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Date set for pandemic-delayed inquest into 2016 in-custody death of B.C. teen
PORT ALBERNI, B.C. - An inquest into the police-custody death of an 18-year-old Vancouver Island woman will be held in Port Alberni next week, nearly five years after she died. Jocelyn George, an Indi...
Jun 14, 2021
UK's Johnson delays lockdown easing for England by 4 weeks
LONDON (AP) - British Prime Minister Boris Johnson confirmed Monday that the next planned relaxation of coronavirus restrictions in England will be delayed by four weeks, until July 19, as a result of...
Jun 14, 2021
Communities grapple with what to do with former residential and day schools
The national spotlight on residential schools is also highlighting a difficult question facing some communities over what to do with the buildings that have been left behind. British Columbia's Okanag...
Jun 14, 2021
Ontario accelerates return-to-play plans for professional, elite-amateur sports
TORONTO - Top tier athletes in Ontario can expect to be back in action by the end of the summer. Ontario said it has accelerated its return-to-play plan for professional and elite amateur leagues as t...
Jun 14, 2021
Canadian business leaders demand plan to reopen borders, economy now
OTTAWA - Business leaders are calling on Ottawa to immediately lay out a comprehensive plan to reopen the economy and international borders along with a vaccine certification process. At a news confer...
Jun 14, 2021
Restrictions on travel, social gatherings and leisure activities ease
NANAIMO - B.C. is shifting into the second phase of its COVID-19 restart plan.Effective Tuesday, June 15, indoor, organized gatherings of up to 50 people are permitted with an appropriate COVID-19 saf...
Jun 14, 2021
Canada's vaccine donations to COVAX to come only from its COVAX supply: Gould
OTTAWA - International Development Minister Karina Gould confirms none of the 13 million doses Canada is currently promising to donate to COVAX will come from supplies procured directly from vaccine m...
Jun 14, 2021
Health officer says risk to others low: Two cases of COVID-19 at Iqaluit school
IQALUIT, Nunavut - Nunavut's chief public health officer says two COVID-19 cases at Iqaluit's middle school came from household transmission and the risk to other students is low. With an outbreak ong...
Jun 14, 2021
Canadian Michael Woods to lead Israel Start-Up Nation team at the Tour de France
Canadian rider Michael Woods will lead the Israel Start-Up Nation team at the Tour de France. "His success in the (Ardennes) Classics, the Tour de Romandie and the Tour de Suisse gave him - and us - t...
Jun 14, 2021
Woman seriously injured in traffic stop in British Columbia: police watchdog
CASTLEGAR, B.C. - British Columbia's police watchdog says a woman suffered potentially life-threatening injuries after she was pulled over in a traffic stop in Castlegar on Saturday. The Independent I...
Jun 14, 2021