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Capitol siege by pro-Trump mob forces questions, ousters
WASHINGTON - The violent siege of the Capitol by President Donald Trump's supporters forced painful new questions across government Thursday - about his fitness to remain in office for two more weeks,...
Jan 07, 2021
COVID-19 restrictions extended to Feb. 5 in B.C. to 'hold the line'
VICTORIA - British Columbia's top doctor says COVID-19 restrictions that were set to expire Friday have been extended to Feb. 5. Dr. Bonnie Henry announced the extension while reporting eight more dea...
Jan 07, 2021
COVID-19 restrictions extended to Feb. 5 in B.C. to 'hold the line'
VICTORIA - British Columbia's top doctor says COVID-19 restrictions that were set to expire Friday have been extended to Feb. 5. Dr. Bonnie Henry announced the extension while reporting eight more dea...
Jan 07, 2021
Petition launched to push for student masks
PRINCE GEORGE - What started as a modest request from an eight-year-old girl in the form of a picture and ended up with an online petition urging the Board of Education for School District 57 to make ...
Jan 07, 2021
GOP's Loeffler concedes to Warnock in Georgia runoff
ATLANTA - Republican Sen. Kelly Loeffler on Thursday conceded to Democrat Raphael Warnock in one of two Georgia Senate runoffs that will give control of the U.S. Senate to Democrats. Loeffler, who was...
Jan 07, 2021
BC extends public health order banning social gatherings to February 5
VICTORIA - Provincial Health Officer Dr. Bonnie has announced 761 new cases of COVID-19 in British Columbia.That brings the total number of cases since the start of the pandemic in B.C. to 56,015. Of ...
Jan 07, 2021
Building Permits "surprising" for 2020
PRINCE GEORGE - The City has crunched the building permit numbers for 2020 and they're are a surprise. "Coming in to 2020, I thought they would be really good. Then everything that came with COVID, I ...
Jan 07, 2021
Prince George City Councillor encourages use of nuisance bylaw to address problem properties
PRINCE GEORGE - Problem properties. The issue is back in the spotlight after Wednesday's midday standoff at a home on 11th Avenue and Vancouver Street in Prince George.Prince George RCMP say the home ...
Jan 07, 2021
Homan's post-Scotties curling schedule uncertain with baby on way in spring
Skip Rachel Homan has pencilled in the Scotties Tournament of Hearts on her calendar next month for the Calgary curling bubble. If she were to win a fourth national women's title, it would make for a ...
Jan 07, 2021
Family demands better oversight of B.C. care homes after outbreak kills 41 residents
VANCOUVER - The last time Bernadette Cheung saw her grandmother, she looked smaller somehow. It was August and the isolation of the pandemic had taken a toll, but the elderly woman with dementia still...
Jan 07, 2021