Author Archives:
Manitoba, three Atlantic provinces to start COVID-19 vaccinations
More provinces are planning to administer their first doses of the COVID-19 vaccine today. Manitoba says high-priority health workers will be getting the Pfizer-BioNtech vaccine. Nova Scotia, Prince E...
Dec 16, 2020
'Build it and they will come': Canada's public transit looks to rebound from COVID-19
MONTREAL - The COVID-19 pandemic has led to massive declines in public transit ridership across Canada, yet many cities decided to maintain service levels this year, while others even chose to expand....
Dec 16, 2020
Virus shuts many UK theatres but online the show goes on
LONDON - When Andrew Lincoln steps onstage at London's Old Vic Theatre as Ebenezer Scrooge in "A Christmas Carol," he looks out on an empty auditorium. The spectators are beyond the theatre walls, in ...
Dec 16, 2020
Search continues for remaining five scallop fishers after one found dead late Tuesday
HILLSBURN, N.S. - One of the six missing scallop fishers was found dead late Tuesday evening as teams search the shores near a Nova Scotia village for the remaining five. Rev. Bob Elliott, the pastor ...
Dec 15, 2020
AP Interview: Flattening curve wasn’t enough for New Zealand
WELLINGTON, New Zealand - New Zealand this year pulled off a moonshot that remains the envy of most other nations: It eliminated the coronavirus. But the goal was driven as much by fear as it was ambi...
Dec 15, 2020
CONCACAF Champions League win not enough to extend Montreal Impact's season
ORLANDO, Fla. - In a year stacked with adversity, a win wasn't quite enough for the Montreal Impact Tuesday night. The squad took a gritty 1-0 victory over Honduran club CD Olimpia in Orlando, where t...
Dec 15, 2020
Westcoast Olefins moving multi-billion dollar project back to Prince George
PRINCE GEORGE - Prince George's economy could see a big boost, thanks to a multi-billion dollar investment from Westcoast Olefins for a new petrochemical complex in the BCR Industrial site.CEO & P...
Dec 15, 2020
Doherty outlines next steps for National Suicide Hotline to get up and running
PRINCE GEORGE - MP for Cariboo- Prince George, Todd Doherty is celebrating after his bill to get Canada a three-digit National Suicide Hotline was passed unanimously in the House of Commons.Doherty sa...
Dec 15, 2020
Two more Prince George schools exposed to COVID-19
PRINCE GEORGE - Ecole Heather Park Elementary and Westwood Elementary have been added to Northern Health's list of schools possibly exposed to COVID-19.Exposure dates for Heather Park include December...
Dec 15, 2020
Canadian junior team defenceman Thomas Harley an Edmonton "bubble" veteran
Thomas Harley has hockey "bubble" know-how.When the Canadian team arrived in Edmonton for the world junior hockey championship, the 19-year-old defenceman's insider knowledge on setting up his video g...
Dec 15, 2020