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Detours in place around Yew Street and Mackenzie Avenue due to water main break
KAMLOOPS - The City of Kamloops says traffic has been halted on Yew Street this morning (Nov. 24) due to a water main break. Yew Street was already closed between Mackenzie Avenue and Tranquille Road ...
Nov 24, 2020
Assisted-death bill sends wrong message to Indigenous people, advocates say
OTTAWA - The chief executive officer of an organization that provides health care to the Siksika First Nation in Alberta says an assisted-dying bill sends the wrong message to Indigenous youth. ...
Nov 24, 2020
B.C reminded to limit interactions as province records 1,933 new cases over the weekend
VICTORIA - B.C health officials are urging residents to limit their social interactions, with nearly 2,000 new COVID-19 cases recorded over the weekend. In an update today (Nov. 23), Provincial Health...
Nov 23, 2020
Bond elected interim leader of B.C Liberal Caucus
VICTORIA - The B.C Liberal Caucus has elected its interim leader of the Official Opposition today (Nov. 23). Prince George-Valemount MLA Shirley Bond will serve in the role until a leadership race can...
Nov 23, 2020
Long-awaited federal rent subsidy program for businesses hurt by COVID-19 opens today
OTTAWA - Businesses struggling to pay the bills because of the COVID-19 pandemic will be able to start applying today for a long-awaited new commercial rent-relief program offered by the federal gover...
Nov 23, 2020
Wilkinson stepping down as BC Liberal leader
KAMLOOPS - BC Liberal leader Andrew Wilkinson is stepping down as the party leader. In a facebook post Saturday, Wilkinson says it has been an honour to sit as the Leader of the Opposition for the pas...
Nov 21, 2020
Ten more dead from COVID-19 Friday; 516 more cases throughout B.C.
VICTORIA - Health officials in B.C. are reporting 516 new cases of COVID-19 Friday (Nov. 20), including 31 in Interior Health. The new cases bring the B.C. total to 25,474, spread through the province...
Nov 20, 2020
Trudeau warns that COVID-19 crisis could determine Canada's future
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says Canada's future hangs in the balance if people don't reduce their contacts to rein in the spread of COVID-19.Trudeau addressed reporters outside his home at...
Nov 20, 2020
B.C. expands COVID-19 restrictions, orders masks in public spaces
VICTORIA - British Columbia is making it mandatory to wear masks in public spaces while social interactions will be under new restrictions until Dec. 7 because of a surge in COVID-19 cases.Provincial ...
Nov 19, 2020
More pandemic protection needed for B.C. seniors as second COVID-19 wave hits: report
BURNABY, B.C. - An organization representing seniors-care providers in British Columbia has released new recommendations as a second wave of COVID-19 descends on the province. The BC Care Providers As...
Nov 19, 2020
