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'My only wish:' Children asking pet charity to help their furry friends at Christmas
CALGARY - One child asks for a coat for her dog in case her family gets evicted. Another girl hopes Santa can bring her pet medication he needs. Another wishes for enough dog food. A charity that prov...
Dec 04, 2020
California ties new COVID-19 rules to hospital capacity
SACRAMENTO, Calif. - California is on the brink of a new stay-at-home order that would close businesses and curb travel in regions that could see hospitals overwhelmed by coronavirus patients. Gov. Ga...
Dec 03, 2020
Metro Vancouver transit system confirms ransomware attack, says payment data secure
VANCOUVER - Metro Vancouver's transit authority is confirming that it was the target of a ransomware attack on part of its information technology systems. Ransomware is a type of malicious software th...
Dec 03, 2020
Metro Vancouver transit system confirms ransomware attack, says payment data secure
VANCOUVER - Metro Vancouver's transit authority is confirming that it was the target of a ransomware attack on part of its information technology systems. Ransomware is a type of malicious software th...
Dec 03, 2020
COVID-19 exposures at two Prince George schools
PRINCE GEORGE - Two more Covid-19 exposures in Prince George schools. One at Peden Hill Elementary School between November 17 and the 20 and another at Sacred Heart Elementary School from November 25 ...
Dec 03, 2020
Northern Health transferring patients
PRINCE GEORGE - The ongoing COVID response is putting a strain on resources in Northern Health, a region that was not seeing the case numbers that other regions were seeing. It prompted Northern Healt...
Dec 03, 2020
Athletes mental health more important than ever in 2020
Over the course of the last 15-20 years, mental health recognition has changed and for athletes, whether they are taking to the gridiron, the pitch or on the ice, it has become easier for them to come...
Dec 03, 2020
High-risk seniors to get COVID-19 vaccine first in B.C.: provincial health officer
VICTORIA - British Columbia's top doctor says seniors in long-term care homes and hospitals will be the first to get a vaccine against COVID-19 as the province rolls out an immunization program in the...
Dec 03, 2020
Social issues downtown continues to frustrate business owners, City
PRINCE GEORGE - A businesswoman downtown is once again raising questions about how problematic activity is being handled on her street. Jacqueline Marion, owner of Special Beauty Parlor & Day Spa ...
Dec 03, 2020
Rangers will not loan Lafrenière to Canada for world junior hockey championship
RED DEER, Alta. - Alexis Lafrenire will not be going for another gold medal this winter. Hockey Canada said in a statement Thursday that the NHL's New York Rangers will not loan Lafrenire to Canada's ...
Dec 03, 2020