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Teenage hiker Esther Wang is found safe after two days lost in B.C. park
MAPLE RIDGE, B.C. - Rescuers say a teenage girl who was missing for more than two days in a Metro Vancouver provincial park has been found alive. Team manager Ryan Smith with Ridge Meadows Search and ...
Jun 30, 2023
Indiana Supreme Court upholds abortion ban, says state constitution gives only limited protections
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - The Indiana Supreme Court ruled Friday that the state's abortion ban doesn't violate the state constitution, removing a major hurdle to enforcing the ban Republicans approved last ...
Jun 30, 2023
To Your Health: Wildfire Smoke
PRINCE GEORGE - The wildfire season started early in B.C. this year, which meant that more smoke has been in the air than normal. We learn more about the impacts of wildfire smoke in this week's To Yo...
Jun 30, 2023
Conservative majority on U.S. Supreme Court flexes muscles on students, LGBTQ rights
WASHINGTON - The conservative majority on the U.S. Supreme Court is ending its latest term with a fierce flurry of attacks on liberal values. The court has ruled in favour of a Christian graphic artis...
Jun 30, 2023
Wildfires leading to smog warnings, poor air quality in Ontario, Quebec
MONTREAL - Environment Canada says forest fires are causing poor air quality today across much of Quebec and Ontario. The federal agency has issued smog warnings for the regions around the cities of M...
Jun 30, 2023
No need for 'double punishment' in mandatory sentence case, Supreme Court rules
OTTAWA - Canada's top court says a woman who was barred from driving for almost two years while awaiting sentencing would face a kind of double punishment if she were now handed an additional, mandato...
Jun 30, 2023
90-year-old Master Athlete breaks Multiple Records at PGTF Spruce Capital 2023 Invitational Meet
PRINCE GEORGE- Myrtle Acton from Victoria came to Prince George to participate in the first traditional Masters' Throws Pentathlon at the PGTF's Spruce Capital 2023 Invitational Meet. Myrtle competed ...
Jun 30, 2023
Masai Ujiri, Kent Monkman appointed to Order of Canada
OTTAWA - Toronto Raptors president Masai Ujiri and Cree artist Kent Monkman are among the dozens of people newly named to Canada's highest civilian honour. Gov. Gen. Mary Simon announced 85 appointmen...
Jun 30, 2023
Big Creek wildfire prompts evacuation alert
TAKLA FIRST NATION - The Takla First Nation and the Regional District of Bulkley-Nechako have issued an evacuation alert due to the Big Creek wildfire, located about 125 kilometres north of Fort St. J...
Jun 30, 2023
B.C. health authority issues drug alert after benzodiazepines found in vape juice
CHILLIWACK, B.C. - A British Columbia health authority has issued a public warning after it says benzodiazepines were detected in vape juice sold in Chilliwack, B.C. Fraser Health issued an overdose a...
Jun 30, 2023