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Bettman: NHL keeping a close eye on new coronavirus outbreak as crisis widens
BOCA RATON, Fla. - NHL players can still high-five fans and sign autographs. The new coronavirus outbreak, however, has already impacted the game in another way. NHL commissioner Gary Bettman said Wed...
Mar 04, 2020
Via Rail calling back employees as service resumes to normal schedule
MONTREAL - Via Rail Canada says most of the 1,000 employees affected by the suspension of service last month due to blockades will be called back to work as most normal service resumes on Sa...
Mar 04, 2020
Woman with presumed case of COVID-19 in critical condition in B.C.
VICTORIA - A woman in her 80s with a presumptive case of the novel coronavirus is in critical condition at a Vancouver hospital. Dr. Bonnie Henry, the provincial health officer, says the woman develop...
Mar 04, 2020
West Coast Olefins and McLeod lake ink deal
PRINCE GEORGE - West Coast Olefins and the McLeod Lake Indian Band has inked a binding term sheet that will set the groundwork for an Impact Benefits Agreement in relation to a natural gas recovery pl...
Mar 04, 2020
Woman with presumed case of COVID-19 in critical condition in B.C.
VICTORIA - A woman in her 80s with a presumptive case of the novel coronavirus is in critical condition at a Vancouver hospital. Dr. Bonnie Henry, the provincial health officer, says the woman develop...
Mar 04, 2020
Cougars begin final homestand of the season
After a pair of losses to the Kamloops Blazers this past weekend, the Cougars will return to the CN Centre Wednesday night to kick off their final homestand of the season against the Lethbridge Hurric...
Mar 04, 2020 (Photo credit to the Prince George Cougars)
Research Week at UNBC
PRINCE GEORGE - It is Research Week at UNBC. It's a chance to celebrate achievements in research and showcase certain projects. UNBC is Canada's most research-intensive universities of its size in Can...
Mar 04, 2020
Kim Kardashian West, former prisoners visit White House
WASHINGTON - Kim Kardashian West visited the White House on Wednesday along with three women who had their sentences commuted by President Donald Trump last month, allowing them early release from fed...
Mar 04, 2020
Brian Urlacher's brother pleads not guilty in gambling case
CHICAGO - Casey Urlacher, the brother of Chicago Bears Hall of Fame linebacker Brian Urlacher, pleaded not guilty Wednesday to federal charges alleging he was part of an offshore sports gambling busin...
Mar 04, 2020
Canadian troops on alert as novel coronavirus outbreak spreads to Iraq
OTTAWA - Canadian military personnel in Iraq are on high alert following reports the novel coronavirus is spreading within the country. Chief of the defence staff Gen. Jonathan Vance says troops have ...
Mar 04, 2020