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B.C. behind on climate goals, sets new 2025 emissions target to stay on track
VICTORIA - The British Columbia government is setting a new target for cutting greenhouse gas emissions by 2025 after determining it is further from reaching its goals than previously forecasted. The ...
Dec 16, 2020
Detailed portrait emerges of gun acquisitions, cash stockpiles of N.S. mass killer
HALIFAX - A widening portrait of how a Nova Scotia mass killer acquired his weapons and stockpiled cash emerged Wednesday in the latest court-ordered release of documents. An unidentified witness who ...
Dec 16, 2020
Forestry "cluster" getting City's attention
PRINCE GEORGE - Forestry will be under the City's microscope for much of next year.It was identified as one of the important "cluster" industries identified by the Economic Development department as s...
Dec 16, 2020
Potential COVID-19 exposure events at D.P. Todd and College Heights Secondary Schools
PRINCE GEORGE - Northern Health is reporting potential COVID-19 exposures to students and staff at D.P. Todd and College Heights Secondary Schools.The potential exposure at D.P. Todd occurred on Dec. ...
Dec 16, 2020
Local waterfowl need help through the winter
.PRINCE GEORGE - Each winter hundreds of ducks gather at Cottonwood Island Park to scavenge for food. When the temperatures start to drop two retired volunteers bundle up daily and make their way down...
Dec 16, 2020
COVID-19 outbreak continues at Jubilee Lodge; declared over at Gateway Lodge and UHNBC
PRINCE GEORGE - The COVID-19 outbreak at Jubilee Lodge continues.Northern Health says ongoing monitoring and testing of staff and residents has identified additional lab-confirmed cases of the virus."...
Dec 16, 2020
Maple Leafs winger Mitch Marner looking to aim higher when NHL returns
TORONTO - Mitch Marner looked at his game in the aftermath of the Toronto Maple Leafs' disappointing summer and came to a conclusion. It's time to get to the net. The silky smooth winger has made his ...
Dec 16, 2020
No funds for provinces that don't agree to improve long-term care standards, PM hints
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is hinting that provinces that don't want to work with Ottawa to improve standards in long-term care homes won't get federal funding. In a year-end interview wit...
Dec 16, 2020
Brooke Henderson ready to put a cap on strange, successful 2020 LPGA season
Brooke Henderson wasn't sure how many tournaments she'd get into this LPGA season, or if she'd even tee off at all. At home with her family in Smiths Falls, Ont., while the COVID-19 pandemic wreaked h...
Dec 16, 2020
Calgary's speedskating oval, home of Canadian team, without ice until at least May,
Calgary's Olympic Oval will be without ice until at least May because of a mechanical issue. Canada's long-track speedskating team hasn't had ice there to train on since Sept. 5. The oval on the Unive...
Dec 16, 2020