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Habs star Price sends support to boys who lost parents in NS mass shooting
Montreal Canadiens goaltender Carey Price has reached out to give support two boys who lost their parents during the Nova Scotia mass shooting last month Price sent a heartfelt video message to 11-yea...
May 07, 2020
UFC relying on hefty health and safety blueprint for trio of Florida shows
The UFC returns to action Saturday after a two-month absence with the first of three shows in Jacksonville, Fla. - working off a hefty health, safety and operations manual in the face of COVID-19...
May 07, 2020
Northern post-secondaries enhance supports for Indigenous students and access to remote education
PRINCE GEORGE- Four northern B.C. post-secondaries are helping enhance supports for Indigenous students and investing in technological solutions to improve access for remote education, in response to ...
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Shooting of bear in 100 Mile House triggers Conservation Officer service probe
100 MILE HOUSE, B.C. - The B.C. Conservation Officer service is looking into a dangerous incident on the weekend in 100 Mile House.In a Facebook post, the service says a bear was shot and killed Sunda...
May 07, 2020 Image Credit: Government of BC
Northern Health has highest rates of deaths to illicit drugs so far in 2020, says Coroners Service
VICTORIA-The B.C. Coroners Service published its key preliminary findings for its report on illicit drug toxicity deaths to the end of March, which found that Northern Health has the highest rate of d...
May 07, 2020 Photo Courtesy, Sauleancristian | Dreamstime.com
AP Exclusive: Justice Dept dropping Flynn's criminal case
WASHINGTON - The Justice Department on Thursday said it is dropping the criminal case against President Donald Trump's first national security adviser, Michael Flynn, abandoning a prosecution that bec...
May 07, 2020
Watchdogs warn COVID-19 apps come with privacy risks to Canadians
OTTAWA - Privacy commissioners from across the country are warning of potential risks associated with government COVID-19 apps used to trace the movements of Canadians. Some provinces have already int...
May 07, 2020
B.C. says clearing surgery backlog will take at least 17 months
VICTORIA - The B.C. government is announcing what it describes as an "ambitious plan" to rescheduled thousands of cancelled surgeries and increase capacity in the health-care system. The governme...
May 07, 2020
Feds to partly cover 'top ups' for front-line workers on minimum wage
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says the federal government, provinces and territories will spend $4 billion to increase the wages of essential workers in the COVID-19 pandemic. He says th...
May 07, 2020
Trudeau says he does not share view that oil and gas sector is beyond saving
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says he does not agree that oil and gas in Canada is dead. Bloc Quebecois Leader Yves-Francois Blanchet and Green parliamentary leader Elizabeth May both claim t...
May 07, 2020