Physician says frequent retesting for COVID-19 could be slowing things down
CALGARY (660 NEWS) – As the number of COVID-19 cases grows, so too do the number of people getting tested, and in some cases, retested. However, the sheer number of tests could be slowing down the...
View ArticleCanada-U.S. land border closure extended a month
VANCOUVER (NEWS 1130) – The Canada-U.S. land border closure has been extended, yet again. The border will stay closed to all-but-essential travel until at least Oct. 21. The news was first confirmed in...
View ArticleShould Canada cut ties with the British monarchy?
CALGARY (660 NEWS) – The conversation over whether Canada should break away from the British monarchy has been reignited. It comes following a decision last week from the Caribbean nation of Barbados...
View ArticleCOVID-19 task force worries Trump’s rush to approve vaccine will spook Canadians
OTTAWA — Members of the federal government’s COVID-19 vaccine task force are casting worried eyes at the Trump administration’s political push to get a vaccine approved before the U.S. presidential...
View ArticleCanada could see 10,000 more COVID-19 cases in next week: Dr. Tam
OTTAWA — Canada is on track to record as many as 10,000 more cases of COVID-19 by next Friday, according to the latest federal modelling data. “Because daily reported cases will always lag behind...
View ArticleB.C. below 100 COVID-19 cases again as prime minister declares second wave
VICTORIA (NEWS 1130) — The province announced fewer than 100 new COVID-19 cases for the second straight day Wednesday, when Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said a second wave is underway in parts of...
View ArticleThe second wave of COVID-19 is already here, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says
OTTAWA (NEWS 1130) – Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has sent a clear message to Canadians: we aren’t on the brink of a second wave of COVID-19, it’s already here. In a plea to the nation Wednesday, the...
View ArticleCanadians spent significantly more time vacationing within our borders
VANCOUVER (NEWS 1130) — Canadians spent more time exploring this country this past summer than they did last year, new data from a popular travel site shows. According to booking.com, more than 80 per...
View ArticleCERB ends for millions of Canadians, new EI program takes its place
ONTARIO (680 NEWS) — The Canada Emergency Response Benefit has officially expired, even as COVID-19 cases rise across the country. Earlier this week, the Trudeau government sided with NDP demands to...
View ArticleOrange Shirt Day recognizes every child matters, fights to end racism
VANCOUVER (NEWS 1130) — Wednesday is Orange Shirt Day in Canada, a day to remember that every child matters and raise awareness about the history of residential schools. Started in 2013 by Phyllis...
View Article‘Move to Canada’ searches spike during U.S. presidential debate
VANCOUVER (NEWS 1130) — Google searches for “move to Canada” jumped as some Americans mulled the idea of leaving the U.S. soon after the chaotic presidential debate on Tuesday. “How to apply for...
View ArticleU.S. boater fined $1,000 for Quarantine Act violation
SURREY (NEWS 1130) — A 49-year-old man from Bellingham, Wash. has been fined $1,000 for violating the federal Quarantine Act after crossing into Canadian waters by boat to meet his girlfriend in...
View ArticleFederal Liberals revive bill to outlaw forced conversion therapy
OTTAWA — The federal Liberals have reintroduced a bill to ban forced conversion therapy in Canada. The government previously introduced the legislation in March, before Parliament shut down due to the...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Family reunification in Canada further complicated by COVID-19
VANCOUVER (NEWS 1130) — She met her husband while protesting the Iraq War in 2002. Eighteen years later, Jennifer Hasenknopf is in Vancouver waiting to be reunited with the father of her children, but...
View ArticleFeds allow extended family to enter Canada during pandemic
OTTAWA (NEWS 1130) — The federal government announced a new process Friday to allow extended family to enter Canada during the COVID-19 pandemic. Beginning Oct. 8, extended family members of Canadian...
View ArticleBorder changes will allow New Westminster couple to reunite after nine months
NEW WESTMINSTER (NEW 1130) — Kayla Riggs cried after hearing the federal government was going to allow extended family to enter into Canada during the COVID-19 pandemic. The changes mean the New...
View ArticleVancouver rally demands justice for Joyce Echaquan, decries ‘rampant racism’...
VANCOUVER (NEWS 1130) — Gitsxan Elder Michael Harris says the way Joyce Echaquan was treated as she lay dying in a Montreal-area hospital shows how “rampant racism” plagues healthcare in this country....
View ArticleExpert suggests skipping holidays this year as COVID-19 looms over...
TORONTO (NEWS 1130) – Amidst a second wave of the COVID-19 virus in B.C., one expert says this Thanksgiving holiday is ripe for further spread of the virus. Dionne Aleman, associate professor of...
View ArticleTrudeau, Trump speak about COVID-19 diagnosis, 2 Canadians detained in China
OTTAWA (NEWS 1130) — The Prime Minister and U.S. President chatted Saturday morning over efforts to free the ‘two Michaels’ detained in China as well as Donald Trump’s COVID-19 diagnosis. In a release,...
View ArticleChina denies Canadians ‘arbitrarily’ detained over Meng case
BEIJING — China on Monday denied that two Canadian citizens held for almost two years had been “arbitrarily” detained in response to Canada’s arrest of an executive of technology giant Huawei. Foreign...
View Article