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Conservatives to debate ethics, foreign affairs, environment on Day 2 of convention
OTTAWA - Card-carrying federal Conservatives are heading into Day 2 of a virtual convention aimed at getting the party ready for the next election. But while they heard from officials on Thursday that...
Mar 19, 2021
B.C. front-line workers to be eligible for vaccine in weeks
VICTORIA - More than 300,000 front-line workers in British Columbia will now be eligible for COVID-19 vaccinations in the coming weeks.The government says grocery workers, police, firefighters, teache...
Mar 18, 2021
Biden to send COVID shots to Mexico, Canada in first exports
WASHINGTON - The U.S. is planning to send a combined 4 million doses of the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine to Mexico and Canada in its first export of shots. A White House official confirmed Thursday th...
Mar 18, 2021
Premier defends decision to increase outdoor gatherings
VICTORIA - Premier John Horgan is defending B.C.'s decision to allow outdoor gatherings of up to 10 people at the same time that Ontario has declared a third wave of COVID-19. Horgan says B.C.'s vacci...
Mar 18, 2021
Interior records 31 new COVID-19 cases as province reports four new virus-related deaths
VICTORIA - B.C.'s new COVID-19 case count dipped below the 500 mark today (Mar. 17), with 498 new cases reported. However provincial health officer Dr. Bonnie Henry says there were four new virus-rela...
Mar 17, 2021
White House confirms Canada asked for vaccine help, won't say if U.S. has agreed
WASHINGTON - Canada has indeed asked the United States for help in procuring doses of COVID-19 vaccines, but the White House refused to say Wednesday whether it has agreed to the request.Press secreta...
Mar 17, 2021
Wildfires appearing early
KAMLOOPS - A new wildfire has sprung up near Highway 8 between Merritt and Spences Bridge. At last report it was 4 hectares in size. It is located near the Dot Ranch Cutoff Road. No cause for the fire...
Mar 15, 2021
More provinces expanding vaccine rollouts as COVID-19 cases rise nationally
Some provinces are expanding their COVID-19 vaccine rollouts amid what Canada's chief public health officer describes as a recent increase in the number of new cases across the country. Dr. Theresa Ta...
Mar 14, 2021
B.C. First Nations Health Authority hopes all Indigenous adults vaccinated in Phase 2
VANCOUVER - The top doctor at British Columbia's First Nations Health Authority says she is "hopeful" all Indigenous adults in the province, including those who don't live on reserves, will be offered...
Mar 13, 2021
Trudeau says ramped up vaccine deliveries to bring 1M Pfizer doses per week to May 10
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says Pfizer has guaranteed delivery of at least 1 million COVID-19 vaccine doses per week starting later this month and lasting into early May.Trudeau says the updated de...
Mar 12, 2021
