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Free COVID-19 rapid tests to be made available in B.C. for 70 and up starting Friday
VICTORIA - Rapid tests and the option for a new vaccine will be available soon for British Columbia residents. Provincial health officer Dr. Bonnie Henry says one rapid test box containing five tests ...
Feb 23, 2022
Province to broaden access to COVID-19 rapid tests
NANAIMO - More people will be able to access take-home rapid COVID-19 tests as millions of additional kits are delivered to B.C. B.C. health minister Adrian Dix announced on Wednesday, Feb. 23 a new c...
Feb 23, 2022
Feds invest $11.8m into B.C. Indigenous commercial fishing enterprises
NANAIMO - The federal government is providing more support to help Indigenous fishing communities support new business and increase training opportunities. A total of $11.8 million will support First ...
Feb 23, 2022
Alberta government promises historic health spending blitz in provincial budget
EDMONTON - Alberta Premier Jason Kenney says the provincial budget will include an unprecedented blitz of health-care spending powered by a roaring, re-energized economy. Kenney announced $1.8-billion...
Feb 23, 2022
Sartini, Vancouver Whitecaps look to continue building in 2022 MLS season
VANCOUVER - The Vancouver Whitecaps are hoping their momentum has staying power as they head into another Major League Soccer season. The 'Caps surged through the last three months of the season, fini...
Feb 23, 2022
NBC's scores are in: Record low Olympics ratings
NEW YORK (AP) - The final scores are in, and NBC is no doubt happy to put the Beijing Winter Olympics in the rear-view mirror. The games reached an average combined audience of 11.4 million people in ...
Feb 23, 2022
Ottawa allocates close to $12 million for Indigenous commercial fisheries in B.C.
NANAIMO, B.C. - Fisheries and Oceans Canada says it's contributing $11.8 million to support Indigenous commercial fisheries in British Columbia. Fisheries Minister Joyce Murray announced the funding a...
Feb 23, 2022
Canada signs agreement with AstraZeneca on preventative COVID-19 treatment
OTTAWA - The Canadian government has signed an agreement with pharmaceutical company AstraZeneca to procure 100,000 doses of a COVID-19 antibody therapy that's still under review by Health Canada. A r...
Feb 23, 2022
Feds commit $140M to keep temporary staff hired to eliminate veterans' backlog
OTTAWA - Veterans Affairs Minister Lawrence MacAulay says the federal government will spend nearly $140 million over the next two years to retain temporary staff hired to deal with a backlog of disabi...
Feb 23, 2022
Law would allow news outlets to negotiate with digital giants for payment: minister
OTTAWA - Heritage Minister Pablo Rodriguez says he is pressing ahead with plans to introduce a law to make digital media giants pay Canadian outlets for using their news. Speaking at a virtual confere...
Feb 23, 2022