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B.C. health officials report outbreak of COVID-19 at long-term care in Surrey
VICTORIA - British Columbia health officials say COVID-19 is still spreading with new cases and clusters as the province begins to reopen in a four-step plan. In a news release, they say it is importa...
May 28, 2021
Active COVID-19 cases drop, 500,000 first doses administered in Island Health
NANAIMO - The rollout of COVID-19 vaccines in Island Health has led to a swift drop in active cases. Island Health confirmed 83 active cases on Friday, May 28, down from 92 the day before. Active case...
May 28, 2021
Interior Health may have more pop-up vaccination clinics
KELOWNA - The success of a neighbourhood COVID-19 immunization clinic in Rutland on Wednesday could result in similar efforts in other locations.Rutland has six immunization clinics operating, but sti...
May 28, 2021
'It's going to be electric': Habs, Leafs set to battle in Game 6 in front of fans
MONTREAL - Cole Caufield has played in front of exactly zero fans in his young NHL career. A packed-to-the-rafters Bell Centre would have exploded when the Canadiens rookie sniper buried his first NHL...
May 28, 2021
Sheriff: Rail yard shooter had gun, ammo stockpile at house
SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) - Authorities say the gunman who killed nine co-workers at a California rail yard had 12 guns and 22,000 rounds of ammunition at his home that he set on fire. Officials said Frid...
May 28, 2021
Canada's Josh Larsen travels the world, find rugby home with New England Free Jacks
Born on Vancouver Island and raised in Fiji, the Cook Islands and New Zealand, Josh Larsen now calls suburban Boston home as a member of the New England Free Jacks. But the six-foot-five, 249-pound lo...
May 28, 2021
Reward offered for info on suspected bear poachers
ENDERBY, B.C. - Some Interior First Nations are offering a $3,000 reward for information on those responsible for dozens of severed bear paws discovered near Shuswap Lake.The Indigenous bands of the P...
May 28, 2021
Ex-cop hired to probe Wisconsin election has partisan ties
MADISON, Wis. (AP) - One of the retired police officers hired by a top Wisconsin Republican to investigate the presidential election in the battleground state has ties to the GOP and previously led a ...
May 28, 2021
Farm laborer convicted in 2018 stabbing death of Iowa runner
IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) - A jury found a farm laborer guilty of murder Friday in the abduction and killing of a University of Iowa student who vanished while out for a run in 2018. The 12-member jury una...
May 28, 2021
Bill Cosby refuses sex offender program, so is denied parole
PHILADELPHIA (AP) - Actor Bill Cosby won't be paroled this year after refusing to participate in sex offender programs during his nearly three years in state prison in Pennsylvania. The 83-year-old Co...
May 28, 2021