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Bott & Magrath commit to Wolverines for 20/21
A pair of Cariboo Cougars know where they will be playing next year.Monday morning Brennan Bott and Mathew Magrath both committed to the Whitecourt Wolverines of the Alberta Junior Hockey League for n...
Apr 20, 2020 (photo credit to the Cariboo Cougars)
Cariboo Captain named Player of the Year
It was a monumental year for Scott Cousins of the Minor Midget Cariboo Cougars.Not only did Cousins Captain the team to a first place finish, but on Monday afternoon the forward was named U16 AAA Play...
Apr 20, 2020
"We were already short nurses": State of Northern nursing amidst COVID-19
PRINCE GEORGE - The state of nursing has long been faced with its struggles.The globe has been faced with staffing shortages of nurses well before the shortages of medical masks and gowns.In February ...
Apr 20, 2020 courtesy of Canadian Press
Alert Bay's tsunami siren signals curfew to fight COVID-19, says B.C. mayor
ALERT BAY, B.C. - A siren is expected to sound tonight signalling the start of a COVID-19 curfew in the remote British Columbia community of Alert Bay. Mayor Dennis Buchanan says the community's ...
Apr 20, 2020
The question of taxes remains in the air
PRINCE GEORGE - Homeowners will have to wait a while longer to find out what the tax levy for the coming year will look like. That's because a Finance and Audit Committee was unable to settle on what ...
Apr 20, 2020
RCMP says it will look at how N.S. public was warned of active shooter threat
HALIFAX - Premier Stephen McNeil said Monday the province's emergency alert system wasn't used to warn people an active shooter was on the loose in northern Nova Scotia on the weekend because no ...
Apr 20, 2020
Work resuming at Boeing plants following virus shutdown
SEATTLE - Boeing this week is restarting production of commercial airplanes in the Seattle area, putting about 27,000 people back to work after operations were halted because of the coronavirus. The a...
Apr 20, 2020
UPDATE: 39 cases of COVID-19 in Northern Health, 5 deaths in B.C.
VICTORIA-Dr. Bonnie Henry and Health Minister Adrian Dix announced a total of 52 new cases of COVID-19 in B.C.The total number of cases in the Northern Health Region has gone up to 39, over the weeken...
Apr 20, 2020
Kings announce newest addition behind the bench
The Prince George Spruce Kings announced Monday morning the club has hired Lukas Lomicky as their newest Associate Coach.Lomicky joins the club after spending time in the KIJHL as Head Coach of the Re...
Apr 20, 2020 (photo credit to the Prince George Spruce Kings)
Many who knew N.S. gunman struggle to come to terms with killing spree
PORTAPIQUE, N.S. - Neighbours and schoolmates of the man responsible for a killing spree that left at least 19 people dead in northern Nova Scotia were attempting Monday to come&nb...
Apr 20, 2020