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Food hamper campaigns changing
PRINCE GEORGE - Two Christmas food hamper campaigns will be very different this year. The Council of Seniors will be accepting donations of cash and grocery gift cards this year, not food. The Council...
Nov 12, 2020
1,130 new cases of COVID-19 since Tuesday
PRINCE GEORGE - The latest COVID-19 numbers were released today by Dr. Bonnie Henry, for the past few days. From November 10 to 11 there were 536 new cases. From yesterday to today there were another ...
Nov 12, 2020
Jays GM Atkins says he has "been close" on a deal, sees opportunity in market
Blue Jays general manager Ross Atkins had just started a media conference call on Thursday when a call came in on his mobile phone. Some 15 minutes later, it was his iPad that started ringing. I...
Nov 12, 2020
Vancouver Whitecaps feel stronger, closer to playoffs after tough season
VANCOUVER - Russell Teibert knows there are people that counted the Vancouver Whitecaps out this season. It was a tough year for the club, a choppy campaign repeatedly interrupted by COVID-19, and var...
Nov 12, 2020
Protesters gather for Anti-glyphosate rally
PRINCE GEORGE - Despite the brisk wind, about fifty people came out in support of Stop the Spray, which is hoping to bring a forestry practice to an end. Canfor has applied to renew a new five-year Pe...
Nov 12, 2020
White separatist who spewed racial hatred dead at 82
LOS ANGELES - Tom Metzger, the notorious former Ku Klux Klan leader who rose to prominence in the 1980s while promoting white separatism and stoking racial violence, has died at age 82. Riverside Coun...
Nov 12, 2020
N.L. public health has COVID advice for the holiday mummering tradition
ST. JOHN'S, N.L. - Newfoundland and Labrador public health officials have issued advice for those looking to stay COVID-safe while marauding around town with underwear on the outside of their clothes....
Nov 12, 2020
Coronavirus deaths surpass 10,000 in hard-hit Massachusetts
BOSTON - Once a coronavirus hot spot, Massachusetts was seen as a model for infection control this summer as coronavirus cases and deaths dwindled. Now, experts are warning the state could be headed f...
Nov 12, 2020
New review to look into the good, the bad, and the ugly of Northern BC rail systems
ckpgPRINCE GEORGE - Communities in Northern BC rely very heavily on the railway systems due to our geographical location. However, over time old systems become less efficient than they used to be. The...
Nov 12, 2020
Canada's Haley takes on hockey hopes of Hungarian women
Unable to coach the Ryerson Rams to a national women's university hockey title because of the COVID-19 pandemic, Lisa Haley has applied her talents to an up-and-coming country. Hungary, which won prom...
Nov 12, 2020