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Giddens ready to get to work after being chosen as BC United candidate for PG-Mackenzie
PRINCE GEORGE - BC United, making an announcement on Sunday, on who will take up the torch to run for the party in the riding of Prince George-Mackenzie. Mike Morris announced in March that he would n...
Sep 25, 2023

Canadian women set out to take another step forward with Olympic berth on the line
TORONTO - Canada women's soccer head coach Bev Priestman says her squad is ready to take another step forward on Tuesday. Canada will host Jamaica at Toronto's BMO Field in the second of a two-legged ...
Sep 25, 2023

Toronto Blue Jays playoff hopes all come down to six-game homestand
TORONTO - The Toronto Blue Jays' post-season fate will be determined this week. Toronto will host the New York Yankees and Tampa Bay Rays in a six-game homestand starting Tuesday. The Blue Jays hold t...
Sep 25, 2023

Three fishers die after boat sinks off Quebec coast, three others rescued
MONTREAL - Quebec provincial police say three people are dead after a fishing boat sunk off the province's Lower North Shore early this morning. The Canadian Coast Guard says six people were aboard th...
Sep 25, 2023

Federal minister criticizes Manitoba Tory ad that cites rejection of landfill search
WINNIPEG - Manitoba's Progressive Conservatives came under fire Monday for taking out a newspaper ad that highlights, in part, the province's decision to not search a landfill for the remains of two I...
Sep 25, 2023

Canada names new ambassador to Armenia amid Nagorno-Karabakh tensions
OTTAWA - Canada's government has announced the ambassador who is to helm a new embassy in Armenia at a time of escalating military conflict in neighbouring Azerbaijan. Andrew Turner, a career diplomat...
Sep 25, 2023

CP NewsAlert: Regulator rules in favour of Trans Mountain route deviation
CALGARY - The Canada Energy Regulator has approved Trans Mountain Corp.'s application to modify the pipeline's route. More coming. The Canadian Press
Sep 25, 2023

2023: BC Coroners report shows 53 unregulated drug deaths in Prince George
PRINCE GEORGE-The BC Coroners Service released it's monthly report Monday showing that across BC there have been 1645 unregulated drug deaths in 2023. The highest rates of death have been in Northern ...
Sep 25, 2023

Report finds long-term facilities' profit outpacing staff, care costs in B.C.
VICTORIA - A report from British Columbia's advocate for seniors says profits for contracted long-term care facilities are growing significantly faster than expenses such as as direct care costs and s...
Sep 25, 2023

Cost of living: Pepsi and Coca-Cola absent in meeting with federal industry minister
Canada's industry minister made a point of calling out Pepsi and Coca-Cola for not sending representatives to a meeting he convened on Monday with manufacturing companies to discuss stabilizing grocer...
Sep 25, 2023