Author Archives: Greg Fry
Spruce City Men's Fastball League enjoying season of success and growth
PRINCE GEORGE - The Spruce City Men's Fastball League has entered the fourth week of its season now, a season in which the league has shown considerable growth from last. "The season has actually been...
Jun 23, 2021
Two winning tickets ,one sold in Kamloops, share Tuesday's $70 million Lotto Max jackpot
TORONTO - After going unclaimed for weeks, the $70 million Lotto Max jackpot has finally been won. One ticket sold in Kamloops, BC and one in Ontario will share the grand prize, each taking $35 millio...
Jun 23, 2021
Canada has admitted broken Indigenous relationship, unlike China on Uyghurs: Trudeau
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says there is a fundamental difference between Canada's troubled relationship with Indigenous Peoples, and China's systemic abuse and human rights violation agai...
Jun 22, 2021
Study reassures parents, teachers that COVID-19 infrequently shared at school
VANCOUVER - A study of school staff in Vancouver says their risk of developing COVID-19 through contact at school is identical to their risk of catching the virus in the community. The study by resear...
Jun 22, 2021
Former B.C. chamber CEO enters Liberal leadership contest, promises party restart
VANCOUVER - The former chief executive officer at British Columbia's Chamber of Commerce is entering the B.C. Liberal leadership race. Val Litwin says he wants to breathe new life into the Liberals wi...
Jun 22, 2021
Maintaining COVID restrictions, tax cheats by the super rich: In The News for June 22
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 June 22 ... What we are watching in Canada ......
Jun 22, 2021
B.C. to launch compulsory skilled trades certification system
VICTORIA - The British Columbia government is launching a compulsory skilled trades certification system that it says will strengthen economic recovery, while supporting higher-paying, more stable job...
Jun 11, 2021
MPs vote unanimously to convene emergency Islamophobia summit before August
OTTAWA - Federal lawmakers are calling on the government to convene an emergency summit on Islamophobia by the end of July. In the House of Commons today, MPs voted unanimously to pass an NDP motion d...
Jun 11, 2021
Indigenous monitor role appointment faces privacy concerns: B.C. police watchdog
SURREY, B.C. - British Columbia's police watchdog has run into complications as it works to name an Indigenous civilian monitor for its investigation of the shooting death of a Tla-o-qui-aht man in Fe...
Jun 11, 2021
Vancouver MLA Michael Lee launches campaign for B.C. Liberal leadership
VANCOUVER - Legislature member Michael Lee is taking another run at the leadership of the B.C. Liberal party. Lee, who has represented the riding of Vancouver-Langara since 2017, hopes to succeed form...
Jun 10, 2021