Laura Brougham
Digital News Editor at CHEK-TV (Victoria, BC)
Digital news editor for @CHEK_News | Find me on Mastodon (@[email protected]) and Post News (@LauraBrougham) | she/her
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3 days ago |
cheknews.ca | Brenna Owen |Laura Brougham
British Columbia’s Fraser Health authority says measles infections have been confirmed in three Chilliwack residents since Friday and the cases appear to have been acquired locally. A statement from Fraser Health says the three had no reported travel history and it is investigating to determine the source of infection. The cases are in people who have not been vaccinated against measles.
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4 days ago |
cheknews.ca | Brieanna Charlebois |Laura Brougham
The BC Wildfire Service says cool and rainy weather that has helped temper fire activity is expected to continue this week, though drought conditions will persist in the northeast. It says that means that region remains dry and at risk for new fire starts. The service says isolated thunderstorms are forecast for the south and central Interior.
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3 weeks ago |
cheknews.ca | Laura Brougham
John Rustad, the leader of the B.C. Conservatives, has reopened a conversation of returning the John A. Macdonald statue outside of Victoria City Hall, in a video calling for support of a pipeline. Rustad shared a video to X (formerly Twitter) in which he references Macdonald’s vision of building a rail line across the country. “He had a vision for a country that could stand independent of the United States, that could stand for being able to have a promise of a prosperous future,” Rustad said.
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3 weeks ago |
cheknews.ca | Laura Brougham
A woman who is alleged to have been offering midwife services without being licensed to do so, leading to the death of an infant girl in Ladysmith, has lost her bid to have an investigator removed from working on her case. Gloria Lemay is currently under investigation by the BC College of Nurses and Midwives, who allege she was working as a midwife without a license “and specifically an incident that occurred on January 5, 2024,” a B.C. Supreme Court decision states.
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3 weeks ago |
cheknews.ca | Catherine Morrison |Laura Brougham
Almost two in five Canadians say recent court rulings in the U.S., and the ongoing legal battle over President Donald Trump’s tariffs, have made them feel less confident in the future of trade relations, a new poll suggests. The poll suggests that 38 per cent of Canadians say they feel less confident now about the future of Canada-U.S. trade as well as trade between the U.S. and other countries.
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