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BC Coroners Service sees 'significant decline' in drug deaths, but reason unclear
VICTORIA - British Columbia has recorded its lowest monthly number of illicit drug overdose deaths in more than four years, part of what the BC Coroners Service says is a "significant decline" in fata...
Dec 09, 2024

BC Coroners Service sees 'significant decline' in drug deaths, but reason unclear
VICTORIA - British Columbia has recorded its lowest monthly number of illicit drug overdose deaths in more than four years, part of what the BC Coroners Service says is a "significant decline" in fata...
Dec 09, 2024

LGBTQ+ groups pushing for speedy court process, halt to Alberta transgender bill
EDMONTON - LGBTQ+ advocate organizations say they're working as quickly as possible to ask a court to stop the Alberta government from bringing into force a transgender law they say will cause immedia...
Dec 09, 2024

Sally Ann impacted by postal strike
PRINCE GEORGE - It is the busiest time of year for fundraising with the Salvation Army. In fact, more than two-thirds of the fundraising for an entire year happens between November 1st and the end of ...
Dec 09, 2024

Polygamous sect leader gets 50 years in prison in scheme to orchestrate sex involving children
PHOENIX (AP) - A polygamist religious leader who claimed more than 20 spiritual "wives" including 10 underage girls was sentenced to 50 years in prison on Monday for coercing girls as young as 9 years...
Dec 09, 2024

6 Guatemalans arrested and charged with human smuggling in deadly 2021 Mexico truck crash
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) - Six Guatemalans are charged with human smuggling linked to a semi-trailer truck crash in Mexico in 2021 that killed more than 50 migrants and were arrested in Guatemala and Texas ...
Dec 09, 2024

BC Conservatives urge Province to step up to help industries like Tidewater
PRINCE GEORGE - The $380-million Tidewater Renewables facility located adjacent to the former Husky Oil refinery celebrated its construction completion with a visit from Premier David Eby last June. "...
Dec 09, 2024

BC sees a "significant decrease" in overdose deaths but rates in Prince George remain high
PRINCE GEORGE- 155 British Columbians have died from toxic drugs in October this year. Preliminary findings from the BC Coroners Services says that while this is the lowest monthly total since Septemb...
Dec 09, 2024

B.C. selects nine wind power projects to boost energy supply by eight per cent a year
VANCOUVER - British Columbia has given the green light to nine wind energy projects that will boost the province's hydro-electric grid by eight per cent a year, enough to power 500,000 homes. Premier ...
Dec 09, 2024

FIFA vice-president says Canada's drone-spying at Olympics was 'completely stupid'
TORONTO - Canada's decision to deploy a drone to spy on a New Zealand training session at the Paris Olympics was "completely stupid," says FIFA vice-president Victor Montagliani. "In the sense that I ...
Dec 09, 2024