Tag Archives: Federal Politics
News Alert: Navy commander McDonald named new chief of defence staff
OTTAWA - Royal Canadian Navy commander Vice-Admiral Art McDonald is being tapped as the next head of the Canadian Armed Forces.Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced the decision today, ending months...
Dec 23, 2020
Legalized: A look at the retail cannabis industry in Kamloops
KAMLOOPS - On October 17th, 2018, Canada became the first G7 country in the world to legalize recreational and medicinal cannabis. While other provinces were more prepared for the rollout of legal wee...
Dec 15, 2020
Kamloops council to Trudeau government: deem overdose crisis a national public health emergency
KAMLOOPS - Kamloops city council will put pen to paper and formally request that the federal government declare the overdose crisis a national public health emergency. Councillors Dale Bass, Sadie Hun...
James Peters Dec 15, 2020
Health Canada warns people with allergies to COVID-19 vaccine ingredients
OTTAWA - With vaccinations against COVID-19 in Canada set to begin on Monday, the federal health agency is warning that people with allergies to any of the vaccine's ingredients should not receive it....
Dec 12, 2020
Premiers' demands for long-term health funding increase takes back seat to pandemic
OTTAWA - A first ministers meeting today that was supposed to be devoted to long-term, federal health care funding seems destined to be hijacked by a more urgent priority: surviving the COVID-19 pande...
Dec 10, 2020
Feds spending plan heads to confidence vote as provinces seek more health-care cash
OTTAWA - Canada's most populous province says the federal Liberal government missed an opportunity in its new spending plan to signal more help for health-care systems, setting up a potential showdown...
Dec 01, 2020
Highlights of the federal government's fiscal update
OTTAWA - Key elements from the federal government's fiscal update, delivered by Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland Monday afternoon: The pandemic response from Ottawa. The total cost of the federal re...
Nov 30, 2020
Deputy PM Freeland reports COVID-19 test has come back negative
OTTAWA - Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland says her COVID-19 test has come back negative.Freeland reported the result on Twitter today, less than 24 hours after revealing that she had been teste...
Nov 01, 2020
Tk'emlups te Secwepemc unveils historic water reservoir project
KAMLOOPS - Thursday afternoon (Oct. 29), Tk'emlups te Secwepemc celebrated a historic milestone as they unveiled a completed infrastructure project that also creates a whole new set of economic opport...
Oct 29, 2020
Don Mazankowski, former Alberta MP and cabinet minister, dies at 85
OTTAWA - Don Mazankowski, a former Alberta MP and cabinet minister, has died at the age of 85. Speaker Anthony Rota announced the news in the House of Commons today and MPs held a moment of silence in...
Oct 28, 2020
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