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High-risk seniors to get COVID-19 vaccine first in B.C.: provincial health officer
VICTORIA - British Columbia's top doctor says seniors in long-term care homes and hospitals will be the first to get a vaccine against COVID-19 as the province rolls out an immunization program in the...
Dec 03, 2020
Wesley St. tent encampment closed after fire destroys tents
NANAIMO - The largest tent encampment in Nanaimo is now closed after a fire. Between 60 and 100 people who lived on Wesley St. in downtown Nanaimo are forced to find new housing after the large fire o...
Dec 03, 2020
Rangers will not loan Lafrenière to Canada for world junior hockey championship
RED DEER, Alta. - Alexis Lafrenire will not be going for another gold medal this winter. Hockey Canada said in a statement Thursday that the NHL's New York Rangers will not loan Lafrenire to Canada's ...
Dec 03, 2020
Province prepares for COVID-19 vaccine delivery; 10 new Island Health cases
NANAIMO - Another day of lower than average case counts for Island Health in the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.Provincial health officer Dr. Bonnie Henry confirmed 10 new cases within the Island Health au...
Dec 03, 2020
Nuggets star Jamal Murray crossing fingers that he can play for Canada at Olympics
DENVER - Playing for Canada's men's basketball team at the Olympics next year would be a wonderful opportunity for Jamal Murray, but the Denver Nuggets star has no idea how realistic that is at this s...
Dec 03, 2020
Liberals accuse Conservatives of disregarding court deadline, filibustering bill
OTTAWA - Federal Liberals are accusing the Conservatives of filibustering a bill to expand access to medical assistance in dying and thumbing their noses at a looming court deadline.Government House l...
Dec 03, 2020
Climate change costs taking increasing chunk off Canada's GDP growth: study
Climate change costs are already taking an increasing bite out of Canada's economic growth and the country is falling behind other nations when it comes to planning for them, says federally funded res...
Dec 03, 2020
Trudeau tells United Nations to address COVID-19 inequality amid vaccine advances
OTTAWA - The world's fight against COVID-19 doesn't end with the successful distribution of a vaccine, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau told the United Nations General Assembly on Thursday. Trudeau said ...
Dec 03, 2020
Twist of fate: Prairie provinces become COVID-19 hot spot in pandemic's second wave
EDMONTON - The three Prairie provinces have become the epicentre of COVID-19's second wave in Canada - surpassing Ontario and Quebec, the two most populous provinces that were initially the hardest hi...
Dec 03, 2020
Raptors' Siakam wants to rediscover joy of playing after struggling in NBA bubble
Pascal Siakam wants to rediscover his love for the game. The Toronto Raptors forward struggled mightily in the NBA bubble near Orlando, Fla., when teams reconvened after the league's three-month COVID...
Dec 03, 2020