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More police hitting the streets as businesses re-open
PRINCE GEORGE-RCMP are increasing resources in the City's downtown and surrounding areas as warmer weather begins and businesses begin to re-open, after closing due to COVID-19.Prince George RCMP say ...
May 21, 2020
Alberta to change restrictions on foothills coal mining to ease development
EDMONTON - The Alberta government is changing coal policies to make it easier to develop open-pit mines in one of the province's most sensitive areas. Alberta says it will abolish land use zones in it...
May 21, 2020
Signature arts event cancelled due to COVID-19
PRINCE GEORGE - The COVID-19 pandemic has forced yet another event cancellation in Prince George.The Community Arts Council (CAC) says Studio Fair, which was due to take place this fall and has been a...
May 21, 2020
Twenty-eight soldiers test positive for COVID-19 after working in care homes
OTTAWA - The Canadian Armed Forces says 28 military members have tested positive for COVID-19 after being deployed to help at long-term care facilities in Ontario and Quebec. That represents a dramati...
May 21, 2020
B.C. Transit adds new measures to align with province's restart plan
VICTORIA-BC Transit announced today that they will be adding additional practices and procedures to align with B.C.'s Restart Plan.The new measures will include: capacity management, including keeping...
May 21, 2020
Film: 'Roe' plaintiff says her anti-abortion switch was act
WASHINGTON - Norma McCorvey loved the limelight. Better known as "Jane Roe," her story was at the centre of the 1973 Supreme Court case Roe v. Wade that legalized abortion nationwide. At first she was...
May 21, 2020
Marcel Bellefeuille returns to University of Ottawa as head football coach
OTTAWA - Marcel Bellefeuille is back as the University of Ottawa's head football coach. The school announced Bellefeuille's return Thursday. Bellefeuille served as the school's head coa...
May 21, 2020
Canada rugby calendar still up in the air because of pandemic restrictions
TORONTO - With July internationals already called off due to the global pandemic and the likely cancellation of the Americas Rugby Championship later this summer, Canada's top rugby players may n...
May 21, 2020
Car crash claims a life near Quesnel
QUESNEL - One person is dead following a single-vehicle crash near Ten Mile Lake just north of Quesnel.Quesnel RCMP Sgt. Richard Weseen says the crash occurred last Sunday night on a private property ...
May 21, 2020
B.C. Business and Community Leaders Take a Stand Against Racism: We Say NO to Hate… It Must Stop Now
As business and community leaders, British Columbians, and human beings we cannot sit idly by. What we condone, we accept, and we cannot accept the growing racism and hate directed at people because o...
May 21, 2020