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To Your Health: Colon Cancer Awareness
PRINCE GEORGE - March is Colon Cancer Awareness Month and colon cancer is a disease that will affect 1 in 6 British Columbians and is the second leading cause of cancer deaths in Canada. This week, we...
Mar 28, 2023
Olympiques, Phoenix lead CHL's top 10 rankings ahead of playoffs
Two teams from the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League lead the Canadian Hockey League's top 10 rankings ahead of the 2023 playoffs. The Gatineau Olympiques, after finishing the QMJHL regular season on ...
Mar 28, 2023
Boy Scouts' $2.4 billion bankruptcy plan upheld by judge
DOVER, Del. (AP) - A federal district court judge has upheld the approval of a $2.4 billion bankruptcy reorganization plan aimed at resolving tens of thousands of child sexual abuse claim against the ...
Mar 28, 2023
Alberta Energy Regulator to launch third-party probe of Kearl oilsands tailings leak
The Alberta Energy Regulator says it will launch an independent investigation into the tailings leak at Imperial Oil's Kearl oilsands mine. The regulator says in a news release today it is looking for...
Mar 28, 2023
AP Sources: Judge rules Pence must testify before grand jury
WASHINGTON (AP) - A federal judge has ruled that former Vice President Mike Pence will have to testify before a grand jury after he was subpoenaed by the special counsel investigating efforts by forme...
Mar 28, 2023
Veteran jockey Luis Contreras to chase third Plate victory
TORONTO - The name might be different, but the goal remains the same for jockey Luis Contreras. Since 1952, the opening leg of Canada's Triple Crown was known as the Queen's Plate, in honour of Queen ...
Mar 28, 2023
BC to take action to restrict sale of Ozempic to US customers
PRINCE GEORGE - Unusually high sales of semaglutide (Ozempic) to customers based in the United States has forced the BC Government to take action.Ozempic is an injectable prescription drug designed to...
Mar 28, 2023
Airbnb: 79 per cent of Quebec rentals in February not certified, housing group says
MONTREAL - A report by a Montreal tenants' rights association says 79 per cent of the roughly 30,000 units in Quebec that were available for rent in February on Airbnb were not certified by the provin...
Mar 28, 2023
Police: Nashville shooter bought 7 guns before school attack
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - The Nashville school shooter legally bought seven firearms in recent years and hid the guns from their parents before the attack at a Christian school where the suspect killed ...
Mar 28, 2023
Canadian tennis player Andreescu says she's waiting on test results after injury
MIAMI - Canadian tennis player Bianca Andreescu provided an injury update of sorts on Tuesday, saying she's still waiting on official test results after injuring her lower left leg at the Miami Open. ...
Mar 28, 2023