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PG Community Foundation supports three local organizations with $60,000 in funding
PRINCE GEORGE - Some extra support for a trio of organizations supporting those in need in Prince GeorgeThe Prince George Community Foundation is lending $60,000 of crisis funding to support response ...
Mar 21, 2020
Second Senators player tests positive for coronavirus
OTTAWA - The Ottawa Senators say another one of their players has tested positive for COVID-19, bringing the total number of known NHL cases to two. The team announced their second case in a...
Mar 21, 2020
Governments threaten fines, arrest, if orders to distance and isolate not followed
MONTREAL - After a week of strong urging from governments that people should keep apart to prevent the spread of COVID-19, provincial leaders - and their police forces - have stopped as...
Mar 21, 2020
Men's world hockey championships in Switzerland cancelled
Health concerns and travel bans closing international borders stemming from the new coronavirus pandemic left the International Ice Hockey Federation with no choice but to cancel the men's world hocke...
Mar 21, 2020
Confirmed coronavirus cases rise to 424 in BC, no new cases in Northern Health
VANCOUVER - An update Saturday by the Province's top doctor, Dr. Bonnie Henry, saw BC's total number of confirmed coronavirus cases increase by 74 to a total of 424. Four of those cases are in the Nor...
Mar 21, 2020
Initial government support for vulnerable people
VANCOUVER - The provincial government is taking action to protect vulnerable people including those facing homelessness.Initial action includes a ban on evictions for non-payment of rent in BC Housing...
Mar 21, 2020
IIHF cancels world championship scheduled for May in Switzerland
The International Ice Hockey Federation announced Saturday it was cancelling the 2020 world championship due to the COVID-19 outbreak. This year's tournament was scheduled to take place in Zurich...
Mar 21, 2020
The latest numbers of COVID-19 cases in Canada
The latest numbers of confirmed and presumptive COVID-19 cases in Canada as of 1:44 p.m. ET on March 21, 2020: There are 1,189 confirmed and presumptive cases in Canada. _ Ontario: 377 confirmed ...
Mar 21, 2020
The latest developments on COVID-19 in Canada
The latest news on the COVID-19 global pandemic (all times Eastern): 1:20 p.m. Quebec Premier Francois Legault says there are now 181 confirmed cases of COVID-19 in the province, up f...
Mar 21, 2020
Trudeau says Canada working hard, but won't be able to get all Canadians home
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says lock downs in other countries and air-space restrictions due to COVID-19 mean Canada won't be able to get every citizen home who is trapped abroad. Tru...
Mar 21, 2020