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Para Nordics up for national award
PRINCE GEORGE - A local sporting event is up for a national award. The 2019 World Para Nordic Skiing Championships are up for an International Sport Event of the Year award by the Canadian Sport Touri...
Mar 25, 2020
CFL commissioner Randy Ambrosie looking to keep Canadian football fans informed
TORONTO - Randy Ambrosie hasn't forgotten about CFL fans during the COVID-19 pandemic. The league's commissioner will hold a video town hall question-and-answer session with football su...
Mar 25, 2020
Tax exemption program coming to an end
PRINCE GEORGE - Council has approved a recommendation to end a program designed to attract investment in the downtown.The Downtown Tax Incentive Bylaw was originally introduced in 2005 and renewed in ...
Mar 25, 2020
UPDATE: 1 death, 42 new cases of COVID-19 in BC
VICTORIA-Provincial Health Officer Dr. Bonnie Henry announced one death and 42 new cases of COVID-19 in the province today, March 25.The new cases brings the provincial total to 659 confirmed cases.By...
Mar 25, 2020
Family: US believes ex-FBI agent Robert Levinson has died
WASHINGTON - The family of retired FBI agent Robert Levinson said Wednesday that U.S. government officials have concluded that he has died while in the custody of Iran. The family said in a statement ...
Mar 25, 2020
With a crash and a bang, B.C. residents applaud health-care workers
VANCOUVER - At the same time each night, Rev. Gary Paterson and about half a dozen other neighbours have begun gathering at least two metres apart on the rooftop patio of their building in Vancouver's...
Mar 25, 2020
With a crash and a bang, B.C. residents applaud health-care workers
VANCOUVER - At the same time each night, Rev. Gary Paterson and about half a dozen other neighbours have begun gathering at least two metres apart on the rooftop patio of their building in Vancouver's...
Mar 25, 2020
CBC says it's working to restore the local TV news it shelved last week
TORONTO - The CBC says it's gradually restoring the local supper-hour TV news it recently shelved. Last week, the public broadcaster drew criticism when it announced it was temporarily scrap...
Mar 25, 2020
CO’s saw more Caribou tracks than snowmobile tracks within protected areas.
PRINCE GEORGE - For the last 12 years, the Conservation Officer Service has conducted patrols within caribou closer areas to ensure motorized vehicles are not operating inside the confines of protecte...
Mar 25, 2020
Local dog trainer shifts to online in response to social distancing
PRINCE GEORGE - While many of us may be spending more time than usual at home, Lucky's tail may be wagging a little bit more than usual.Like us, dogs are a creature of habit. With many of the daily ro...
Mar 25, 2020