Author Archives: Greg Fry
Raising a glass to the end of prohibition
It will be 100 years next Tuesday, June 15 since the first nine government liquor stores opened in B.C. marking the end of prohibition.The BC Liquor Distribution Branch (LDB) and BC Liquor Stores are ...
Jun 10, 2021
Loosening COVID restrictions, Trudeau leaves for G7 summit: In The News for June 10
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 10 ... What we are watching in Canada ......
Jun 10, 2021
Woman says her mother put her up for adoption to avoid Kamloops residential school
LANGLEY, BRITISH COLUMBIA, B.C. - Tina Taphouse has spent a lot of time lately reflecting on the impact the Kamloops Indian Residential School has had on her life's path. Taphouse didn't go to the sch...
Jun 09, 2021
Feds to lift 14-day quarantine requirement for fully vaccinated Canadian travellers
OTTAWA - The federal government is set to announce today that fully vaccinated Canadian travellers will no longer need to spend 14 days in quarantine upon arriving home. A federal source familiar with...
Jun 09, 2021
B.C. moves toward inclusive universal child care
VICTORIA - The provincial government has announced new legislation aimed at advancing universal child care and increasing wage stability for early childhood educators (ECEs).The introduction of the ea...
Jun 08, 2021
PM hints at easing border restrictions for fully vaccinated travellers, eventually
WASHINGTON - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says Canada will eventually take steps to ease border restrictions for fully vaccinated people - but he's not saying when. Nor is Trudeau providing details a...
Jun 08, 2021
Canadian Armed Forces reports 16 military suicides in 2020
OTTAWA - The Canadian Armed Forces says 16 service members took their own lives last year. That represents a slight decline from the 20 military suicides reported in 2019, which was the largest number...
Jun 08, 2021
London incident that killed four Muslim family members a 'terrorist attack': Trudeau
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says the attack in London, Ont., that killed four members of a Muslim family and left one child in hospital was an act of terrorism. After observing a moment of silence f...
Jun 08, 2021
Speaker rules conduct of urinating MP constitutes prima facie case of contempt
OTTAWA - Speaker Anthony Rota has ruled that the conduct of a Liberal MP who urinated during virtual parliamentary proceedings constitutes a prima facie case of contempt of the House of Commons. Rota ...
Jun 07, 2021
Lotto Max jackpot soars to record levels ahead of Tuesday draw
NANAIMO - What would you do with $70 million?The jackpot for the Tuesday, June 8 Lotto Max draw will again sit at the maximum amount after no-one matched the right numbers on Friday, June 4.With the r...
Jun 07, 2021