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New nurse practitioner clinic in south Nanaimo to help 6,800 without a family doctor
NANAIMO - There's help on the horizon for thousands of Nanaimo residents without a family doctor. A new primary care clinic fully staffed by nurse practitioners opens on Tuesday, June 30 with two nurs...
Jun 29, 2020
No COVID-19 increase for Vancouver Island over weekend, no deaths across B.C.
NANAIMO - British Columbia has just 153 active cases of COVID-19 as numbers remain steady over the weekend.A total of 26 cases were detected between Friday, June 26 and Monday, June 29 including just ...
Jun 29, 2020
Ottawa granted extension to overhaul medical assistance in dying legislation
MONTREAL - Quebec Superior Court has granted the federal government a five-month extension to revise its legislation on medical assistance in dying, giving Ottawa until just before Christmas to confor...
Jun 29, 2020
VanVleet: Timing of restart amid racial unrest "sucks," but he likes BLM focus
Fred VanVleet wishes he could wear "everybody's name ever" on the back of his Toronto Raptors jersey in honour of the Black Lives Matter movement. Players will be permitted to replace their names...
Jun 29, 2020
More sailings added from Departure Bay as BC Ferries traffic slowly increases
NANAIMO - Service on one of Vancouver Island's major routes is slowly returning to normal.Effective July 2, BC Ferries will double the number of round trips between Horseshoe Bay and Departure Bay, ad...
Jun 29, 2020
Veterans Affairs hiring more staff to tackle growing backlog of disability cases
OTTAWA - The federal government is hiring hundreds more temporary staff to tackle the growing backlog of applications from disabled veterans asking for help. The plan was unveiled today as new figures...
Jun 29, 2020
Ujiri confident in restart, saying 'the NBA is a seriously well-oiled machine'
The Toronto Raptors' return to basketball has them living in an otherwise empty hotel in the Fort Myers area of Florida, a COVID-19 hotspot that has seen new cases skyrocketing. They wake up to a...
Jun 29, 2020
Blue Jays closer to getting full approval for training in Toronto
TORONTO - The Toronto Blue Jays appear one step closer to being able to train at Rogers Centre for the upcoming season. Ontario Premier Doug Ford said Monday that "municipal, provincial and...
Jun 29, 2020
Alberta cuts business tax, boosts infrastructure spending to reboot economy
EDMONTON - Alberta is cutting business taxes and pumping $10 billion into infrastructure projects to springboard its economy out of the financial crisis caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. Prem...
Jun 29, 2020
Netflix series to dramatize Kaepernick's path to activism
LOS ANGELES - Colin Kaepernick is joining with Emmy-winning filmmaker Ava DuVernay on a Netflix drama series about the teenage roots of the former NFL player's activism. "Colin in Black & White" w...
Jun 29, 2020