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Builders short-listed for Cariboo Memorial hospital project in Williams Lake
WILLIAMS LAKE - A major milestone has been reached in the expansion and renovation project at Cariboo Memorial Hospital in Williams Lake. The provincial government has shortlisted three companies as q...
Dec 24, 2020
Africa CDC: New virus variant appears to emerge in Nigeria
NAIROBI, Kenya - Another new variant of the coronavirus appears to have emerged in Nigeria, Africa's top public health official said Thursday, but further investigation is needed. "It's a separate lin...
Dec 24, 2020
Court orders release of man charged in Daniel Pearl killing
KARACHI, Pakistan - A provincial court in Pakistan on Thursday ordered the man charged in the 2002 murder of American journalist Daniel Pearl freed, his defence lawyer said. The Sindh High Court's rel...
Dec 24, 2020
'Very hopeful:' Planning underway for modified Calgary Stampede in 2021
CALGARY - A world-famous annual rodeo that survived the Great Depression, two world wars and a devastating flood seven years ago was felled by a microscopic virus this year and will have a different l...
Dec 24, 2020
'Grave risk:' Advocates say inmates should get speedy access to COVID-19 vaccine
Advocates say inmates should have speedy access to the COVID-19 vaccine, given how susceptible prisons and jails have been to outbreaks and how prevalent chronic disease is in that population. "I don'...
Dec 24, 2020
'Very hopeful:' Planning underway for modified Calgary Stampede in 2021
CALGARY - A world-famous annual rodeo that survived the Great Depression, two world wars and a devastating flood seven years ago was felled by a microscopic virus this year and will have a different l...
Dec 24, 2020
Senior snowbirds congregate in B.C. when wings clipped by COVID-19 border closures
VANCOUVER - On a small island in British Columbia's Fraser River is a campsite packed with Canadian snowbirds who found refuge when the border with the United States was shut because of the COVID-19 p...
Dec 24, 2020
Senior snowbirds congregate in B.C. when wings clipped by COVID-19 border closures
VANCOUVER - On a small island in British Columbia's Fraser River is a campsite packed with Canadian snowbirds who found refuge when the border with the United States was shut because of the COVID-19 p...
Dec 24, 2020
After tough year, N.S. care homes find hope in vaccine, look for meaningful reform
HALIFAX - After almost a year of leading Atlantic Canada's largest non-profit care home through the COVID-19 crisis, Janet Simm sees "elements of hope" in 2021. "Vaccinations are the light at the end ...
Dec 24, 2020
China steps up pressure on Alibaba with anti-monopoly probe
BEIJING - Chinese regulators on Thursday announced an anti-monopoly investigation of e-commerce giant Alibaba Group, stepping up the ruling Communist Party's efforts to control fast-growing tech indus...
Dec 23, 2020