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Number of people in hospital with COVID-19 increases in B.C.
VANCOUVER - British Columbia is seeing an increase in the number of hospitalizations of patients with COVID-19. Weekly numbers released by the B.C. Centre for Disease Control show 596 people in hospit...
May 12, 2022
End of the road for Polars Hockey Program bus
PRINCE GEORGE - With anywhere from eight to 12 trips a day, and over 1,100 students transported since 2011, the iconic Polar Green bus will be set to retire and run its final trip from Prince George S...
May 12, 2022
New Story Institute Film School location coming to Prince George
PRINCE GEORGE - A partnership between Kopar Administration and Barker Street Cinema announced Thursday that Prince George would be the home to a brand new film school. Working with Vancouver's Story I...
May 12, 2022
Researchers in B.C. to map landslides in Fraser River, help protect salmon
VANCOUVER - British Columbia geoscientists are returning to the scene of a massive landslide on the Fraser River to map its effects and assess the risk of future slides on salmon. The landslide in Nov...
May 12, 2022
Results May 18: Balloting complete in membership review of Alberta Premier Kenney
EDMONTON, United Kingdom - Volunteers began checking voter identification Thursday in a mail-in leadership review of Alberta Premier Jason Kenney and, if so inclined, the public could watch a livestre...
May 12, 2022
Peterborough police investigating after protesters hurl insults at NDP's Singh
OTTAWA - Police are investigating after a video circulated on social media showed people hurling verbal abuse at NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh during a protest in Peterborough, Ont., this week. The federal...
May 12, 2022
Making money from waste
PRINCE GEORGE - The wastewater treatment facility on Landsdowne Road produces about 3000 cubic metres of biogas per day. It uses 18-hundred cubic metres to operate the plant, while the remainder, roug...
May 12, 2022
Yalenka Ukrainian Dancers win Gold at BC Ukrainian Dance Festival
PRINCE GEORGE- The Yalenka Community Hall may look like an ordinary building from the outside. But on the inside, the building is buzzing. Whether that's language & cultural classes taking place o...
May 12, 2022
RV'ers feel pinch at the pump
PRINCE GEORGE - It's a pastime many in this part of the world love. Getting into the great outdoors. But high gas prices are throwing a monkey wrench into those plans. Bobbie Carpino runs the Salmon V...
May 12, 2022
Former B.C. premier says Canada has taken a back seat to others in LNG market
VANCOUVER - Former British Columbia premier Christy Clark says Canada's natural gas industry is losing ground internationally because of government over-regulation, while Australia makes more gains in...
May 12, 2022