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Easing restrictions and ; In The News for May 4
In The News is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to kickstart your day. Here is what's on the radar of our editors for the morning of May 4 ... --- CO...
May 04, 2020
B.C. health officials to release new COVID-19 modelling figures today
VICTORIA - The British Columbia government is expected to release new modelling data for COVID-19 today, as the province also prepares to begin reopening the economy. Dr. Bonnie Henry said S...
May 04, 2020
Provinces must give emotional support to returning students: education advocates
VANCOUVER - Bored and isolated students are spending too many hours online and some have started using more substances, but all students will need extra emotional support ...
May 04, 2020
Provinces must give emotional support to returning students: education advocates
VANCOUVER - Bored and isolated students are spending too many hours online and some have started using more substances, but all students will need extra emotional support ...
May 04, 2020
Teens set off flare in B.C. store in 'reckless' act, traumatize clerk: RCMP
NANAIMO, B.C. - The RCMP are accusing two teenagers of creating mayhem in a convenience store in Nanaimo, B.C., after shoplifting and then setting off a flare indoors on their way out. Mount...
May 03, 2020
B.C. rally calls for safe release of prisoners
MISSION, B.C. - A justice advocacy group says it wants prisoners at a federal institution in British Columbia ravaged by a COVID-19 outbreak to know there are people in the community fighting for...
May 03, 2020
B.C. rally calls for safe release of prisoners
MISSION, B.C. - A justice advocacy group says it wants prisoners at a federal institution in British Columbia ravaged by a COVID-19 outbreak to know there are people in the community fighting for...
May 03, 2020
Fort McMurray cleans up from flood on anniversary of 2016 wildfire evacuation
FORT MCMURRAY, Alta. - As residents of Fort McMurray continued to assess their flood-damaged homes and businesses and began the difficult task of cleaning them this weekend, they also marked the ...
May 03, 2020
High school grads-to-be grapple with possible ceremony cancellations
Urmila Persaud spent months picturing herself walking across a stage to collect her high-school diploma in front of friends and family. But the COVID-19 pandemic has replaced that vision with a big qu...
May 03, 2020
Flare shot into Nanaimo gas station triggers Saturday night fire
NANAIMO - Local RCMP are looking for two 16 year olds after a flare was used to start a fire at a Nanaimo gas station on Saturday, May 2. Cst. Gary O'Brien told NanaimoNewsNOW the incident happened ju...
May 03, 2020 Nanaimo Fire Rescue responded to Petro Can gas station at the corner of Norwell Dr. and Departure Bay Rd. on Saturday, May 2. (Alex Rawnsley/NanaimoNewsNOW)