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CCLA warns normalizing emergency legislation threatens democracy and civil liberties
There are some concerns about the federal government's decision to invoke the Emergencies Act to end antigovernment blockades against COVID-19 measures that are being held across the country. The Cana...
Feb 15, 2022
TRU political expert calls Emergencies Act a 'risky decision'
KAMLOOPS - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is invoking the Emergencies Act for the first time in Canadian history. This grants the federal government additional power to mitigate the ongoing trucker con...
Feb 14, 2022
Canada's PM Justin Trudeau invokes Emergencies Act for 'illegal' blockades
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says he has invoked the Emergencies Act to bring to an end antigovernment blockades he describes as illegal and not about peaceful protest.Trudeau says the act w...
Feb 14, 2022
Emergencies Act could freeze protest trucks out of area around Parliament Hill
OTTAWA - Invoking the Emergencies Act could allow the federal government to forbid more large trucks from rolling into the gridlocked area around Parliament Hill. Security expert Wesley Wark says decl...
Feb 14, 2022
Canada pulls troops out of Ukraine as worries of Russian invasion grow
OTTAWA - The military is moving troops out of Ukraine in one of the strongest signals yet that a Russian invasion is imminent. The Defence Department says soldiers who have been in Ukraine as part of ...
Feb 13, 2022
Protesters broke through RCMP barricades, causing highway closure near Pacific Border
SURREY, B.C. - The main route to the Pacific Highway border crossing in Surrey was closed Saturday afternoon after protesters opposed to vaccine mandates and other COVID-19 measures broke through RCMP...
Feb 13, 2022
Interior Health issues toxic drug alert for Merritt
MERRITT, B.C. - Interior Health issued a toxic drug alert for Merritt on Friday (Feb. 11).The alert notes the substance, that looks like white granules with coloured flecks and is sold as crack, conta...
Feb 12, 2022
TNRD factoring in previous wildfire, flooding damage with upcoming snowmelt monitoring
KAMLOOPS - Emergency preparedness within the Thompson-Nicola Regional District is a year-round practice. Ahead of late spring freshet season, officials are keeping a watchful eye on areas previously d...
Feb 11, 2022
Changes to COVID-19 border measures to be announced next week
OTTAWA - Health Minister Jean-Yves Duclos says the federal government will announce changes to COVID-19 measures at Canada's borders next week. Currently, the government advises against all non-essent...
Feb 11, 2022
Interior Health staffing challenges lead to postponed surgeries, frustrated patients
KAMLOOPS - Hugh McLennan - longtime radio host, cowboy, musician and transplant recipient - has become part of another group in the Interior. He's among the many people who have had a surgical procedu...
Feb 10, 2022
