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Health officials, police warn of scams exploiting COVID-19 fears
WINNIPEG - Health officials and police are warning people about an email scam taking advantage of people worried about COVID-19 to steal money or sensitive information. Winnipeg police have sent a war...
Mar 16, 2020
Canada closes borders to most foreigners to fight spread of COVID-19
OTTAWA - Canada is closing its borders to most foreign nationals except Americans and is barring anyone, including Canadian citizens, with symptoms of the novel coronavirus from boarding fli...
Mar 16, 2020
COVID-19 has Canadian Blood Services worried about critical shortage
OTTAWA - Canadian Blood Services is seeking to reassure donors that it's safe to give blood, despite the COVID-19 pandemic. Dr. Isra Levy of Canadian Blood Services says there has been a jum...
Mar 16, 2020
7 Bay Area counties in California order shelter-in-place
LOS ANGELES - Officials in six San Francisco Bay Area counties issued a shelter-in-place mandate on Monday affecting nearly 7 million people, including the city of San Francisco itself. The order says...
Mar 16, 2020
Noted musical trailblazer Doriot Anthony Dwyer dies at 98
BOSTON - A longtime Boston Symphony Orchestra flutist and musical trailblazer has died, the orchestra said Monday. Doriot Anthony Dwyer was 98. Dwyer, the second woman ever to win a principal chair in...
Mar 16, 2020
Beware of COVID-19 scams
PRINCE GEORGE - Beware of COVID-19 scams. A number of them have cropped up since the coronavirus outbreak began. Some of the scammers are impersonating public health officers and asking for credit car...
Mar 16, 2020
Canada bans entry to most non-residents
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says Canada is closing its borders to most people who are not citizens or permanent residents to slow the spread of Covid-19.Exceptions are being made for U.S. c...
Mar 16, 2020 courtesy of Canadian Press
First Ninja competition held in Northern BC
PRINCE GEORGE - It was a benchmark event amidst uncertain times.As a number of events have been cancelled locally in response to the mandate made by the Province of British Columbia on social gatherin...
Mar 16, 2020
RCMP investigate downtown stabbing
PRINCE GEORGE - One person is in police custody following a stabbing over the weekend.Prince George RCMP Cpl. Craig Douglass says the incident occurred just after 10 a.m. yesterday (March 15) morning ...
Mar 16, 2020
NHL pushes back timeline on potential resumption of season
The NHL is pushing back the possibility of resuming its season for several weeks, if not a month or more. The league and NHL Players' Association told players Monday they can go home - even out of Nor...
Mar 16, 2020