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Toronto FC rookie forward Achara thinking of family back home in Nigeria
TORONTO - You could forgive Toronto FC rookie Ifunanyachi Achara if he thought "Why me?" When the 16-year-old Achara came to the U.S. from Nigeria in 2014 to attend Berkshire High School in Massachuse...
May 22, 2020
River search suspended
FRASER LAKE - The search for a missing Fraser Lake man has been suspended.North District RCMP Cpl. Madonna Saunderson says on Wednesday, the RCMP's Under Water Recovery Team stood down their efforts t...
May 22, 2020
Sharing your COVID-19 experience: the survey
VICTORIA - The effects of COVID-19 have been far reaching. Everybody in our province has been impacted, as well as everybody across Canada and around the globe. We have learned a lot about the virus, ...
May 22, 2020
Federal parties tap wage subsidy program to avoid layoffs as donations dry up
OTTAWA - Federal political parties are tapping into the emergency wage subsidy program to avoid laying off their staff as donations dry up during the COVID-19 pandemic. The Liberal...
May 22, 2020
Kings excited for 2020 show home draw next week
Due to the Covid-19 pandemic, the Prince George Spruce Kings pushed back their ticket deadline and draw date for the 2020 show home lottery.That decision, though has paid off for the organization as b...
May 22, 2020
Leaving hand sanitizer in hot vehicles a fire risk: Alberta doctors
EDMONTON - Doctors at Alberta Health Services say people using hand sanitizer when they are out shouldn't leave it in their cars for too long because it could lead to a fire. The advice...
May 22, 2020
California's April jobless rate higher than Great Recession
SACRAMENTO, Calif. - California's unemployment rate nearly tripled to 15.5% in April as the nation's most populous state lost more jobs in one month from the coronavirus than it did during the Great R...
May 22, 2020
No senior lacrosse in PG in 2020
After the WLA (Western Lacrosse Association) cancelled their season in the lower mainland, it was just a matter of time before senior lacrosse leagues across the province followed suit.Thursday, the P...
May 22, 2020
National Indigenous People's Day Celebration Cancelled
PRINCE GEORGE-This year's Prince George National Indigenous People's Day celebration has been cancelled, as large gatherings are not being permitted by the province due to COVID-19.The decision to can...
May 22, 2020
The latest numbers on COVID-19 in Canada
The latest numbers of confirmed and presumptive COVID-19 cases in Canada as of 2:30 p.m. on May 22, 2020: There are 82,413 confirmed and presumptive cases in Canada. _ Quebec: 46,141 confirmed (includ...
May 22, 2020