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Government enacts stricter quarantine measures for returnees to Canada
OTTAWA - Starting at midnight, the federal government says all people returning to Canada will have to check in to a hotel or other designated site unless they have an acceptable self-quarantine plan....
Apr 14, 2020
Do as we say, not as we do? Trudeau, Scheer forced to defend family trips
OTTAWA - Both Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer are fighting off criticism that they're asking Canadians to do more to stop the spread of COVID-19 than they're willin...
Apr 14, 2020
Shuswap Lake area residents anxious about arrival of seasonal visitors
NORTH SHUSWAP, B.C - Ahead of Easter long weekend, the provincial government repeatedly asked British Columbians who may have been planning to hit the road to avoid non-essential travel. However, in t...
Apr 13, 2020 (Image Credit: Adam Donnelly / CFJC Today)
Health Canada approves Spartan Bioscience's portable COVID-19 test
Health Canada has approved the use of a portable, rapid-testing device for COVID-19. The Spartan Cube from Ottawa's Spartan Bioscience is expected to help provide rapid tests for health services&...
Apr 13, 2020
ROTHENBURGER: Cabin fever is turning ‘calm and kind’ into snarky and jealous
CABIN FEVER HAS SET IN as we sit chafing at home this long weekend and it's yielding some unattractive results.Despite all the friendly, kind and caring advice to each other in earlier weeks on how to...
Apr 11, 2020 Image credit: Miroslava Chrienova, Pixabay.
Kamloops food truck provides free meals for truck drivers
KAMLOOPS - How long has it been since Wayne Wells had a hot meal? "About four days ago," the truck driver from northern Alberta told CFJC Today.Wells has been on the road for most of the week, from hi...
Apr 09, 2020 Image Credit: CFJC Today
Alberta doctors file lawsuit against province after changes to billing
EDMONTON - The Alberta Medical Association has filed a lawsuit against the province after the United Conservative government went ahead with changes to how doctors can bill for their services.The asso...
Apr 09, 2020
Lawyers, advocate call for inmate release before COVID-19 spreads
The number COVID-19 cases in prisons is rising, prompting Canada's criminal lawyers and an inmate advocacy group to call on the federal and provincial governments to reduce the number of peo...
Apr 09, 2020
Controls can keep Canadian COVID-19 deaths under 22,000, health agency says
OTTAWA - With strong control measures, the federal public health agency projects that 11,000 to 22,000 Canadians could die of COVID-19 in the coming months.The Public Health Agency of Canada says shor...
Apr 09, 2020
B.C., Alberta health ministers urge citizens to avoid Easter travel temptations
VICTORIA/EDMONTON - The governments of British Columbia and Alberta have released a joint statement urging residents of the two provinces to stay home over the Easter long weekend."Albertans and Briti...
James Peters Apr 09, 2020 Image Credit: Wellesenterprises / Dreamstime.com
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