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Friendship Centre flash mob for morale
PRINCE GEORGE - Staff at the Prince George Native Friendship Centre held a brief flash mob this afternoon. They sang songs in honour of women and men as well as the front line workers fighting the COV...
Apr 08, 2020
Restaurants that delayed opening face struggles amid COVID-19 pandemic
VANCOUVER - For the past 18 months, Nguyet Dang has been working to bring her dream of opening a Vietnamese restaurant to life. Then the COVID-19 pandemic hit. Ten days before the planned op...
Apr 08, 2020
Canada won't tip hand on possibility of import tariffs on Saudi oil
OTTAWA - Canada's energy minister will speak to his U.S. and Mexican counterparts Thursday in a bid to generate a common front ahead of talks by the world's biggest economies aimed at ending the ...
Apr 08, 2020
Miracle Theatre tops $100,000 in latest fundraising production
PRINCE GEORGE - Every year since 2016, the Miracle Theatre has raised funds for local charities through productions it puts on. This year, the theatre managed to bring together its highest single-show...
Apr 08, 2020 Courtesy Miracle Theatre
British Columbians returning from abroad legally required to have self-isolation plan
VICTORIA-BC Premier John Horgan addressed British Columbians today from the province's capital reminding British Columbians returning home from abroad that self-isolation is not a suggestion, it's man...
Apr 08, 2020
Politicians ask public to work from home, but are they taking their own advice?
Canada's politicians have been urging the public to work from home during the COVID-19 crisis, but a look at federal and provincial leaders suggests not all of them are following their own a...
Apr 08, 2020
Calgary woman who died of COVID-19 was expecting 2020 to be best year: husband
CALGARY - A Calgary man whose wife died of COVID-19 last month says the two of them were expecting 2020 to be the best year of their lives. But things changed quickly in mid-March when Deb Diemer...
Apr 08, 2020
Demographic data 'essential' to track impacts of COVID-19: researchers
OTTAWA - Researchers are calling for more detailed data on who is getting and dying from COVID-19, to find out if specific minority or socioeconomic groups are unduly impacted. The Unit...
Apr 08, 2020
HandyDART's starting earlier to support early morning shopping
FORT ST. JOHN-In response to COVID-19, BC Transit and the City of Fort St. John are making adjustments to their handyDART services, starting tomorrow (April 9).The handyDART service will begin at 6:45...
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Gauthier makes NHL Central Scouting final draft rankings
NHL Central Scouting has announced their final rankings ahead of the 2020 NHL entry draft and Cougars netminder Taylor Gauthier has cracked the list.The 2001 born netminder is ranked 19th among North ...
Apr 08, 2020