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Interior Health issues alert for COVID-19 cases stemming from Kelowna gatherings
KELOWNA - Interior Health has issued an advisory regarding COVID-19 in Kelowna. The health authority is warning anyone who attended gatherings in the downtown and waterfront areas of Kelowna between J...
Jul 10, 2020
America's worsening COVID-19 crisis has some Canadians barring the border door
WASHINGTON - The U.S. congressman who wants a plan to ease travel restrictions at the Canada-U.S. border is taking the ensuing backlash in stride. Rep. Brian Higgins got an earful from Canadian Twitte...
Jul 10, 2020
Twenty new cases but no additional COVID-19 deaths in BC
VICTORIA - B.C. health officials are reporting 20 new cases of COVID-19 in the last day, and no new deaths in the province. The last time B.C recorded 20 new cases over a day was June 25, exactly two ...
Jul 09, 2020
MP McLeod concerned federal government is spending without a good plan
KAMLOOPS - "Frightening." That was the reaction of Kamloops-Thompson-Cariboo MP Cathy McLeod when she learned the federal government was forecasting a deficit of $343 billion this year. The figure was...
Jul 09, 2020
'I didn't even get the words out of my mouth'; Riverside Park security guard hopes to return to work soon after assault
KAMLOOPS - A security guard who was assaulted at Riverside Park last week is recovering after surgery on Tuesday night (July 7). Glen Warner, a security guard with Secure Guard, was patrolling the par...
Jul 08, 2020
The COVID-19 fiscal snapshot: By the numbers
OTTAWA - Estimated federal deficit for 2020-21: $343.2 billion Direct federal aid to individuals and businesses as a result of COVID-19: $212 billion Number of Canadians who were laid off or had their...
Jul 08, 2020
Singh calls on Trudeau to address systemic racism in police forces
OTTAWA - NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh says if the Rideau Hall intruder had been a person of colour the outcome would have been different. Military reservist and Manitoba businessman Corey Hurren...
Jul 08, 2020
Developers break ground on Kamloops' newest commercial development
KAMLOOPS - Back in January, a brand new real estate development was announced, and today the project is officially underway. The Hive, which will take shape along Lansdowne Street between Fifth and Si...
Jul 07, 2020
Budget officer pegs cost of basic income as calls for it grow due to COVID-19
OTTAWA - The parliamentary budget office says it could cost more than $98 billion to provide almost all Canadians with a basic income for six months beginning this fall. ...
Jul 07, 2020
RCMP warn public after 11-month-old girl find suspected purple fentanyl on Kamloops playground
KAMLOOPS - A Kamloops mother says her family was seconds away from tragedy after her 11-month old daughter found a packet of suspected illicit drugs on a play structure Sunday (July 5).Stefanie Elliot...
Jul 06, 2020
