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Occupants are asked to report to the TNRD at McArthur Island Sport and Event Centre in Kamloops, remaining in or near the vehicle in which you arrive. Meantime, the B.C. Wildfire Service has updated the size of the Sparks Lake wildfire to 750 hectares as of Tuesday afternoon. The fire is burning out of control north of Kamloops Lake, near Red Lake. Elsewhere, TNRD declared a State of Local Emergency due to the wildfire in Electoral Area “J” — Copper Desert Country. By declaring a State of...

B.C. health officials say mixing mRNA vaccines is safe, effective Provincial health officer Dr. Bonnie Henry talks about B.C.s plan to restart the province during a news conference at the legislature in Victoria, Tuesday, May 25, 2021. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Chad Hipolito June 22, 2021 - 5:14 PM PRINCE GEORGE, B.C. - British Columbias provincial health officer is encouraging anyone who is offered a different COVID-19 vaccine than the one they first received to take i...

by Province of British Columbia on Monday Jun 14 2021 Premier John Horgan said this next step means seeing more of the people we love, visiting more of our favourite places and safely celebrating the major milestones we’ve missed. Beginning on Tuesday, June 15, 2021, British Columbia will take the next step in safely bringing people back together, transitioning into Step 2 of BC’s Restart plan, including lifting restrictions on travel within B.C.  “Thanks...

  VANCOUVER -- Police never ticketed anyone at the road checks set up to enforce B.C.s temporary travel ban, which is being lifted on Tuesday. B.C. first announced its travel ban, prohibiting locals from moving between three health regions, on April 23. The rules were meant to help curb the spread of COVID-19 and on June 15, that ban is being lifted.  Starting on May 6, the RCMP established regular road checks highway points between the health regions. Those included checks at Highway 1 n...

  VANCOUVER -- As British Columbians emerge from isolation and re-engage with friends and the outside world, 911 calls are already surging, and first responders are sounding the alarm as they warn people to be extra safe over the summer. B.C.’s health minister recently revealed that June 2 saw the third-highest call volume for 911 in B.C. history, and CTV News Vancouver has learned that the first Saturday after the province lifted so-called “circuit breaker” restrictions saw exception...

Too bad Carter isn’t the Democrat candidate for Governor, instead of that corrupt, Clinonite oaf McAuliffe. “Former Department of Health data analyst Rebekah Jones announces campaign for Congress” [WPTV]. “Jones has alleged that she was forced to manipulate COVID-19 data while working for the Department of Health. DeSantis and other state officials have denied this. Gaetz, meanwhile, is embroiled in scandal involving a federal investigation into whether the Republican congressman from F...

Prodded by Congress, a few months back the FCC launched the Emergency Broadband Benefit, a $3.2 billion program designed to provide...

Police can and will issue fines for travel violations under the BC Emergency Program Act, according to Trail RCMP Sgt. Mike Wicentowich, who provided a case-in-point as follows: "On Saturday, May 29, at 5:15 p.m., a BC Highway Patrol officer was conducting a vehicle patrol when he was alerted to a man in distress on Seven Mile Dam Road in Trail," Wicentowich said. "Trail and

The Senate should support the Safe Interactions Act and the HELP Act to make our cities and towns safer for both law enforcement personnel and people with disabilities.

A top official at the WHO said that the investigations into Covid-19 origins have been “very unfair to the scientists” due to politicization of the topic.