Columbia resident. Mounties say they were acting on a tip from the Canadian ...
Apr 30, 2020
Queen and Adam Lambert honour global COVID-19 'Champions'
LONDON - Queen and singer Adam Lambert have a message for workers on the frontline of the COVID-19 fight: "You Are the Champions." Brian May, Roger Taylor and Lambert recently gathered virtually to re...
Apr 30, 2020
Wet'suwet'en agree to deal with government over rights and title
SMITHERS, B.C. - Hereditary chiefs who oppose a natural gas pipeline in northern British Columbia say they will sign an agreement with the federal and provincial governments that affirms their ti...
Apr 30, 2020
Wet'suwet'en agree to deal with government over rights and title
SMITHERS, B.C. - Hereditary chiefs who oppose a natural gas pipeline in northern British Columbia say they will sign an agreement with the federal and provincial governments that affirms their ti...
Apr 30, 2020
People in recovery struggling with additional challenge of isolation
KAMLOOPS - Rebecca Fabian has overcome addiction and is turning her life around. A student at TRU, Rebecca has aspirations to become a social worker. But the COVID-19 pandemic has put another hurdle i...
Apr 30, 2020 Rebecca Fabian, a TRU student that's overcome addiction, says the pandemic has been hard on her (Image Credit: CFJC Today)
Former NHL player Georges Laraque tests positive for COVID-19 virus
Former NHL player Georges Laraque has tested positive for COVID-19. The 43-year-old Laraque made the announcement on social media Thursday alongside a photo of himself in a hospital gown. The vet...
Apr 30, 2020
Remote learning proves challenging for some students, beneficial for others
KAMLOOPS - When the COVID-19 pandemic caused the closure of schools in B.C., teachers and students were forced to adapt to a new form of education. Classes moved online for most, with teachers reachin...
Apr 30, 2020 Image Credit: CFJC Today / Kent Simmonds
B.C. defers stumpage fees for 3 months to aid forest industry during pandemic
VICTORIA - The British Columbia government is deferring a timber harvesting fee charged to forest companies in an effort to help the struggling industry survive during the COVID-19 pandemic. Forests M...
Apr 30, 2020
Wolfpack miss out on British government emergency loan to prop up rugby league
The British government is providing 16 million pounds ($28.1 million) to "safeguard the immediate future" of rugby league, which has been grounded by the global pandemic. But funds from the emergency ...
Apr 30, 2020
Apple pinched by pandemic; profit, iPhone sales decline
BERKELEY, Calif. - Apple's profit dipped slightly while revenues rose in the January-March quarter, reflecting early fallout from a coronavirus pandemic that shut down its factories and then forced hu...
Apr 30, 2020
