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Vancouver Whitecaps ready for challenges of another pandemic season
VANCOUVER - Heading into a new season, Vancouver Whitecaps coach Marc Dos Santos is frustrated. Just days before the Whitecaps are set to kick off their Major League Soccer campaign, he has yet to hol...
Apr 17, 2021
B.C. finds 1,005 new COVID-19 cases, sets new highs in active cases, hospitalizations, ICU patients
VICTORIA - Heading into the weekend, B.C. has set new records for active cases of COVID-19, hospitalizations and intensive care patients, according to the province. In a prepared update, Provincial He...
Apr 16, 2021
"We need to be as cautious now as we are in August": BC Wildfire Service, KFR warn residents of dry fire potential
KAMLOOPS - With temperatures heating up in the Interior, and no rainfall forecast in the near future, firefighters are urging residents to be extremely cautious.BC Wildfire Service crews are currently...
Apr 16, 2021
Wilkinson urges opposition leaders to stop stalling net-zero carbon emissions bill
OTTAWA - Environment Minister Jonathan Wilkinson is urging opposition leaders to end stalling tactics on a bill that would require the federal government to set legally binding targets for reducing ca...
Apr 16, 2021
B.C. could hit 3,000 new COVID-19 cases a day if contact trends don’t go down: health officials
VICTORIA - COVID-19 variants are driving virus transmission to the point where the province could hit 3,000 new cases per day, if trends continue.New provincial modelling shows even if social gatherin...
Apr 15, 2021
Faster vaccines alone could not have stopped third wave: deputy public health officer
A top federal public health official says a faster vaccine ramp-up alone would likely not have thwarted the third wave of COVID-19 in many parts of the country. Deputy chief public health officer Dr. ...
Apr 15, 2021
Canada negotiating contracts to secure COVID-19 booster shots for next year: Anand
OTTAWA - Canada's procurement minister says she is in the midst of negotiating new vaccine contracts to nail down supplies of vaccine booster shots if they're needed next year. "We are actively planni...
Apr 15, 2021
Province of B.C. formalizes request to Ottawa for decriminalization, announces $45M in funding
VICTORIA - On the day it marks five years since the opioid overdose crisis was declared a public health emergency, the Province of B.C. is ratcheting up the pressure on Ottawa to decriminalize drug po...
Apr 14, 2021
Blood clots may be linked to AstraZeneca vaccine but still very rare: Health Canada
OTTAWA - Health Canada says a new and extremely rare blood clotting syndrome may be linked to Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine but the benefits of the vaccine still far outweigh the risks. The conclusions c...
Apr 14, 2021
'We've got a ten year plan': BC government reveals few details about promised cancer clinic in Kamloops
KAMLOOPS - During the last provincial election campaign, both the Liberal Party and NDP made the promise of a cancer clinic in Kamloops. Currently, many cancer patients have to travel to Kelowna for s...
Apr 13, 2021
