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Longtime event director weighs in on alternate options for 20-21 curling season
With some curling competitions already cancelled and the rest of the 2020-21 season up in the air due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the sport is facing significant challenges as it looks&nb...
Jun 12, 2020

Businessman David Sidoo loses Order of B.C. following wire fraud guilty plea
VICTORIA - A former Canadian Football League player has lost his membership in the Order of British Columbia after pleading guilty to charges in the United States. A B.C. government says the process t...
Jun 12, 2020

Alouettes fullback Spencer Moore not very hopeful for 2020 CFL season
Montreal Alouettes fullback Spencer Moore isn't hopeful the CFL will have a 2020 season. League action was originally scheduled to begin Thursday night but remains suspended d...
Jun 12, 2020

Here's how you can celebrate Pride this year while social distancing
PRINCE GEORGE-The month of June is also known as Pride month, and celebrations are still taking place-safely-amidst the pandemic.There are several events taking place, locally, throughout the month of...
Jun 12, 2020

'Born leader:' Contradiction is Alberta Chief Allan Adam's strength
EDMONTON - It was supposed to be a triumph. South African anti-apartheid hero Archbishop Desmond Tutu was joining the chief of the Athabasca Chipewyan First Nation in his struggle against environmenta...
Jun 12, 2020

Winnipeg police defend kicking suspect during arrest, release video
Winnipeg police are defending their actions and reaching out to Indigenous leaders after a video surfaced showing officers kneeing and kicking a man during an arrest. A blurry, 74-second video po...
Jun 12, 2020

A list of police encounters being questioned and investigated in Canada
The death last month of George Floyd, a Black man in Minneapolis who was killed when an officer kneeled on his neck for almost nine minutes, has sparked demonstrations against police brutality and rac...
Jun 12, 2020

Exploration Place Preschool Program receives Best Program Award
PRINCE GEORGE-The Exploration Place's Early Explorers Preschool is being recognized nationally.The Canadian Association of Science Centres is awarding the Exploration Place and Science Centre with the...
Jun 12, 2020

Witness said killer in N.S. mass shooting 'recently' acquired gun from estate
HALIFAX - A portion of a witness statement released Friday says the gunman who killed 22 people in Nova Scotia had "recently" acquired one of his firearms in Canada from the estate of a...
Jun 12, 2020

Canadian expert says he is confident COVID-19 vaccine is months, not years away
OTTAWA - One of Canada's preeminent infectious disease experts says he is confident a vaccine for COVID-19 will be ready in months, not years. Dr. Gary Kobinger, director of the Research Cen...
Jun 12, 2020