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VIA Rail extends suspension of northern BC route
PRINCE GEORGE- VIA Rail announced this morning (Apr.6) that they are extending their suspension on operations of their route that runs through northern BC.The Prince Rupert-Prince George-Jasper will r...
Apr 06, 2020 Photo Courtesy, Canadian Press.
Gould, aid groups discuss helping world's poorest with $100M funding boost
OTTAWA - Days before Canada announced more than $100 million in new foreign aid to fight COVID-19, a federal minister and a leading aid advocate said the country can't afford to scrimp on its overseas...
Apr 06, 2020
The latest developments on COVID-19 in Canada
The latest news on the COVID-19 global pandemic (all times Eastern): 7 a.m. Foreign Affairs Minister Francois-Philippe Champagne says Canadian passengers on the Coral Princess cruise sh...
Apr 06, 2020
New federal aid and COVID-19 survival instinct; In The News for April 6
In The News is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to kickstart your day. Here is what's on the radar of our editors for the morning of April 6 ... COVI...
Apr 06, 2020
Japan PM to declare state of emergency as early as Tuesday
TOKYO - Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe says that he will declare a state of emergency for Tokyo and six other prefectures as early as Tuesday to bolster measures to fight the coronavirus outbreak,...
Apr 06, 2020
As COVID-19 triggers survival instinct, unwise decisions can result
MONTREAL - When a Quebec couple recently travelled to the far reaches of Yukon in a bid to escape the novel coronavirus, only to be turned away, it seemed a textbook case of pandemic-generated pa...
Apr 06, 2020
Ferries, commercial vessels told to reduce passenger numbers to avoid COVID-19
OTTAWA - The federal government is bringing in further measures to reduce the risk of spreading COVID-19 on commercial passenger vessels and ferries. Transport Minister Marc Garneau announced that sta...
Apr 05, 2020
9-year-old celebrates "best birthday ever" with surprise car parade
PRINCE GEORGE - Despite the circumstances of being cooped up at home with her parents and younger sister, Ellie Collins was in for a surprise Friday evening to celebrate her ninth birthday.Having to c...
Apr 05, 2020
Marianne Faithfull in hospital with coronavirus and 'stable'
LOS ANGELES - The English singer-songwriter Marianne Faithfull is being treated for coronavirus in a London hospital. Her manager Francois Ravard said Sunday that Faithfull is stable, however, and res...
Apr 05, 2020
Actress-activist Shirley Douglas, daughter of medicare's Tommy Douglas, dies
TORONTO - Shirley Douglas, the impassioned Canadian activist and veteran actress who was mother to actor Kiefer Sutherland and daughter of medicare founder Tommy Douglas, has died....
Apr 05, 2020