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Santa spreads holiday cheer at the UHNBC pediatric ward
PRINCE GEORGE - Christmas came early for the pediatric centre at the University Hospital of Northern British Columbia (UHNBC), as Santa Claus left the North Pole early to visit the children there and ...
Dec 20, 2023
BCCA wants to hear from you
PRINCE GEORGE - Major projects across the north, such as the Coastal Gaslink pipeline are winding down, representing billions of dollars. But the B.C. Construction Association has pegged about $174 bi...
Dec 20, 2023
Canadian para skier Guimond picks up super-G gold, bronze at World Cup stop
STEINACH AM BRENNER, Austria - Canadian para skier Alexis Guimond made two trips to the podium at a World Cup super-G stop on Wednesday. Guimond, from Gatineau, Que., skied to gold in the event's seco...
Dec 20, 2023
Quebec, Inuit to reopen self-government negotiations in new year
MONTREAL - The Quebec government and the organization that officially represents Inuit in the province are reopening negotiations around self-government for the province's Far North. Pita Aatami, pres...
Dec 20, 2023
Woman, 72, uses shovel to chase naked intruder from her Vancouver home, police say
VANCOUVER - Police say a 72-year-old woman used a shovel to chase a combative and naked man from her Vancouver home on Tuesday night. Vancouver police say in a statement the man entered the home by sm...
Dec 20, 2023
Woman, 72, uses shovel to chase naked intruder from her Vancouver home, police say
VANCOUVER - Police say a 72-year-old woman used a shovel to chase a combative and naked man from her Vancouver home on Tuesday night. Vancouver police say in a statement the man entered the home by sm...
Dec 20, 2023
Hundreds of foreign-trained doctors boosting B.C. family medicine: Dix
RICHMOND, B.C. - British Columbia Health Minister Adrian Dix says almost all of the 666 international medical graduates registered in the province this year are now working as doctors, with more than ...
Dec 20, 2023
Keep loved ones in mind over the Christmas season
PRINCE GEORGE - The Prince George Chateau is home to 110 residents and for many, the holiday season can be an isolating time of year, which makes social connection and activities ever more imperative ...
Dec 20, 2023
Oregon State, Washington State eye affiliate membership in West Coast Conference, AP sources say
Oregon State and Washington State are working on a deal to become affiliate members of the West Coast Conference for basketball and other Olympic sports for two years, two people with knowledge of the...
Dec 20, 2023
Qapik Attagutsiak, last survivor of Inuit war effort and beloved elder, dies at 103
Qapik Attagutsiak was already a young woman in 1940, a mother at ease on the land and a skilled midwife, when she heard about a conflict occurring among many people in faraway lands. Qapik, who prefer...
Dec 20, 2023