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PRINCE GEORGE - "Given that the alarming rate of suicide in Canada constitutes a national health crisis, the House [of Commons] calls on the government to take immediate action in collaboration with o...
Dec 05, 2024

2023 a near-record year for research income at UNBC
PRINCE GEORGE - Research funding at the University of Northern BC (UNBC) remains at near-record levels. UNBC earned $17.7 million in research in 2023, according to the latest edition of Canada's Top 5...
Dec 05, 2024

Blackhawks fire coach Luke Richardson in his 3rd season after league-worst start
CHICAGO (AP) - The Chicago Blackhawks fired coach Luke Richardson on Thursday, with the team off to the worst start in the league nearly a third of the way through his third season. The Blackhawks are...
Dec 05, 2024

Quebec premier to attend Notre-Dame Cathedral reopening Saturday in Paris
QUBEC - Quebec Premier Franois Legault will attend the inauguration and reopening of Notre-Dame Cathedral in Paris on Saturday. The historic church was renovated and rebuilt after being ravaged by a f...
Dec 05, 2024

NHL stars relish chance to play best-on-best hockey at 4 Nations Face-Off
Brady Tkachuk remembers skipping school to watch his dad play in the 2006 Olympics. Now it's his turn - finally - to play international hockey against the best players in the world. The Ottawa Senator...
Dec 05, 2024

Quebec police say cutting blood-alcohol limit to .05 would save up to 14 lives a year
QUBEC - The Quebec government remained opposed to lowering the legal blood-alcohol limit in the province on Thursday, despite a provincial police study that estimates reducing the limit to .05 would s...
Dec 05, 2024

Chief 'disappointed' to see clean water used as a political 'tactic' by Conservatives
OTTAWA - Cowessess First Nation Chief Erica Beaudin says she is "disappointed' that Conservative House Leader Andrew Scheer used clean drinking water legislation as a political "tactic." Bill C-61 rec...
Dec 05, 2024

NASA delays Artemis mission featuring Canadian astronaut to 2026
MONTREAL - Canadian astronaut Jeremy Hansen's trip to the moon has been delayed once again. NASA announced Thursday that the next mission in the Artemis program - sending four astronauts around the mo...
Dec 05, 2024

B.C. children's minister stepping away from role after colorectal cancer diagnosis
British Columbia's Minister of Children and Family Development Grace Lore says she has been diagnosed with colorectal cancer and is temporarily stepping away from her role as minister. Lore says in a ...
Dec 05, 2024

B.C. children's minister stepping away from role after colorectal cancer diagnosis
British Columbia's Minister of Children and Family Development Grace Lore says she has been diagnosed with colorectal cancer and is temporarily stepping away from her role as minister. Lore says in a ...
Dec 05, 2024