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B.C. government says proposed insurance rate decrease is largest in 40 years
VANCOUVER - British Columbia's public insurance company is applying for a 15 per cent decrease in its basic rates. Solicitor General Mike Farnworth says if the request is approved by the B.C. Utilitie...
Dec 14, 2020
City, park board put plan in place to empty Vancouver tent encampment for homeless
VANCOUVER - The City of Vancouver and the park board have released a plan to shut down a growing homeless encampment in Strathcona Park that has led to tensions in the surrounding neighbourhood. Two p...
Dec 14, 2020
91 new cases of COVID-19 reported in Northern Health, 49 new deaths in B.C.
PRINCE GEORGE - Northern Health has 91 new cases of COVID-19 as BC Health Officials report 2,146 new cases of the virus since Friday.BC has also crossed over 10,000 active cases of the virus for the f...
Dec 14, 2020
Williams Lake man stabbed, woman in custody
WILLIAMS LAKE, B.C. - A Williams Lake man is in hospital after an early morning stabbing.According to a news release from Williams Lake RCMP, officers were called to a home in the 1000-block of Maple ...
Dec 14, 2020
Expansion during COVID
PRINCE GEORGE - It seems like an unusual time to be spending money to expand a business at the height of a global pandemic.But that's exactly what one downtown restauranteur is doing. Nancy O's owner ...
Dec 14, 2020
Trump says Barr resigning, will leave before Christmas
WASHINGTON - Attorney General William Barr, one of President Donald Trump's staunchest allies, is resigning amid lingering tension with the president over the president's baseless claims of election f...
Dec 14, 2020
Moose Hide campaign expands
PRINCE GEORGE - If you're driving on Highway 16 west, you may notice a new billboard.It was put up last week and is an extension of the Moose Hide Campaign, which is approaching its tenth year. The Mo...
Dec 14, 2020
Underdog Montreal Impact in for tough test against Honduran club CD Olimpia
Preparing to play has looked a little different for the Montreal Impact over the past few weeks. Instead of running on-field drills and refining tactics with teammates ahead of Tuesday's CONCACAF Cham...
Dec 14, 2020
US COVID-19 deaths top 300,000 just as vaccinations begin
The U.S. death toll from the coronavirus topped 300,000 Monday just as the country began dispensing COVID-19 shots in a monumental campaign to conquer the outbreak. The number of dead rivals the popul...
Dec 14, 2020
Ottawa announces $3.16 billion to plant two billion trees over the next decade
ST. JOHN'S, N.L. - The Canadian government says it will spend $3.16 billion over the next ten years to plant two billion trees across the country. Natural Resources Minister Seamus O'Regan made the fu...
Dec 14, 2020