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Quebec rejects plea to send army to northern region facing health worker shortage
MONTREAL - Quebec's Health Department says it has rejected a request from officials in the northern region of Nunavik that the Armed Forces be brought in to help ease a shortage of health-care workers...
Aug 10, 2022
Shaw joins Spruce Kings as Associate Coach
PRINCE GEORGE - The Prince George Spruce Kings announced the hiring of Andrew Shaw as the team's new Associate Coach.The 32-year-old Shaw is a native of Chilliwack and spent the past three seasons as ...
Aug 10, 2022
World food crisis prompts rise in child marriages: Canadian aid agencies
OTTAWA - Canadian aid agencies are warning that the world food crisis, made worse by the war in Ukraine, is leading to a rise in underage girls being forced into marriage. Plan International Canada sa...
Aug 10, 2022
Kodiaks football engaging community of PG
PRINCE GEORGE - The Prince George Kodiaks have been making a name for themselves within the city in a short amount of time. Although their season hasn't started with the winning streak that they had h...
Aug 10, 2022
Coroner's report shows 16 suspected heat deaths linked to recent B.C. hot spell
VICTORIA - The British Columbia Coroners Service is reporting 16 suspected heat-related deaths in late July and early August, coinciding with heat warnings over much of the province during the same pe...
Aug 10, 2022
Manitoba first province to sign on to federal funding for crisis hotlines
WINNIPEG - Manitoba is the first province to sign on to new federal funding for crisis centres that help victims of gender-based violence. The federal government will provide Manitoba up to $1 million...
Aug 10, 2022
Quebec religious minorities feel less safe, hopeful due to secularism law: survey
MONTREAL - A new survey has found that religious minorities in Quebec are feeling less safe, less accepted and less hopeful since the province passed its secularism law three years ago. The survey res...
Aug 10, 2022
Ottawa woman who went missing in 1980 had been living outside Canada, recently died
OTTAWA - A four-decade-old missing persons case has been resolved more than a year after the woman's family made a renewed plea for information. Dale Nancy Wyman told some family members she was think...
Aug 10, 2022
Plastics producers ask court to quash planned federal ban on single-use straws, cups
OTTAWA - More than two dozen plastic makers are asking the Federal Court to put an end to Ottawa's plan to ban several single-use plastic items including straws, cutlery and takeout containers. It is ...
Aug 10, 2022
Canadian forward Tyler Pasher finds a new MLS home with the New York Red Bulls
HARRISON, N.J. - Less than a week after being waived by the Houston Dynamo, Canadian international forward Tyler Pasher has landed with the New York Red Bulls. The 28-year-old from Elmira, Ont., made ...
Aug 10, 2022