Author Archives: Syndicated Content

B.C. First Nation to start new radar search near former Kamloops residential school
KAMLOOPS, B.C. - The B.C. First Nation whose discovery of unmarked graves on the grounds of a former residential school sparked a national reckoning over Canada’s treatment of Indigenous Peoples...
Canadian Press May 19, 2022

B.C. First Nation to start new radar search near former Kamloops residential school
KAMLOOPS, B.C. - The B.C. First Nation whose discovery of unmarked graves on the grounds of a former residential school sparked a national reckoning over Canada’s treatment of Indigenous Peoples...
Canadian Press May 19, 2022

540 people in B.C. hospitalized with COVID-19, milder cases among vaccinated
VANCOUVER - The latest figures on COVID-19 show 540 people in British Columbia are currently hospitalized with the virus, 49 of them in critical care. The BC Centre for Disease Control says 59 people ...
Canadian Press May 19, 2022

Timeline of Canada’s decision to bar Huawei, ZTE from 5G networks
OTTAWA - Innovation Minister Francois-Philippe Champagne said Thursday Chinese telecoms Huawei and ZTE will be prohibited from parts of Canada’s telecommunications networks. Here are some key da...
Canadian Press May 19, 2022

Abbotsford commercial poultry flock latest to test positive for avian flu in B.C.
ABBOTSFORD, B.C. - Avian flu has been found in a commercial flock in the Fraser Valley, the same area where 80 per cent of British Columbia’s poultry farms are located. B.C.’s Ministry of ...
Canadian Press May 19, 2022

‘Horrifically, grisly scene’: Remains of woman found near Winnipeg apartment block
WINNIPEG - Police say a “horrifically, grisly scene” near an apartment building where the partial remains of a woman were discovered this week has also taken investigators to a landfill. C...
Canadian Press May 19, 2022

Health minister pledges support for Ukraine as WHO confirms attacks on health care
OTTAWA - Health Minister Jean-Yves Duclos is pledging to rouse support from his international colleagues for Ukraine’s besieged health system. Duclos penned a letter to his Ukrainian counterpart...
Canadian Press May 19, 2022

B.C. to end fossil fuel subsidies under new oil and gas royalty system
VICTORIA - British Columbia is changing its decades-old royalty system, the fees it charges companies to extract publicly owned oil and gas, in an effort to align with provincial climate goals. Premie...
Canadian Press May 19, 2022

Canada to ban China’s Huawei Technologies from 5G networks, sources say
OTTAWA - Senior government officials say the Liberals have decided to ban Chinese vendor Huawei Technologies from Canada’s long-awaited blueprint for next-generation mobile networks. The develop...
Canadian Press May 19, 2022

RCMP seeking accommodations for officers testifying at N.S. mass shooting inquiry
HALIFAX - The RCMP say the commission of inquiry into the 2020 mass shooting in Nova Scotia would be violating its own rules if Mounties who have endured trauma were called to testify without some for...
Canadian Press May 19, 2022