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Province partners with Aboriginal Friendship Centres for new community fund
PRINCE GEORGE - After lengthy consultation and planning the BC government revealed a new Path Forward Community Fund geared towards addressing gender-based violence.The B.C. Association of Aboriginal ...
Apr 11, 2022
City considers grant to support homeless people
PRINCE GEORGE - The City of Prince George may ask the federal and provincial governments for money to help support unsheltered homeless people.City council is considering applying for the Strengthenin...
Apr 11, 2022
People injured in fire at residential building in downtown Vancouver: chief
VANCOUVER - Two people were taken to hospital and officials were trying to account for everyone who lived in a building that caught fire Monday in Vancouver's Gastown neighbourhood, the fire chief sai...
Apr 11, 2022
B.C. mayors dealing with flooding and wildfire damage call on feds to deliver funds
VANCOUVER - British Columbia mayors whose communities were devastated by last year's flooding and wildfires want the federal government to deliver billions of dollars in promised funding. Abbotsford M...
Apr 11, 2022
People injured in fire at residential building in downtown Vancouver: chief
VANCOUVER - Two people were taken to hospital and officials were trying to account for everyone who lived in a building that caught fire Monday in Vancouver's Gastown neighbourhood, the fire chief sai...
Apr 11, 2022
B.C. mayors dealing with flooding and wildfire damage call on feds to deliver funds
VANCOUVER - British Columbia mayors whose communities were devastated by last year's flooding and wildfires want the federal government to deliver billions of dollars in promised funding. Abbotsford M...
Apr 11, 2022
Association of friendship centres to steer $5M fund for Indigenous safety planning
VANCOUVER - The B.C. government's decision to put a fund for Indigenous safety planning in the hands of an Indigenous-led organization was hailed as a step toward reconciliation for the province. Lesl...
Apr 11, 2022
Food industry adjusting to large outbreak of avian flu in Canada, around the world
OTTAWA - Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada says the food industry is making adjustments to maintain supplies of poultry and eggs in the face of a large outbreak of avian flu in Canada and around the wo...
Apr 11, 2022
RCMP call distracted driving month efforts a success
PPRINCE GEORGE-Prince George RCMP's Municipal Traffic Services and its partner organizations ramped up enforcement during the month of March focusing attention on distracted driving. "Distracted drivi...
Apr 11, 2022
Ex-officer convicted of storming Capitol to disrupt Congress
WASHINGTON (AP) - A federal jury on Monday convicted a former Virginia police officer of storming the U.S. Capitol with another off-duty officer to obstruct Congress from certifying President Joe Bide...
Apr 11, 2022