Author Archives: Greg Fry
Canada to receive 3.7 million more COVID-19 doses this week
OTTAWA - The federal government is expecting to receive 3.7 million more doses of COVID-19 vaccines this week, bringing the total of COVID-19 vaccine deliveries above 53.7 million doses. The new deliv...
Jul 05, 2021
Border restrictions to begin easing, slowly, for fully vaccinated Canadian travellers
WASHINGTON - After nearly 16 months of rigid travel restrictions, Canada is finally starting to loosen the rules - but only for a specific few. Effective Monday, fully vaccinated Canadians and permane...
Jul 05, 2021
Telus sets up mobile cell tower for Lytton, B.C. emergency crews
VANCOUVER - Telus Corp. says its has deployed emergency communications equipment to support local authorities and emergency crews dealing with the wildfire in Lytton, B.C. Telus is the main wireless p...
Jul 02, 2021
Some Lytton residents still unaccounted for after wildfire evacuation
LYTTON - The search continues today for multiple residents of a village in British Columbia's Interior that was decimated by a wildfire this week. Public Safety Minister Mike Farnworth hasn't said how...
Jul 02, 2021
Cannabis farmers forced to react as heat, wildfires take their toll on crops
SALT SPRING ISLAND, B.C. - Canadian cannabis farmers say the extreme heat and wildfires hitting the west coast have them on high alert and are pushing them to change their growing processes. The co-fo...
Jul 02, 2021
Fire devastation in B.C. and Canada Day reckoning: In The News for July 2
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 July 2 ... What we are watching in Canada ... ...
Jul 02, 2021
The latest news on COVID-19 developments in Canada on Wednesday, June 30, 2021
The latest news on COVID-19 developments in Canada (all times Eastern): 9:30 a.m. Health Canada is advising anyone who suffers from capillary leak syndrome to avoid getting the vaccines developed by A...
Jun 30, 2021
Residential school survivors pushed for decades to demolish building in northern B.C.
Survivors of a residential school in northern British Columbia have given the community strength and courage to keep pushing in a decades-long fight to demolish the building, says the deputy chief of ...
Jun 30, 2021
High vaccination rate, low COVID-19 cases point to further reopening in B.C.
VICTORIA - High COVID-19 vaccination rates and a dramatic drop in cases that hasn't been seen since last August have set the stage for a further loosening of restrictions in British Columbia this week...
Jun 28, 2021
The latest news on COVID-19 developments in Canada for Monday, June 28, 2021
The latest news on COVID-19 developments in Canada (all times eastern): 11 a.m. Quebec is reporting 76 new cases of COVID-19 today and no deaths attributed to the novel coronavirus. Health officials i...
Jun 28, 2021