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RCMP say three dead in glacier bus rollover in Rocky Mountains
JASPER, Alta. - RCMP say three passengers were killed when a glacier sightseeing bus rolled over at one of the most popular attractions in the Rocky Mountains, the Columbia Icefields.Cpl. Leigh Drinkw...
Jul 19, 2020
B.C. reports 28 new COVID-19 cases Friday, NICU outbreak in Vancouver
VICTORIA - Provincial Health Officer Dr. Bonnie Henry held an unscheduled media briefing Friday (July 17), saying there were several new developments in the battle against COVID-19 she wanted to addre...
Jul 17, 2020
Njoo tells young people to 'party' at a distance to help keep COVID-19 down
OTTAWA - Singing and dancing in close quarters is not the way to party this summer, Canada's deputy public health officer Dr. Howard Njoo said Friday. Njoo urged younger people to stop jamming bars an...
Jul 17, 2020
B.C. sets new record with 175 overdose deaths in June
VICTORIA - B.C. has hit another grim milestone in its 'other' public health emergency, the battle against opioid overdoses.According to new statistics released by the B.C. Coroners Service, 175 people...
Jul 16, 2020
Province records 21 new cases of COVID-19 Wednesday, including four in Interior
VICTORIA - The province has announced 21 new cases of COVID-19 Wednesday (July 15), including four within Interior Health.According to a news release from Provincial Health Officer Dr. Bonnie Henry an...
Jul 15, 2020
Wildfire near Cinnamon Ridge being held, mopped up
KAMLOOPS - Firefighters are holding a grass fire that ignited Tuesday (July 14) near the Cinnamon Ridge compost facility in check.The fire was discovered Tuesday afternoon just north of the compost fa...
Jul 15, 2020
Thirteen new COVID-19 cases in B.C. Tuesday, including three in Interior
VICTORIA - The province is reporting 13 new cases of COVID-19 Tuesday (July 14), including three new cases in Interior Health.There are now a total of 3,128 cases that have been recorded in B.C., dist...
Jul 14, 2020
Sources say Canada, U.S. likely to extend mutual travel ban into late August
WASHINGTON - Sources say Canada and the United States are likely to agree to extend their mutual ban on non-essential travel between the two countries for another 30 days. The Canada-U.S. border has b...
Jul 14, 2020
B.C.'s COVID-19 cases rose sharply over the weekend, including seven new cases in Interior
VICTORIA - The province recorded 62 new cases of COVID-19 over the weekend. In a news release, Health Minister Adrian Dix and provincial health officer Dr. Bonnie Henry announced 21 new cases Saturday...
Jul 13, 2020
Evason becomes full-time Wild coach
Minneapolis - Dean Evason is now the full-time coach of the Minnesota Wild. GM Bill Guerin announced today that the former Kamloops player and Blazers coach would have the "interim" tag dropped from h...
Jul 13, 2020
