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Reports: Michigan reaches $600M deal in Flint water crisis
Michigan has reached a $600 million agreement to compensate Flint residents whose health was damaged by lead-tainted drinking water after the city heeded state regulators' advice not to treat it prope...
Aug 19, 2020

Cancelled flights and lack of government help has Australian stranded in BC
PRINCE GEORGE - Since March, right as the world was going into lockdown due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Drew Beattie has been trying to get back home to Australia.An effort made but with little success ...
Aug 19, 2020

NKorea to unveil new economic plans in January party meeting
SEOUL, Korea, Republic Of - North Korea will hold a rare ruling party congress in January where leader Kim Jong Un will announce a new five-year plan to develop the country's dismal economy ravaged by...
Aug 19, 2020

Avalanche rout Coyotes 7-1 in Game 5 to win 1st-round series
EDMONTON - Nathan MacKinnon had two goals and two assists, Nazem Kadri also scored twice and the Colorado Avalanche routed the Arizona Coyotes 7-1 on Wednesday to close out the first-round playoff ser...
Aug 19, 2020

Canada condemns coup d'etat in Mali, says Foreign Affairs Minister Champagne
OTTAWA - Foreign Affairs Minister Francois-Philippe Champagne says Canada condemns the junta that forced Mali's president from power this week. A distressed President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita annou...
Aug 19, 2020

CRA resumes online services with new security features after cyberattacks
OTTAWA - The Canada Revenue Agency has resumed all online services after fraudsters used thousands of pilfered usernames and passwords to obtain government services. The agency disabled the servi...
Aug 19, 2020

International students a challenge
PRINCE GEORGE - Roughly 40 percent of the students attending the College of New Caledonia come from a country other than this one. But COVID-19 has presented a challenge for international students reg...
Aug 19, 2020

Bergeron, Bruins beat Hurricanes 2-1 to advance in playoffs
TORONTO - Patrice Bergeron broke a tie with 3.5 seconds left in the second period, David Pastrnak returned with two assists and the Boston Bruins beat the Carolina Hurricanes 2-1 on Wednesday to win t...
Aug 19, 2020

68 new cases of COVID-19 in B.C.
VICTORIA-68 new cases of COVID-19 were reported provincially this afternoon (Aug.19). None of today's reported cases are in the Northern Health region, the north remains at 120 test-positive cases. Pr...
Aug 19, 2020

RCMP seek public assistance in locating woman last heard from in July: Police concerned for well-being
FORT ST JOHN-UPDATE (Aug.29): RCMP say 31-year-old, Michelle Gleeson has since been confirmed to be in Vancouver.EARLIER (Aug.19): RCMP in Fort St. John are asking for the public's help in finding a m...
Aug 19, 2020