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HandyDART's starting earlier to support early morning shopping
FORT ST. JOHN-In response to COVID-19, BC Transit and the City of Fort St. John are making adjustments to their handyDART services, starting tomorrow (April 9).The handyDART service will begin at 6:45...
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Gauthier makes NHL Central Scouting final draft rankings
NHL Central Scouting has announced their final rankings ahead of the 2020 NHL entry draft and Cougars netminder Taylor Gauthier has cracked the list.The 2001 born netminder is ranked 19th among North ...
Apr 08, 2020

Lafrenière tops list of NHL draft-eligible prospects
Alexis Lafrenire, as expected, maintained the top spot in the NHL Central Scouting Bureau's final ranking of draft-eligible prospects released Wednesday. What remains uncertain for the 18-year-old Rim...
Apr 08, 2020

NHLers reflect on league pause: 'All of a sudden someone turns the car off'
Josh Morrissey figures he has more close friends on the Edmonton Oilers than any other rival NHL team. It led to some unusual heat-of-the-moment conversations for the Winnipeg defenceman the...
Apr 08, 2020

Golf courses hopeful to open on schedule
With it starting to heat up in the City of Prince George and the snow beginning to melt away, golf season is just around the corner.With the sunny days starting to become the norm, golf courses around...
Apr 08, 2020

Residential customers able to apply for BC Hydro's COVID-19 Relief Fund
VANCOUVER-Residential customers are now able to apply for BC Hydro's COVID-19 Relief Fund.The Fund provides bill relief for BC Hydro residential and small business (small businesses will be able to ap...
Apr 08, 2020 Photo Credit, Veronica Beltran, Online Journalist, CKPG News.

Europe struggles to agree on economic response to virus
BRUSSELS - European governments remained at loggerheads Wednesday over measures to help the economy weather the coronavirus outbreak, breaking off a meeting of finance officials who clashed over aid c...
Apr 08, 2020

Airbus cuts production by a third as airlines struggle
LONDON - European planemaker Airbus said Wednesday it is reducing production by about a third as demand for aircraft and travel plummets due to the coronavirus pandemic. The company said it delivered ...
Apr 08, 2020

Armed Forces reports 20 military suicides last year, largest number since 2014
OTTAWA - The Canadian Armed Forces has quietly revealed that 20 service members took their own lives last year, the largest number of military suicides since 2014. The increase comes despite the feder...
Apr 08, 2020

Emergency Support Funding available for parents of children with special needs
VICTORIA-The Province is supplying parents of children with special needs Emergency Support Funding along with service flexibility amidst the COVID-19 pandemic."We have been hearing from families of c...
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