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Winter Carnival adapts to COVID orders, ready for 62nd annual
It has been a challenge to adapt to the COVID-19 orders, but the 62nd annual Vernon Winter Carnival is going ahead and is just a couple of weeks away.Activities will take place around Greater Vernon f...
Jan 21, 2022
Sudden shift in COVID-19 guidance in B.C. 'led to confusion' says BC CDC
VANCOUVER - Guidance on the home management of COVID-19 symptoms and decisions about who should self-isolate and for how long could dominate today's pandemic update with British Columbia's health mini...
Jan 21, 2022
Canada gives $120M loan to help bolster Ukraine against Russia threats
OTTAWA - Canada is giving Ukraine a $120-million loan to help bolster its economy and aid as it faces a hostile buildup of Russian forces on its borders. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced the lo...
Jan 21, 2022
Coroner to probe second death this month of Montreal homeless person in frigid cold
MONTREAL - A second person experiencing homelessness in Montreal has died this month after spending the night outside in frigid temperatures. Ambulance service spokesperson Sbastien Coulombe says a 91...
Jan 21, 2022
Federal program to rapidly build homes goes past target, again
OTTAWA - A federal program aimed at quickly creating new affordable housing units has once again surpassed its goal. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says the rapid-housing program has now created more t...
Jan 21, 2022
Olympic medallists Leman, Thompson, Phelan headline ski cross team for Beijing
Olympic champions Brady Leman and Marielle Thompson headline Canada's ski cross team for the Beijing Olympics. Leman captured gold four years ago in Pyeongchang, while Thompson raced to victory in 201...
Jan 21, 2022
Canada's Denis Shapovalov is on to the fourth round of the Australian Open
MELBOURNE, Australia - Canada's Denis Shapovalov is on to the fourth round of the Australian Open. The Richmond Hill, Ont., native defeated Reilly Opelka of the United States 7-6 (4), 4-6, 6-3, 6-4 on...
Jan 21, 2022
Utility says B.C.'s heat, rain and cold in 2021 underscore changing demand for power
VANCOUVER - British Columbia endured sizzling summer heat and bone-numbing cold to end 2021 and the province's electrical utility says the result was a record-breaking, year-round demand for power, la...
Jan 21, 2022
US, Russia far apart on Ukraine crisis as top diplomats meet
GENEVA (AP) - The United States and Russia tried Friday to avert another devastating conflict in Europe, but the two powers' top diplomats warned no breakthrough was imminent as fears rise that Moscow...
Jan 21, 2022
B.C. study links low river flows with lower chinook salmon productivity
VANCOUVER - A study that links low summertime water flows in a British Columbia river with lower productivity across 22 generations of a struggling salmon population could help guide how rivers are ma...
Jan 21, 2022
