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Joe Biden: Stumbles, tragedies and, now, delayed triumph
Days before he left the White House in 2017, President Barack Obama surprised Joe Biden with the Presidential Medal of Freedom, declaring his septuagenarian, white-haired lieutenant "the best vice-pre...
Nov 07, 2020
B.C. hits second straight daily record with 589 new COVID-19 cases, 24 in Interior Health
VICTORIA - The transmission of COVID-19 in B.C. has hit an eye-popping new high. According to a news release from Provincial Health Officer Dr. Bonnie Henry, the daily case count hit 589 in B.C. Frida...
Nov 06, 2020
After bitter campaign and protracted vote count, clarity could finally come today
PHILADELPHIA - His back against the wall, a frustrated Donald Trump is lashing out, spinning an elaborate conspiracy theory as he tries to maintain his grasp on the presidency. Convinced that Democrat...
Nov 06, 2020
B.C. sees new daily record 425 COVID-19 cases; first school outbreak declared over
VICTORIA - UPDATE: Dr. Bonnie Henry misspoke during her Thursday briefing. The actual case count for Interior Health Thursday was actually 18, not eight.EARLIER: British Columbia has set a grim new da...
Nov 05, 2020
Ottawa's silence necessary during U.S. election uncertainty: democracy experts
OTTAWA - The political silence in Ottawa was deafening on Wednesday after Donald Trump's bombastic declarations of victory in the U.S. presidential election and his threat to take his re-election figh...
Nov 05, 2020
B.C. records 335 new COVID-19 cases; Merritt Tim Horton's outbreak declared over
VICTORIA - The province's health ministry is reporting 335 new cases of COVID-19 Wednesday (Nov. 4), including 15 cases within Interior Health. That brings the B.C. case count to 16,135 since the pand...
Nov 04, 2020
Close U.S. election shows power of individual vote, Americans in Canada say
TORONTO - The closely contested U.S. election has brought home the power of the individual voter for Americans in Canada who hail from the handful of toss-up states that will decide who occupies the W...
Nov 04, 2020
Presidency hinges on tight races in battleground states
WASHINGTON - The fate of the United States presidency hung in the balance Wednesday as President Donald Trump and Democratic challenger Joe Biden battled for three familiar battleground states - Wisco...
Nov 04, 2020
Trump seeks to stop 'all voting,' but only counting remains
WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump says he'll take the presidential election to the Supreme Court, but it's unclear what he means in a country in which vote tabulations routinely continue beyond Elec...
Nov 04, 2020
Wanted man arrested by Kamloops RCMP during traffic stop
KAMLOOPS - Kamloops RCMP say they have now located a man who had several outstanding warrants for his arrest last week. (See previous)In a release this morning (Nov. 2), police say Kevin James Beattie...
Nov 02, 2020
