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Middaugh beats Jacobs to lock up spot in championship round at Brier
CALGARY - A Wayne Middaugh-skipped Wild Card Three rink has secured a berth in the championship round at the Canadian men's curling championship. Middaugh, who is skipping the Ontario rink in place of...
Mar 11, 2021
Columbia-Shuswap district puts out call for more firefighter recruits
SALMON ARM, B.C. - The Columbia-Shuswap Regional District (CSRD) is putting out an urgent call for more volunteer firefighters.In a news release posted to its website, the district says communities in...
Mar 11, 2021
Anniversary of COVID-19 pandemic passes unnoticed among mask-wearing Texans
AUSTIN, Texas - The one-year anniversary of the COVID-19 pandemic is passing largely unnoticed in the Texas capital. Even though Gov. Greg Abbott has fully lifted statewide restrictions, people are pe...
Mar 11, 2021
No evidence Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine is behind blood clots, Canadian experts say
OTTAWA - Canadian health authorities are keeping a watchful eye on European investigations of the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine after reports of blood clots following inoculations, but say there is no ev...
Mar 11, 2021
Oh, what a birthday week for Dr. Seuss books
NEW YORK - Oh, the books that sold last week by Dr. Seuss. More than 1.2 million copies of stories by the late children's author sold in the first week of March - more than quadruple from the week bef...
Mar 11, 2021
SOUND OFF: Women left behind by NDP's lack of action
ONE YEAR INTO THE PANDEMIC, we are now in the thick of a "shecession" where women have been bearing the brunt of this crisis on many levels both at home and at work. In the legislature this week, elec...
Mar 11, 2021
Portable, rapid-testing units grease wheels in Calgary curling bubble, Canadian sport
CALGARY - The men curling in the Canadian championship don't much care there's a small, silver box processing their nasal and throat swabs in a matter of hours, but the result it produces matters deep...
Mar 11, 2021
Five Kamloops schools on COVID-19 exposure list Thursday
KAMLOOPS - While several schools within the Kamloops-Thompson School District are being moved off the Interior Health COVID-19 exposure list, others are still being added.The list includes four school...
Mar 11, 2021
CHARBONNEAU: One big grid is the solution to secure electricity
PROFESSOR MICHAEL D. MEHTA of Thompson Rivers University makes a number of good points in his recent article regarding a secure electrical system.However, he's thinking in the wrong direction when he ...
Mar 11, 2021
Contract awarded for West Fraser Road rebuild near Quesnel
QUESNEL - British Columbia's Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure has awarded a contract to rebuild and realign the washed-out portion of West Fraser Road.The $37.7 million contract will go t...
Mar 11, 2021
