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Nearly 8 out of 10 Canadians against MP pay raise
BRITISH COLUMBIA - The Canadian Taxpayers Federation released results from a Leger poll showing 79 percent of Canadians are against members of Parliament taking their third pay raise during the pandem...
Feb 23, 2022
BC Budget good for the North?
PRINCE GEORGE - Budget 2022 could be described in one word: spending. It set out massive increases in spending, despite a post-pandemic economic recovery that exceeded all provinces in the country. "M...
Feb 23, 2022
RCMP seek man wanted for B & E, theft
PRINCE GEORGE - The Prince George RCMP is seeking your help in locating a wanted man.Thirty-eight-year-old Aaron Duncan is wanted for break and enter to a dwelling house, theft under $5000 and failing...
Feb 23, 2022
UNBC Research gets another feather
PRINCE GEORGE - UNBC is fast becoming renowned in its research around weather systems and it's broadening its work.Dr. Stephen Dery has received nearly $100,000 from the Canada Foundation for Innovati...
Feb 23, 2022
Alberta government promises historic health spending blitz in provincial budget
EDMONTON - Alberta Premier Jason Kenney says the provincial budget will include an unprecedented blitz of health-care spending powered by a roaring, re-energized economy. Kenney announced $1.8-billion...
Feb 23, 2022
NBC's scores are in: Record low Olympics ratings
NEW YORK (AP) - The final scores are in, and NBC is no doubt happy to put the Beijing Winter Olympics in the rear-view mirror. The games reached an average combined audience of 11.4 million people in ...
Feb 23, 2022
Sartini, Vancouver Whitecaps look to continue building in 2022 MLS season
VANCOUVER - The Vancouver Whitecaps are hoping their momentum has staying power as they head into another Major League Soccer season. The 'Caps surged through the last three months of the season, fini...
Feb 23, 2022
Ottawa allocates close to $12 million for Indigenous commercial fisheries in B.C.
NANAIMO, B.C. - Fisheries and Oceans Canada says it's contributing $11.8 million to support Indigenous commercial fisheries in British Columbia. Fisheries Minister Joyce Murray announced the funding a...
Feb 23, 2022
Canada signs agreement with AstraZeneca on preventative COVID-19 treatment
OTTAWA - The Canadian government has signed an agreement with pharmaceutical company AstraZeneca to procure 100,000 doses of a COVID-19 antibody therapy that's still under review by Health Canada. A r...
Feb 23, 2022
Feds commit $140M to keep temporary staff hired to eliminate veterans' backlog
OTTAWA - Veterans Affairs Minister Lawrence MacAulay says the federal government will spend nearly $140 million over the next two years to retain temporary staff hired to deal with a backlog of disabi...
Feb 23, 2022