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CMHA releases online tool to help address pandemic-related mental health issues
VANCOUVER - While COVID-19 is impacting thousands of people across Canada, thousands more are experiencing impacts to their mental health.In an effort to address that issue, the B.C. Division of the C...
Apr 24, 2020
B.C. Transit will remain free through May
VICTORIA - B.C. Transit users won't be reaching for their pocketbooks anytime soon.The transit operator says it is extending its policy of not collecting fares during the COVID-19 pandemic.Those needi...
Apr 24, 2020 File Photo (Image Credit: CFJC Today)
Navy recommends reinstatement of fired carrier captain
WASHINGTON - The top Navy officer has recommended the reinstatement of the aircraft carrier captain fired for sending a fraught email to commanders pleading for faster action to protect his crew from ...
Apr 24, 2020
Former refugees Alphonso Davies, Asmir Begovic play video-game fundraiser
Bayern Munich fullback Alphonso Davies and AC Milan goalkeeper Asmir Begovic both found their way to Canada at a young age as refugees with their families. They know firsthand the danger and uncertain...
Apr 24, 2020
PETERS: National inquiry must be held in Nova Scotia massacre
THERE WILL BE NO TRIAL of Gabriel Wortman in the Nova Scotia massacre from last weekend.Wortman is dead, and while that fact will not elicit tears from anyone, it does mean the discussion of justice w...
Apr 24, 2020 Image Credit: The Canadian Press
New evacuation order in B.C. as flooding affects central Interior
VANCOUVER - A flood warning has been issued for a river near Prince George, B.C., after it rose nearly 35 centimetres in a day. The B.C. River Forecast Centre, which assesses water supply, f...
Apr 24, 2020
World Triathlon Grand Final in Edmonton cancelled due to COVID-19
The 2020 World Triathlon Grand Final in Edmonton has been cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The International Triathlon Union announced the cancellation Friday, saying the global pandemic has ma...
Apr 24, 2020
Kamloops SPCA offers help to Cache Creek pet owners
KAMLOOPS - The BC SPCA is reaching out to Cache Creek residents displaced by flooding to provide emergency pet boarding for their animals. The Kamloops SPCA's Community Engagement Manager Hayley Benne...
Apr 24, 2020 Image Credit: CFJC Today
CBO says deficit to reach $3.7 trillion in economic decline
WASHINGTON - A recession caused by the coronavirus pandemic and a burst of government spending on testing, health care and aid to businesses and households will nearly quadruple the government's budge...
Apr 24, 2020
Top court overturns oilsands mine approval over Aboriginal concerns for land
EDMONTON - Alberta's highest court has overturned regulatory approvals for a $440-million oilsands mine that would have encroached on land a local First Nation considers sacred. The Court of Appeal sa...
Apr 24, 2020
