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Social dinners have their benefits, don't stop because of COVID-19
PRINCE GEORGE-The 2020 COVID-19 pandemic has changed the way we do a lot of things, and eating is one of them.Not being able to sit around a table with friends or loved ones because of social distanci...
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Boris Johnson will 'fight' COVID-19 and has what it takes to recover: envoy
OTTAWA - Britain's envoy to Canada says Prime Minister Boris Johnson is a fighter who has what it takes to recover from his COVID-19 affliction. High Commissioner Susan le Jeune d'Allegeershecque tell...
Apr 07, 2020
How realistic is it for businesses to continue working from home?
PRINCE GEORGE - Businesses have started doing the bulk of their work from home in the last couple of weeks. With no answer to how much longer it will last, it begs the question: will this be the new n...
Apr 07, 2020
Russia flatly denies US allegation of World Cup bid bribes
GENEVA - Russian officials on Tuesday flatly denied bribing a FIFA voter with millions of dollars to support the country's winning 2018 World Cup bid, after American prosecutors revealed new details a...
Apr 07, 2020
Ground broken for new WLIB Government Building
WILLIAMS LAKE, B.C. - The Williams Lake Indian Band broke ground on its new $8 million Government Building Monday (Apr. 6).Over the next 14 months, the 18,000-square-foot building will rise in the Coy...
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Trudeau says details coming soon on help for households to access credit
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is raising anew his government's promise to help hard-hit Canadians more easily access credit by leaning on the nation's banks to do more than reduce credit...
Apr 07, 2020
Group of First Nations want Supreme Court to hear appeal on Trans Mountain
VANCOUVER - A group of British Columbia First Nations is seeking to challenge the federal government's second approval of the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion project in Canada's highest court. The S...
Apr 07, 2020
Group of First Nations want Supreme Court to hear appeal on Trans Mountain
VANCOUVER - A group of British Columbia First Nations is seeking to challenge the federal government's second approval of the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion project in Canada's highest court. The S...
Apr 07, 2020
Explainer: what to expect if a Canadian prime minister is too sick to do the job
OTTAWA - The day after Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's wife was revealed to have COVID-19, cabinet agreed that Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland would be next in line if Trudeau could not&n...
Apr 07, 2020
Province secures places for vulnerable British Columbians to self-isolate
VICTORIA-The province has secured more places for vulnerable British Columbians to self-isolate in an attempt to reduce the spread of COVID-19.So far more than 900 spaces have been secured at 23 locat...
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