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United Way donation drive-thru event set for the weekend
PRINCE GEORGE - Residents may have noticed the tree on top of the Coast Inn Hotel downtown is lit up only halfway. This signals that the United Way is falling shy of its fundraising goal. Each light o...
Dec 17, 2020

47 new cases of COVID-19 in Northern Health, 21 more deaths reported in B.C.
PRINCE GEORGE - Another deadly day in British Columbia for COVID-19 as 21 more people have died as a result of complications related to the virus.There have been 47 new cases of the virus reported in ...
Dec 17, 2020

RCMP officers recognized N.S. gunman after pulling up at gas pump next to him
HALIFAX - A new report from an independent police watchdog reveals that the April 19 fatal shooting of the Nova Scotia mass killer occurred after two RCMP officers happened to pull up at a gas pump ne...
Dec 17, 2020

Raptors borrow from bubble, turn ballroom into "awesome" practice facility
There's a large framed photo of Nick Nurse performing on stage with the Arkells hanging in his new glass-walled office at Tampa's JW Marriott. It's one of the many touches of home the displaced Raptor...
Dec 17, 2020

A pilot program for aluminum beer cans is soon to be canned
.PRINCE GEORGE - Since July 6th of this year some people may have noticed that they were getting more for their returns at certain recycling centres. However, starting in the new year some depots acro...
Dec 17, 2020

Justice, public safety ministers discuss need for anti-racism training
OTTAWA - Public Safety Minister Bill Blair says a need for anti-racism training for all people working in the criminal justice system was a focus of conversation with his counterparts from across the ...
Dec 17, 2020

US inmate scheduled to be executed tests positive for virus
WASHINGTON - A federal prisoner scheduled to be executed just days before President-elect Joe Biden takes office has tested positive for coronavirus, his lawyer said Thursday. The Bureau of Prisons no...
Dec 17, 2020

Lowry's adjusted to playing in Tampa, but says COVID-19 inevitable among players
Despite the countless precautions the NBA has put into place ahead of this bizarre season, include twice-daily testing, Kyle Lowry said it's virtually a given that players will contract COVID-19. And ...
Dec 17, 2020

Hot spot: California hospitals buckle as virus cases surge
LOS ANGELES - Hospitals across California have all but run out of intensive care beds for COVID-19 patients, ambulances are backing up outside emergency rooms, and tents for triaging the sick are goin...
Dec 17, 2020

Coalition Avenir Quebec member out of caucus for not following COVID-19 rules at bar
QUEBEC - A member of the governing Coalition Avenir Quebec party is temporarily out of caucus after a video surfaced of him breaking COVID-19 rules at a holiday gathering. In a statement released by t...
Dec 17, 2020