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3-D chalk art in celebration of 100 years of Engineers and Geoscientists BC
PRINCE GEORGE-Engineers and Geoscientists BC is celebrating 100 years of innovation and building by debuting 3-D chalk art across the province.The art will pop up in five different locations including...
Mar 09, 2020 The chalk art at the Prince George Civic Centre will be in place until April 7th.
New coronavirus causes cancellation of women's world hockey championship
A women's world hockey championship has been wiped out by disease for a second time, with host Canada the loser of this year's tournament. The International Ice Hockey Federation cancelled the 10...
Mar 09, 2020
Canadian Press NewsAlert: Man dies from coronavirus in B.C. care centre
VANCOUER, B.C. - British Columbia health officials say a man has died of the new coronavirus at a care centre in North Vancouver. The death at the Lynn Valley care centre is believed to be the fi...
Mar 09, 2020
B.C. announces Canada’s first COVID-19 death
VANCOUVER - British Columbia has announced the first COVID-19-related death in the country.Provincial Health Officer Dr. Bonnie Henry said the man is one of two people at a North Vancouver care home w...
Mar 09, 2020 Global BC
Trainers, vets, others charged in horse-drugging scheme
More than two dozen people, including the trainer of champion Maximum Security, have been charged in what authorities described Monday as a widespread international scheme to drug horses to make them ...
Mar 09, 2020
Several lawmakers had contact with man at CPAC who got virus
WASHINGTON - The Capitol's attending physician said Monday that "several" members of Congress had contact with a person who attended a recent political conference and who subsequently developed COVID-...
Mar 09, 2020
Kalen Schlatter testifies he did not kill or sexually assault Tess Richey
TORONTO - A Toronto man accused of sexually assaulting and strangling a young woman says she was alive when he left her following a consensual sexual encounter. Kalen Schlatter, 23, took the stan...
Mar 09, 2020
Feds told to ease EI, use tax credits in spending to ease COVID-19 economic shock
OTTAWA - The Trudeau Liberals are being urged to ease access to federal sick leave benefits, along with tax credits and other breaks, to help workers and businesses deal with the economic impacts...
Mar 09, 2020
The latest developments on COVID-19 in Canada
The latest news on the novel coronavirus and the illness dubbed COVID-19 (all times Eastern):10:47 a.m.Ontario health officials have announced three new cases of the novel coronavirus, bringing the to...
Mar 09, 2020 Photo courtesy Canadian Press
Aircraft breakdowns, refuelling problems hit military search-and-rescue missions
OTTAWA - A new Department of National Defence report says military search-and-rescue personnel were delayed and in some cases unable to provide emergency assistance on about one in 20 of the...
Mar 09, 2020