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Police searching for wanted man, seeking public's help
BURNS LAKE-RCMP are asking for the public's help in locating a man wanted for multiple offences.Burns Lake RCMP say Adam Tibbetts Sr. is wanted for assault, uttering threats and multiple counts of fai...
Jun 05, 2020
Veteran commentator Chris Cuthbert joins Sportsnet's NHL broadcast team
TORONTO - Veteran sports commentator Chris Cuthbert is joining Sportsnet as an NHL play-by-play analyst. Cuthbert had been at TSN since 2005, where he was the network's lead CFL commentator as well as...
Jun 05, 2020
Part of Carney St. closed to the public starting June 8
PRINCE GEORGE- The City is giving the public a heads up to a partial road closure next week.Starting at 7:00 a.m. on Monday, June 8 Carney St. between Winnipeg St. and Ellison Dr. will be closed to ve...
Jun 05, 2020
Black Canadians say racism here is just as harmful as in the United States
MONTREAL - The death of George Floyd in Minnesota following a police intervention has spurred massive protests in both Canada and the United States and societal soul-searching on the need to fight rac...
Jun 05, 2020
P.E.I. on verge of resuming soccer, with CPL possibly coming to play
It looks like Prince Edward Island will lead the way in Canada's return to soccer, with the Canadian Premier League possibly looking to finally kick off its season in Charlottetown. The Canadian Socce...
Jun 05, 2020
B.C. Grand Chief Stewart Phillip appeals for living-donor kidney transplant
VANCOUVER - The president of the Union of B.C. Indian Chiefs is used to advocating for the rights of First Nations, but now Grand Chief Stewart Phillip is facing a different kind of fight and advocati...
Jun 05, 2020
Canada's jobless rate soars even as economy adds new jobs
OTTAWA - The jobless rate soared to a record high 13.7 per cent last month. But Statistics Canada reports the economy added 289-thousand, 600 jobs as provinces started lifting COVID-19 restrictions an...
Jun 05, 2020
Trudeau to offer premiers billions to help reopen the economy safely
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is to offer premiers billions in federal funding to help them safely reopen provincial and territorial economies without triggering an explosive second...
Jun 05, 2020
Minister says reckoning on police violence against Indigenous people needed
OTTAWA - Indigenous Services Minister Marc Miller says he is outraged at police violence against Indigenous people in Canada. Miller says Canada needs a reckoning because there is a pattern ...
Jun 05, 2020
2020 plays host to first ever 'Relay at Home' event
PRINCE GEORGE- This year's Relay for Life is going to look different.2020 will play host to the first ever 'Relay at Home' event. Normally, participants gather at the CN Centre parking lot and walk fo...
Jun 05, 2020