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Northern Health issues overdose alert
PRINCE GEORGE - Northern Health has issued a toxic drug alert for Prince George. The health authority says there's been an increase in overdose events in town with the reported substance being sold as...
Apr 22, 2022

Ecole College Heights students plant trees for Earth Day
PRINCE GEORGE - It's Earth Day and the students from Ecole College Heights are taking it very seriously with a special project. "Some of our trees and some of our trees had to be taken down because of...
Apr 22, 2022

The race is on to make the final ballot for the Conservative party leadership
OTTAWA - Conservative leadership candidates have until next Friday to submit the paperwork, $300,000 worth of fees and nomination signatures needed to ensure they are on the final ballot. Some have al...
Apr 22, 2022

Struggling Whitecaps go back to basics as they look for answers in Austin
VANCOUVER - It's been a rough start to the season for the Vancouver Whitecaps. With a single win in seven games, the 'Caps (1-5-1) linger near the bottom of Major League Soccer's Western Conference st...
Apr 22, 2022

Canada's top athletes begin mobilizing to change high-performance culture
Canada's top athletes are willing to repair breaches in trust with those who manage them, say their leaders, but the question is how. In what she's called a crisis, new Canadian sports minister Pascal...
Apr 22, 2022

City of Ottawa reclaims some of the $558,000 stolen in fraud scam
OTTAWA - The City of Ottawa says it will reclaim at least some of the funds that were stolen after the local Salvation Army homeless shelter was targeted by fraudsters. Last week, city treasurer Wendy...
Apr 22, 2022

First Nation 'shocked' by B.C.'s decision not to amend case based on new policy
VANCOUVER - The lawyer for a B.C. First Nation challenging the province in a land rights trial says the government's decision not to adjust the case based on its own new litigation directives "undermi...
Apr 22, 2022

Ottawa Redblacks announce that quarterback Devlin (Duck) Hodges has retired
OTTAWA - Quarterback Devlin (Duck) Hodges has retired, the Ottawa Redblacks announced Friday. The six-foot-one, 210-pound Hodges appeared in four games with Ottawa last season, his first in the CFL. T...
Apr 22, 2022

NFL draft guru Jeremiah suggests Canadian Metchie could be nice fit with Browns
If Jarvis Landry is done with the Cleveland Browns, NFL draft guru Daniel Jeremiah suggests Canadian John Metchie III could be a nice fit with the club. Cleveland released Landry, a five-time Pro Bowl...
Apr 22, 2022

Three Canadian companies win $1-million awards each for carbon removal technology
VANCOUVER - Three Canadian companies with carbon capture technologies have won $1 million each from entrepreneur Elon Musk's foundation. The University of British Columbia says in a news release that ...
Apr 22, 2022