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City plowing through snow budget
PRINCE GEORGE - The City says it is ready for the winter months, following last night's snowfall, even though it is very early. "The snow budget is $8.5 million annually," explains Kris Dalio, the Cit...
Oct 19, 2020
Quebec town of Abestos votes to change name to Val-des-Sources
ASBESTOS, Que. - The Quebec town synonymous with the cancer-causing fibre asbestos has voted for a new name: Val-des-Sources. During a livestreamed council meeting Monday night, Mayor Hugues Grimard a...
Oct 19, 2020
Limited edition rescue brew for a good cause
PRINCE GEORGE - The Prince George Humane Society and Trench Brewing & Distilling have teamed up in support of a good cause. Trench Brewing has a limited edition rescue brew available, with partial...
Oct 19, 2020
Election Day soon
PRINCE GEORGE - Prince George-Valemount Liberal candidate Shirley Bond made it official today. She cast her ballot at the Civic Centre. And she did so at the curbside, as per her request. She says the...
Oct 19, 2020
Five new cases of COVID-19 in Northern Health, 499 in B.C.
VICTORIA-There are five new cases of COVID-19 in Northern Health since Friday's last update.The five new cases reported this afternoon (Oct.19) bring the north's total to 355. Provincially, 499 cases ...
Oct 19, 2020
Possible tsunami threat for B.C.
SAND POINT, ALASKA-UPDATE: A tweet by Emergency Information B.C. confirms there is no tsunami threat to B.C.EARLIER: Emergency Information B.C. says they are assessing the risk of a tsunami after an e...
Oct 19, 2020
Rain could present big challenge in Mighty Heart's quest to capture Triple Crown
TORONTO - She's a Hall of Fame trainer, but Josie Carroll will also be an amateur meteorologist this week. On Saturday, the Carroll-trained Mighty Heart will run in the $400,000 Breeders' Stakes at Wo...
Oct 19, 2020
CPL champion Forge FC off to El Salvador for CONCACAF League preliminary-round match
A month after winning the Island Games in Charlottetown, Forge FC is back on the move. The Canadian Premier League champions from Hamilton leave early Tuesday for El Salvador and a CONCACAF League pre...
Oct 19, 2020
Commons gives approval in principle to judges' sexual assault training bill
OTTAWA - The House of Commons has unanimously approved in principle - for the third time - a bill that would require judges to commit to take training in sexual assault law. Bill C-3 will now be scrut...
Oct 19, 2020
Nick Nurse continues push for Americans living abroad to vote in U.S. election
TORONTO - Website traffic for voter registration by Americans living abroad is triple what it was for the 2016 U.S. presidential election, according to Toronto Raptors head coach Nick Nurse. Nurse and...
Oct 19, 2020