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COVID-19 outbreak in Armstrong over
A COVID-19 outbreak at a long-term care home in Armstrong has ended.Interior Health has removed the Pleasant Valley Manor from the current outbreak list.The facility was added to the list Sept. 14, an...
Oct 03, 2022

Changing census question raises concerns about language data: expert
OTTAWA - A Canadian polling expert is raising concerns about the results of the Statistics Canada language census after the order of two questions were swapped on the national questionnaire last year....
Oct 03, 2022

Report reveals toxic culture within Rowing Canada's high performance program
One of Canada's best women's rowers is recovering from an eating disorder that developed in 2019. It was her attempt to maintain a sense of control over what she said was an unhealthy relationship wit...
Oct 03, 2022

More affordable child care coming to Shuswap area
Families in the Shuswap will be able to access more affordable child care spaces in the future. The B.C. government is converting 36 child care spaces into $10-a-day spaces, nearly doubling the total ...
Oct 03, 2022

Officials: US to send Ukraine more advanced rocket systems
WASHINGTON (AP) - The U.S. will soon deliver to Ukraine four more of the advanced rocket systems credited with helping the country's military gain momentum in its war with Russia. The High Mobility Ar...
Oct 03, 2022

B.C. study links policy changes and logging patterns, shows targeting of old growth
VANCOUVER - The worsening effects of climate change are compounding the historical loss of British Columbia's old-growth forests, says the co-author of a new paper that shows decades of logging on the...
Oct 03, 2022

Frustration with Ukraine war spills out on Russian state TV
Russia's retreat from a key Ukrainian city over the weekend elicited outcry from an unlikely crowd - state-run media outlets that typically cast Moscow's war in glowing terms. A series of embarrassing...
Oct 03, 2022

Senators goalie Cam Talbot out five-to-seven weeks with upper-body injury
OTTAWA - The Ottawa Senators will start the NHL season without goalie Cam Talbot after he suffered an upper-body injury. The team says Talbot, 35, will miss five-to-seven weeks due to the undisclosed ...
Oct 03, 2022

Woman dies and four children injured in crash
A tragic crash in the West Kootenay has claimed the life of a woman and injured her four children.RCMP say on Saturday, Oct. 1, just after 5 p.m., officers attended a two-vehicle head-on collision on ...
Oct 03, 2022

Hockey Canada lacks transparency, needs new leadership: sport minister
OTTAWA - Sport Minister Pascale St-Onge is once again calling for change in Hockey Canada's leadership in the wake of new allegations against the troubled sporting body. The Globe and Mail reported Mo...
Oct 03, 2022

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