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Local sports looking for 'light at the end of the tunnel' after new restrictions
PRINCE GEORGE - There are a number of local sports organizations affected by the latest health order, and it's not just the adults feeling the effects.All adult team sports are currently banned in BC,...
Dec 04, 2020
Police watchdog to probe Anahim Lake-area car crash, RCMP response
ANAHIM LAKE, B.C. - B.C.'s police watchdog will look into a bizarre series of events near Anahim Lake earlier this fall.According to the Independent Investigations Officer, it began October 11 with a ...
Dec 04, 2020
Kings optimistic about BCHL regular season
Friday was supposed to be the start of the BCHL regular season.However, that is not the case due to the new protocols put in place by the B.C government.Right now all of the teams in the BCHL are in a...
Dec 04, 2020
Northern Health shatters another daily record with 50 new cases of COVID-19
PRINCE GEORGE - For the second time this week, Northern Health has shattered single-day case records counting 50 new cases of COVID-19 reported Friday.Provincially, BC totalled 711 new cases of COVID-...
Dec 04, 2020
Toronto FC's Jonathan Osorio handed one-game suspension, fine for violent conduct
TORONTO - Midfielder Jonathan Osorio has been handed a one-game suspension and undisclosed fine for violent conduct in Toronto FC's 1-0 playoff loss to Nashville SC. Hacked to the ground in the 32nd m...
Dec 04, 2020
Positive COVID-19 case confirmed at Apollo Forest Products
FORT ST. JAMES - Sinclar Group Forest Products has confirmed there's been one positive case of COVID-19 among its workforce at Apollo Forest Products in Fort St. James.In a statement, the company says...
Dec 04, 2020
Mexico City hospitals are filling up, but so are the streets
MEXICO CITY - Sometimes Latin American dance tunes on the radio - salsa, cumbia, ranchera - bring a little cheer into the emergency room of Mexico City's Ajusco Medio hospital, which is operating well...
Dec 04, 2020
Canadian men to open 2022 World Cup qualifying campaign against Bermuda in March
Canada will open its 2022 World Cup qualifying campaign March 25 at home to Bermuda, the first of a possible 20 matches the Canadian men will have to play if they are to book their ticket to Qatar. Th...
Dec 04, 2020
Former B.C. social worker arrested, facing fraud charges: RCMP
KELOWNA, B.C. - The RCMP say the B.C. Prosecution Service has approved 13 charges against a former social worker alleged to have stolen money from foster children in his care. The Mounties say in a ne...
Dec 04, 2020
Ex-MP says no 'backroom' dealings involved in subcontract for 10,000 ventilators
OTTAWA - A former Liberal MP whose medical company was subcontracted as part of a $237-million ventilator deal with the federal government says no "backroom" business factored into the agreement. Fran...
Dec 04, 2020