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Educational Assistant's roles are evolving due to COVID-19 crisis
VICTORIA-Education Assistants (EA) across the province have had to find creative and compassionate ways to interact with their students remotely, according to the province.In a release by the Ministry...
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Jane Goodall talks coronavirus impact, Nat Geo documentary
LOS ANGELES - Even though the planet has reaped the benefits of a cleaner environment from society shutting down during the coronavirus outbreak, Jane Goodall worries about human behaviour resorting b...
Apr 20, 2020
COVID-19 prompts bus driver layoffs, service cuts for Metro Vancouver transit
VANCOUVER - Nearly 1,500 bus drivers and other transit workers across Metro Vancouver are being laid off as TransLink faces plunging ridership during the COVID-19 pandemic. A statement from Trans...
Apr 20, 2020
Gov't relief loans to restaurant chains draw complaints
Some big restaurant chains have obtained loans from the government under a small-business relief program, leading business groups to cry foul even though the loans are within the guidelines of the len...
Apr 20, 2020
JBS shuts down Minnesota pork plant hit by COVID-19 outbreak
MINNEAPOLIS - JBS USA said it is temporarily shutting down its big pork processing plant in southwestern Minnesota because of an outbreak of COVID-19 among workers, the latest closure of a major U.S. ...
Apr 20, 2020
Third man arrested in 2019 Williams Lake murder
WILLIAMS LAKE, B.C. - A third man has been arrested and charged in an August, 2019 Williams Lake murder.According to an RCMP news release, Merritt frontline members and the Kamloops-based canine servi...
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Flood watch in place for Bonaparte at Cache Creek, much of Cariboo and Chilcotin
VICTORIA - The Province of B.C. is keeping flood watches in place for a large portion of the B.C. Interior, and has instituted warnings further north.According to an update issued at 9:00 a.m. on Mond...
Apr 20, 2020 Flood warnings are in red, watches in yellow (Image Credit: BC River Forecast Centre)
University of Lethbridge axes men's and women's hockey teams, citing budget cuts
LETHBRIDGE, Alta. - The University of Lethbridge has shut down its men's and women's hockey teams citing three straight years of cuts to its operating grant. "The elimination of the hockey programs is...
Apr 20, 2020
Doug Flutie Jr. a source of inspiration for former CFL quarterback
For much of his life, Doug Flutie has been in the football spotlight. Be it winning the Heisman Trophy, six CFL top player awards, three Grey Cup MVPs or playing 12 seasons in the NFL, accolades and s...
Apr 20, 2020
Liberal changes to media aid plan hint at speedier spending, industry group says
OTTAWA - A news-industry association says the federal government's planned changes to its financial aid for news outlets in Canada should allow more of them to qualify for the financial hel...
Apr 20, 2020