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More nurses resign from Manitoba sexual assault program
WINNIPEG - Two more nurses who helped examine sexual assault victims in Manitoba have resigned a day after one-third of the program's nurses stepped down, leaving one community health centre concerned...
Mar 22, 2023
Pierre Poilievre to get face time with U.S. President Joe Biden in Ottawa
OTTAWA - Official Opposition Leader Pierre Poilievre is expected to meet U.S. President Joe Biden when he visits Canada this week. Senior U.S. administration officials confirmed in a briefing given on...
Mar 22, 2023
Former prime minister Stephen Harper says Canada needs a 'Conservative renaissance '
OTTAWA - Former prime minister Stephen Harper says Canada badly needs a "Conservative renaissance." Harper was speaking to a room of party faithful gathered in Ottawa for an annual networking conferen...
Mar 22, 2023
'Suboxone saved my life': Northern B.C. woman shares journey to recovery
PRINCE GEORGE - A Northern BC First Nations woman recovering from drug addiction is sharing her story this week at the Northern Addictions forum in Prince George hoping to inspire others.Tanis West fr...
Mar 22, 2023
Treatment a challenge in rural BC
PRINCE GEORGE - Treatment. That was the theme at the forum aimed at engaging Firsts Nations communities ... rural and remote ... that are dealing with addiction in their communities. And the panel hea...
Mar 22, 2023
Public feedback wanted on Lakes Resiliency Project
PRINCE GEORGE - The provincial government is asking for the public's feedback in the next stage of the Lakes Resiliency Project.The next stage of the Lakes Resiliency project is to create a forest lan...
Mar 22, 2023
'Nobody's perfect,' Foreign Minister Mélanie Joly says as MPs chide Afghan evacuation
OTTAWA - Foreign Affairs Minister Mlanie Joly says it was "a messy situation" trying to airlift Afghans who helped Canadian soldiers out of the country when the Taliban took over in August 2021. Joly ...
Mar 22, 2023
'He's a unicorn': Canucks star defenceman Hughes continues to grow his game
VANCOUVER - There's little Quinn Hughes does on the ice that shocks his Vancouver Canucks teammates anymore. At 23 years old, the American defenceman has already smashed records, and he appears poised...
Mar 22, 2023
YXS hopeful that more routes, frequencies will be added
PRINCE GEORGE - Spring Break travel is still well underway and many travellers will be travelling through YXS, but if you have travelled out of Prince George by air, your options are limited.Air Canad...
Mar 22, 2023
Judge halts Wyoming abortion ban days after it took effect
CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) - Abortion will again be legal in Wyoming - at least for now - after a judge on Wednesday temporarily blocked a ban that took effect a few days earlier. Teton County District Court...
Mar 22, 2023