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Holiday CounterAttack roadchecks begin on Saturday
PRINCE GEORGE-Nearly a quarter of all car crash fatalities in B.C. involve impaired driving. Which is why ICBC and the RCMP have begun their month-long education and enforcement campaign to combat imp...
Nov 30, 2023
Montreal youth facing trial for double murder arrested in jail for two other killings
MONTREAL - An 18-year-old Montreal man who is now facing charges in connection with two double homicides committed last year will return to court in January. The man - who was 17 at the time of the al...
Nov 30, 2023
Powder King opens Friday
PRINCE GEORGE-After multiple delays due to a lack of snow Powder King will officially open on Friday December 1, 2023. it snowed 18cm of snow 72 hours ago. 85 cm is at the top and 40 cm at the base. T...
Nov 30, 2023
Survey finds scientists feel interference in research has lessened but still occurs
A survey of hundreds of scientists has found nearly one in 10 say they have experienced political or workplace pressure to alter their findings. The survey in a newly published research paper says the...
Nov 30, 2023
Create national breast-implant registry to help prevent complications: committee
OTTAWA - The House of Commons health committee is echoing long-standing calls from plastic surgeons and patient advocates for a national breast-implant registry to prevent illness and problems linked ...
Nov 30, 2023
Canadian women's ski jump team chases excellence from base abroad
Certified bee keeper Abigail Strate sees a parallel between a hive and the Canadian women's ski jump team based in Slovenia. "There doesn't really seem to be a queen bee, but we're all just kind of wo...
Nov 30, 2023
Time to table online harms bill, experts, advocates, researchers say in open letter
OTTAWA - An open letter from experts the government convened last year to provide advice on legislating against online harms is urging Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to table legislation. The letter pu...
Nov 30, 2023
CP NewsAlert: Claims of toxic workplace at CSIS absolutely 'devastating': PM says
AJAX, Ont. - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says allegations of a toxic workplace culture, involving harassment and sexual assault at Canada's spy agency are "devastating" and "absolutely unacceptable....
Nov 30, 2023
Hockey Canada says almost 1,900 maltreatment complaints received in 2022-23
TORONTO - Hockey Canada says a new independent third-party complaint mechanism received information on almost 1,900 potential cases of maltreatment during its first season. The data is contained in th...
Nov 30, 2023
B.C. Human Rights Commissioner examines care and rights of vulnerable adults in B.C.
VANCOUVER - The British Columbia law that allows certain agencies to take over the affairs of abused, neglected or incapacitated adults is under scrutiny by the province's human rights commissioner an...
Nov 30, 2023