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Eight new COVID-19 cases in B.C. Thursday; Interior Health case count increases
VANCOUVER - New numbers reinforce that COVID-19 has not been eradicated from Interior Health. For the second straight day, the case count in the region has increased. According to new totals released ...
Jun 18, 2020
Made-in-Canada contact tracing app ready for testing in Ontario: Trudeau
OTTAWA - A made-in-Canada mobile app to alert Canadians who may have been exposed to a person infected with COVID-19 is ready for testing in Ontario, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced Thursday. ...
Jun 18, 2020
Canada loses bid for seat on the United Nations Security Council on first vote
OTTAWA - Canada has fallen 20 votes short in its bid for a seat on the United Nations Security Council. Canada lost to Norway and Ireland on the first ballot. The loss came in the first round of votin...
Jun 17, 2020
Canada buying 140,000 blood tests to begin immunity testing of COVID-19
OTTAWA - Blood samples collected from tens of thousands of Canadians will soon be tested for signs of COVID-19 antibodies as the federal government seeks to learn how many people have already contract...
Jun 17, 2020
Airlines gradually increasing flight service out of Kamloops Airport
KAMLOOPS - The sky above Kamloops will start to get a little busier this week, as airlines begin to increase their flight frequencies for YKA. After a halt in operations at the height of the pandemic,...
Jun 16, 2020
Lake Country woman dies in pedestrian collision on Highway 5A
KAMLOOPS - RCMP say a pedestrian struck and killed by a car in Kamloops Monday night (June 15) had been walking in the middle of the highway. At about 10:00 p.m. Monday, a vehicle hit a woman while tr...
Jun 16, 2020
COVID-19 cases up by 36 over three-day period, no new deaths
VICTORIA - Thirty-six more people have been diagnosed with COVID-19 in B.C. over the past three days. Provincial Health Officer Dr. Bonnie Henry offered the new data in an update Monday (June 15), her...
Jun 15, 2020
Trans Mountain said pipeline will restart after spill in Abbotsford, B.C.
ABBOTSFORD, B.C. - Trans Mountain estimates as much as 1,195 barrels of light crude spilled from its pipeline pumping station in Abbotsford, B.C. While an investigation is ongoing, the Crown-owne...
Jun 14, 2020
Kamloops Fire Rescue extinguishes fire at Emerald Centre shelter
KAMLOOPS - Kamloops Fire Rescue crews were on scene at the Emerald Centre last night (June 13), after a fire broke out in one of the shelter units. Platoon Captain Wade Lindoff says firefighters were ...
Jun 14, 2020
COVID forces changes as B.C. provincial courts reopen for trials
VANCOUVER - Provincial court trials in British Columbia will resume July 6 with numerous changes not only for health and safety reasons amid COVID-19, but to accelerate the court process.The provincia...
Jun 13, 2020
