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B.C. government launches phone line to provide same-day access to opioid treatment
VANCOUVER - The British Columbia government is expanding access to drug-addiction treatment by launching a confidential and free phone line offering same-day connections to doctors and health-care pro...
Aug 27, 2024

Spruce Kings GM optimistic for a bounce back 2024-25 season
PRINCE GEORGE- The Spruce Kings are preparing to enter their 29th season in the BCHL, coming off one of their toughest to date. They won just 16 of 54 games and General Manager Mike Hawes expected it ...
Aug 27, 2024

Petition launched to bring a psychiatric hospital to Northern B.C.
PRINCE GEORGE - A Prince George psychiatrist has written a letter to city council and started an online petition, calling for the development of a psychiatric hospital in Northern B.C. The psychiatris...
Aug 27, 2024

'Loopy', 'whacky' or a 'big blue tent'? Growing pains for Rustad's B.C. Conservatives
VICTORIA - When BC United staged a news conference in Victoria last week, party officials turned up with a prop - a literal tinfoil hat, emblazoned with a B.C. Conservative Party logo and the words "5...
Aug 27, 2024

'Loopy', 'whacky' or a 'big blue tent'? Growing pains for Rustad's B.C. Conservatives
VICTORIA - When BC United staged a news conference in Victoria last week, party officials turned up with a prop - a literal tinfoil hat, emblazoned with a B.C. Conservative Party logo and the words "5...
Aug 27, 2024

Wheelin' Warriors get closer to their fundraising goal
PRINCE GEORGE - The Wheelin' Warriors Tour de Cure wrapped up in the Lower Mainland and it was a big success.Each year, riders from all across the province converge on the Lower Mainland for a fundrai...
Aug 27, 2024

BC United pledge to relocate Ministry of Forests to Prince George
PRINCE GEORGE - BC United has pledged to relocate the Ministry of Forests head office to Prince George from Victoria if it wins government in October. It's part of the party's forestry strategy which ...
Aug 27, 2024

Prepping for school
PRINCE GEORGE - Just under 13,000 kids are heading back to School District 57's 32 elementary and 8 secondary schools. Prep work for students can be different, depending on the age of the student, sta...
Aug 27, 2024

Feds file new indictment in Trump Jan. 6 case, keeping charges intact but narrowing allegations
WASHINGTON (AP) - Special counsel Jack Smith on Tuesday filed a new indictment against Donald Trump over his efforts to undo the 2020 presidential election that keeps the same criminal charges but nar...
Aug 27, 2024

Feds file new indictment in Trump Jan. 6 case, keeping charges intact but narrowing allegations
WASHINGTON (AP) - Special counsel Jack Smith on Tuesday filed a new indictment against Donald Trump that keeps the same criminal charges but narrows the allegations against him following a Supreme Cou...
Aug 27, 2024