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Pidherny parking upgrades
PRINCE GEORGE-Construction to expand parking at the Pidherny Recreation Site has started this week.The City of Prince George says that the size of the lot is being expanded from holding 30 cars to bei...
Sep 30, 2020

Racism common in Montreal hospitals says head of Native Women's Shelter
MONTREAL - The executive director of the Native Women's Shelter of Montreal says racism against Indigenous people is so common at local hospitals that her organization escorts clients to medical visit...
Sep 30, 2020

Health Canada green-lights rapid COVID-19 test
OTTAWA - Health Canada has given the green light to a rapid test for COVID-19. The department posted news of the approval of the Abbott Diagnostics ID Now test this afternoon, a day after the governme...
Sep 30, 2020

Two ecosystem restoration burns to take place in Cariboo
WILLIAMS LAKE- Crews with the BC Wildfire Service (BCWS) will assist in two ecosystem restoration burns in the Cariboo Fire Centre over the next few weeks.The burns will be managed by the Ministry of ...
Sep 30, 2020

Mighty Heart's Triple Crown quest giving Canadian horse racing a definite boost
TORONTO - A one-eyed colt is giving thoroughbred racing in Canada a boost during the COVID-19 pandemic. Mighty Heart captured the $400,000 Prince of Wales Stakes on Tuesday to move to within a victory...
Sep 30, 2020

Shell plan to cut up to 9,000 jobs could result in 100s of fewer jobs in Canada
CALGARY - Hundreds of Canadian employees of Royal Dutch Shell could be affected by its plan revealed Wednesday to cut between 7,000 and 9,000 jobs worldwide by the end of 2022. The company h...
Sep 30, 2020

Alberta top court rejects appeal of man who killed Calgary Stampeders football player
CALGARY - Alberta's top court has upheld the conviction of a man who killed a Calgary Stampeders football player outside a Calgary nightclub in 2016. Three Court of Appeal justices unanimously dismiss...
Sep 30, 2020

Students at elementary in SD91 may have been exposed to COVID-19
PRINCE GEORGE-Students at an elementary school in School District 91 may have been exposed to COVID-19.The Northern Health's COVID-19 exposure page shows that David Hoy Elementary students may have be...
Sep 30, 2020

Federal government lawyer asks judge to dismiss youths' climate change lawsuit
VANCOUVER - A lawyer for the Canadian government says a lawsuit filed by 15 youth across the country should be dismissed because their claims about the harms of climate change are too broad. Joseph Ch...
Sep 30, 2020

Federal government lawyer asks judge to dismiss youths' climate change lawsuit
VANCOUVER - A lawyer for the Canadian government says a lawsuit filed by 15 youth across the country should be dismissed because their claims about the harms of climate change are too broad. Joseph Ch...
Sep 30, 2020