Author Archives:

New tent making socializing easier for those living in hospice
PRINCE GEORGE - For those living in the Prince George's Rotary Hospice House, socializing just got a lot easier.It was Executive Director Donna Flood's idea to get the approximately 500 square foot te...
Aug 10, 2020

Judge grants stay to Quebec English school boards as legal challenge plays out
MONTREAL - Quebec Superior Court has granted a stay to English school boards challenging a provincial government law abolishing them, pending the outcome of a legal challenge on it...
Aug 10, 2020

New York Rangers win NHL draft lottery
TORONTO - The New York Rangers have won the NHL draft lottery. The club had a 12.5 per cent shot of securing the top pick in the second phase Monday after a placeholder secured the No. 1&nbs...
Aug 10, 2020

Trump abruptly escorted from White House briefing
WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump was abruptly escorted by a U.S. Secret Service agent out of the White House briefing room as he was beginning a coronavirus briefing Monday afternoon. He returned m...
Aug 10, 2020

Three new cases of COVID-19 in Northern Health, 131 in B.C.
VICTORIA-Three additional cases of COVID-19 in the Northern Health region were reported this afternoon (Aug.10).The new cases bring the north's total to 96 test-positive cases.Cases by Health Region:V...
Aug 10, 2020

'I don't remember feeling this sad': Lebanese family reacts to Beirut blast
PRINCE GEORGE - "I don't remember feeling this sad." The words of Alia Hamieh, a Lebanese immigrant living with her family in Prince George in reaction to last week's deadly bomb blast in Beirut. She ...
Aug 10, 2020

Ottawa sets minimum unemployment rate at 13.1 per cent for EI calculation
OTTAWA - The federal government has temporarily set a minimum unemployment rate of 13.1 per cent to calculate employment insurance benefits during the COVID-19 pandemic. Those people living in regions...
Aug 10, 2020

United Way of Northern BC distributes last of Emergency Community Support Fund
PRINCE GEORGE-25 programs across Northern BC are being supported with the final round of funding from Canada's Emergency Community Support Fund (ECSF), distributed through United Way of Northern BC.Th...
Aug 10, 2020

Canada 'deeply concerned' by crackdown in Belarus, says Champagne
OTTAWA - Foreign Affairs Minister Francois-Philippe Champagne says Canada is "deeply concerned" by a violent crackdown following presidential elections in Belarus. Dozens of people have been inju...
Aug 10, 2020

Work begins this week on 20 km stretch of road near Fort St. John
FORT ST. JOHN-Road work begins this week on a 21.4 km stretch of side-road in the North Peace.The $4-million project begins five kilometres north of Cecil Lake Road on Rose Prairie Road. Crews will wo...
Aug 10, 2020