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Metro Vancouver park renamed to reflect Indigenous history
BELCARRA, B.C. - A Metro Vancouver park has been renamed to include the site's Indigenous name, which officials say will better reflect the area's history. Belcarra Regional Park on the Burrard Inlet ...
Oct 08, 2021
Temporary change to hours at Ashcroft emergency department
ASHCROFT - Interior Health is advising Ashcroft area residents of a temporary change to the emergency department (ED) hours at the Ashcroft Hospital and Community Health Care Centre on Thanksgiving we...
Oct 08, 2021
COVID-19 death toll tops 2,000 across British Columbia
KAMLOOPS - A grim milestone today in British Columbia's fight against the COVID-19 pandemic. The number of people who have died from the virus has grown to 2001 with five deaths in the last 24 hours.O...
Oct 08, 2021
Kidney recipient encourages people to donate during Living Kidney Donation Week
KAMLOOPS - It's Living Kidney Donation Week. Living organ donations reduce the wait time for patients and for one Kamloops woman, it saved her life."I've got six sisters, but she's more special to me ...
Oct 08, 2021
The Mustard Seed prepares big Thanksgiving dinner
KAMLOOPS - The Mustard Seed is getting ready to serve its annual Thanksgiving Day dinner.Staff and volunteers are preparing to dish up meals Monday, October 11 at 5 p.m. Chef Dieter Jennen says he lov...
Oct 08, 2021
Riders QB Fajardo says he's on the same page as his receiving corps
REGINA - Saskatchewan Roughriders quarterback Cody Fajardo believes it's possible for something good to come out of something bad. Following last week's 23-17 loss to the Stampeders in Calgary, Fajard...
Oct 08, 2021
Sports psychologists: Price will help end the stigma around mental health in sports
No pain, no gain. "What a terrible phrase that we've used for many years to describe our athletes," Gordon Bloom says of the saying that's been thrown around the sports world since the 1980s -- and su...
Oct 08, 2021
Texas moves to reinstate nation's toughest abortion law
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) - Texas on Friday asked a federal appeals court to swiftly reinstate the most restrictive abortion law in the U.S., as some abortion clinics in the state resumed normal services for...
Oct 08, 2021
Woman jailed for defrauding $31K from Parksville employer
NANAIMO - A judge sternly rejected a repeat fraudster's bid to avoid jail several years following a brazen and costly workplace scam.Jill Margaret Braun, 57, was sentenced to 22 months in jail and two...
Oct 08, 2021
Oil price spike won't increase industry cleanup spending: Alberta energy minister
EDMONTON - Alberta's energy minister says the current spike in oil prices isn't enough reason to require the industry to spend more on cleaning up the tens of thousands of abandoned oil and gas wells ...
Oct 08, 2021
