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BC Parks closes Provincial Parks
VICTORIA-The province has announced that B.C. Parks will be closing all it's Provincial parks due to the COVID-19 pandemic.The closure comes in response to federal and provincial directives that peopl...
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Hockey equipment manufacturer CCM and its players donate half a million masks
MONTREAL - CCM has joined the list of hockey equipment manufacturers contributing supplies to front-line health care workers in the COVID-19 pandemic. The Montreal company and its player end...
Apr 08, 2020
Wall Street climbs as volatility keeps squeezing markets
NEW YORK - Stocks are climbing again on Wall Street Wednesday. Maybe this time it will last. The S&P 500 was up more than 2% in midday trading, a day after an even bigger gain suddenly vanished in...
Apr 08, 2020
Kings land Borovinskiy from Burnaby Winter Club
The Prince George Spruce Kings continue to announce additions to their team for the 2020-2021 season.Wednesday morning the club revealed Max Borovinskiy as their newest recruit.The 2004 born forward f...
Apr 08, 2020 (photo credit to the Prince George Spruce Kings)
Wage subsidy expanded, businesses and charities eligible at 15% dip in revenue
OTTAWA- The Canadian government announced they are expanding the business wage subsidy that would help businesses keep their staff employed.Trudeau began his daily announcement by touching on the begi...
Apr 08, 2020
UK truck driver pleads guilty in deaths of 39 Vietnamese
LONDON - A truck driver accused in the deaths of 39 Vietnamese migrants whose bodies were found inside a refrigerated container that had been hauled to England pleaded guilty to manslaughter Wednesday...
Apr 08, 2020
Toronto company expands ventilator production tenfold to meet demand
OTTAWA - One of the companies making ventilators for the federal government is expanding its production capacity more than tenfold to meet demands posed by the COVID-19 pandemic. Thornhill Medical CEO...
Apr 08, 2020
Sanders drops 2020 bid, leaving Biden as likely nominee to challenge Trump
WASHINGTON - Sen. Bernie Sanders, who saw his once strong lead in the Democratic primary evaporate as the party's establishment lined swiftly up behind rival Joe Biden, ended his presidential bid on W...
Apr 08, 2020
Watchdog: Syrian air force responsible for chemical attacks
THE HAGUE, Netherlands - The global chemical weapons watchdog issued a report Wednesday blaming the Syrian air force for a series of chemical attacks using sarin and chlorine in late March 2017 on the...
Apr 08, 2020
Critics alarmed by Ontario's testing shortfall
TORONTO - Ontario's overly cautious approach to COVID-19 testing is endangering lives and hindering efforts to rein in soaring infections that are ravaging long-term care facilities, filling ICU beds ...
Apr 08, 2020