Author Archives: Greg Fry
Delaying Parliament's return until Nov. 22 will impact COVID-19 benefits: NDP
OTTAWA - Peter Julian, the NDP's leader of the House of Commons, has written to the government complaining about its decision to delay the return of Parliament. Julian says delaying MPs' return to the...
Oct 18, 2021
NDP calls for independent social media regulator as scrutiny of Facebook heats up
OTTAWA - New Democrats are demanding the federal government crack down on social media giants following recent revelations by a Facebook executive. At a news conference in Ottawa this morning, NDP MP ...
Oct 18, 2021
Trudeau to visit Tk'emlúps te Secwepemc Nation in Kamloops, B.C.
KAMLOOPS, B.C. - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is scheduled to visit Kamloops, B.C., today, where the Tk'emlps te Secwepemc Nation announced it had found what are believed to be some 200 unmarked grav...
Oct 18, 2021
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to visit Tk'emlúps te Secwepemc in B.C. next week
OTTAWA - The Tk'emlps te Secwepemc First Nation in British Columbia says Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will visit next Monday. The Oct. 18 trip follows his apology to Chief Rosanne Casimir for not hav...
Oct 15, 2021
COVID-19 outbreak declared at GR Baker Memorial Hospital
QUESNEL - Northern Health has declared a COVID-19 outbreak at GR Baker Memorial Hospital in Quesnel.The health authority says two inpatients and two staff have tested positive for the virus with monit...
Oct 15, 2021
White House says U.S. land borders to reopen to vaccinated travellers Nov. 8
WASHINGTON - A White House official says the U.S. will announce today that it will reopen its land borders to vaccinated non-essential visitors on Nov. 8. The official, speaking on condition of anonym...
Oct 15, 2021
Vaccine screening at the airport and one-off inflation: In The News for Oct. 15
In The News is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to kickstart your day. Here is what's on the radar of our editors for the morning of Oct. 15 ... What we are watching in Canada ......
Oct 15, 2021
Closing submissions in B.C.'s money laundering inquiry to start today
VANCOUVER - Closing submissions in British Columbia's public inquiry into money laundering were set to begin today before the commission's final report and recommendations are due Dec. 15. The Cullen ...
Oct 15, 2021
No evidence of freight train link to wildfire in Lytton, B.C.: TSB
LYTTON, B.C. - The Transportation Safety Board says there's no evidence that a freight train sparked a wildfire that destroyed the town of Lytton, B.C., this summer. The agency says that unless new in...
Oct 14, 2021
Settling Afghan refugees, TDSB report on Lytton wildfire : In The News for Oct. 14
In The News is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to kickstart your day. Here is what's on the radar of our editors for the morning of Oct. 14 ... What we are watching in Canada ......
Oct 14, 2021