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Twenty-nine of Canada's 48 national parks to reopen to day-use visitors June 1
More than half of Canada's national parks - including Banff in Alberta, Pacific Rim in British Columbia and Cape Breton Highlands in Nova Scotia - are to reopen June 1. M...
May 27, 2020
Last week to complete provincial COVID-19 experience survey
PRINCE GEORGE- This is the last week for British Columbians to take part in the province-wide COVID-19 experience survey.Northern Health is reminding residents of Northern B.C. of their opportunity to...
May 27, 2020
The Exploration Place gardens to give back
PRINCE GEORGE-Many people have taken to gardening during the COVID-19 pandemic, and the Exploration Place is no different, they're planting seeds and growing produce to support the vulnerable in our c...
May 27, 2020
$15 million work on Hwy.16 set to begin soon
BURNS LAKE-In the coming weeks crews will begin work to build new traffic lanes on Hwy.16, west of Burns Lake.In a release by the Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure it says that the project...
May 27, 2020
Long-term care home report and JK Rowling's new story; In The News for May 27
In The News is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to kickstart your day. Here is what's on the radar of our editors for the morning of May 27 ... --- C...
May 27, 2020
How much will be enough when it comes to Canada's COVID-19 supply?
OTTAWA - A high-profile announcement by the Liberals this week that automotive giant General Motors would make 10 million medical masks omitted a detail that speaks to the long road ahead in Canada's ...
May 27, 2020
Some employees miss working in air-conditioned spaces as central Canada sizzles
Natasha Burtenshaw-deVries lives in one of several apartments in a converted house in Brantford, Ont., that doesn't have central air conditioning. Her mom purchased her "a bit of a pity gift" of a win...
May 27, 2020
The latest numbers on COVID-19 in Canada
The latest numbers of confirmed and presumptive COVID-19 cases in Canada as of 4 a.m. ET on May 27, 2020: There are 86,648 confirmed and presumptive cases in Canada. _ Quebec: 48,598 confirmed (includ...
May 27, 2020
Quebec plan to review status for asylum seekers working in care homes questioned
Quebec Premier Francois Legault's promise to review the status of asylum seekers working in long-term care homes during the COVID-19 pandemic raises more questions than it answers, advocates...
May 27, 2020
Key court ruling coming today in Meng extradition case
VANCOUVER - The British Columbia Supreme Court is scheduled to release a key decision today in the American extradition case of Huawei executive Meng Wanzhou. Justice Heather Holmes is relea...
May 27, 2020