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J&J vaccine can be used for people over 30 but mRNA vaccines still preferred: NACI
OTTAWA - The National Advisory Committee on Immunization says the Johnson & Johnson vaccine should be limited to people over the age of 30 who don't want to wait for Pfizer-BioNTech or Moderna. Th...
May 03, 2021

Liberals' sweeping budget bill includes $15 minimum wage and election-law changes
OTTAWA - The federal Liberals' bill to enact parts of their budget includes changes to emergency aid, taxes and a $15 national minimum wage alongside other items such as an election-law amendment. The...
May 03, 2021

Save-On-Foods partnership commits $10M over five years to fuel local sport
LANGLEY - Loyalty program More Rewards is partnering with Save-On-Foods on a program designed to reward athletes at every level.Over the next five years, Fueling Sport will provide more than 500 amate...
May 03, 2021

Northern Homicide Investigation Unit coming?
PRINCE GEORGE - The City is looking to pull together its own Northern BC Integrated Homicide Unit. The RCMP detachment's Serious Crimes Unit handles homicides within the city but the City would like t...
May 03, 2021

More than 5,000 international air travellers positive for COVID-19 since February
OTTAWA - More than 5,000 people tested positive for COVID-19 after flying back to Canada since mandatory quarantine hotels began in late February. That includes 3,748 people who tested positive the da...
May 03, 2021

Nunavut capital declares local state of emergency as COVID-19 cases rise
IQALUIT, Nunavut - Iqaluit's city council has declared a local state of emergency over rising numbers of COVID-19 cases. The capital city of about 8,000 people has 81 of the territory's 85 active case...
May 03, 2021

COVID-19 exposure at Chilcotin Road Elementary in Williams Lake
WILLIAMS LAKE, B.C. - A Williams Lake school has popped up on the Interior Health school COVID-19 exposure list.The exposure was recorded at Chilcotin Road Elementary on Tuesday and Wednesday of last ...
May 03, 2021

Bobby Unser, 87, Indy 500 champ in great racing family, dies
Bobby Unser, a three-time Indianapolis 500 winner and part of the only pair of brothers to win "The Greatest Spectacle in Racing" has died. He was 87. He died Sunday at his home in Albuquerque, New Me...
May 03, 2021

NY Times, Washington Post, NBC correct articles on Giuliani
NEW YORK - The Washington Post, New York Times and NBC News all issued similar corrections to stories regarding Rudolph Giuliani, former President Donald Trump's personal lawyer, and his dealings in U...
May 03, 2021

Opposition blasts Liberals after debate to call PM's top aide on Vance cancelled
OTTAWA - Opposition parties are up in arms after a parliamentary committee meeting in which members were expected to debate calling Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's chief of staff to testify was cancel...
May 03, 2021