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Video: 5 vehicle MVI on the Hart
.PRINCE GEORGE - A five-vehicle crash is causing traffic headaches on the Hart.A witness tells CKPG Today that the collision occurred just before 12:30 p.m. at the corner of the intersection of Austin...
Dec 22, 2020
Surrey approves bylaw to ban single-use shopping bags, foam cups, other plastics
SURREY, B.C. - Plastic shopping bags, foam cups and takeout containers should soon be banned in Surrey, B.C. Councillors have adopted a bylaw that would seek provincial permission to ban single-use pl...
Dec 22, 2020
RCMP release more details in Cache Creek jade boulder caper
CACHE CREEK, B.C. - RCMP say the truck and trailer used in the brazen heist of a jade boulder in Cache Creek have been found - but there is still no sign of the huge rock.The boulder was taken from Ca...
Dec 22, 2020
B.C. boosts tourism sector support to $105 million following task force report
VANCOUVER - The British Columbia government has added $55 million to a fund to help tourism businesses struggling during the COVID-19 pandemic. Tourism Minister Melanie Mark says the additional cash f...
Dec 22, 2020
External probe into deaths of Quebec boys calls for reform to youth protection system
QUEBEC - An external investigation into the deaths of two Quebec boys is calling for in-depth reform of the province's youth protection system and the law that governs it. Dr. Lionel Carmant, Quebec's...
Dec 22, 2020
AP source: Feds sue Walmart over role in opioid crisis
WASHINGTON - The Justice Department is suing Walmart, alleging the company unlawfully dispensed controlled substances through its pharmacies, helping to fuel the opioid crisis in America, a person fam...
Dec 22, 2020
Where is God? The COVID-19 pandemic has been a test of faith for believers
OTTAWA - Where is God? It is a question Rev. Harrison Ayre finds himself asking and being asked often as the COVID-19 pandemic has left nearly two million dead worldwide; 80 million sickened; families...
Dec 22, 2020
Washington Spirit waive Canadian international forward Jenna Hellstrom, five others
BOYDS, Md. - The National Women's Soccer League's Washington Spirit have waived six players, including Canadian international Jenna Hellstrom.The 25-year-old forward from Sudbury, Ont., joined the Spi...
Dec 22, 2020
Jubilee Lodge outbreak claims four lives
Prince George - Tuesday morning Northern Health provided an update regarding the ongoing situation at the Jubilee Lodge in Prince George.Tragically, four residents of the Jubilee Lodge have died since...
Dec 22, 2020
10 correctional officers charged following death of Indigenous man in N.L. jail
ST. JOHN'S, N.L. - Ten correctional officers have been charged with crimes ranging from manslaughter to criminal negligence causing death in connection with the 2019 death of an Inuk man in a St. John...
Dec 22, 2020