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Official: Shooter said he hated work years before killing 9
SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) - A gunman who killed nine people at a California rail yard where he worked appeared to target some of the victims, a sheriff told The Associated Press on Thursday, while a Biden...
May 27, 2021

Celebrating Paramedic service week
PRINCE GEORGE - May 23 to 29 is a time to show our gratitude and appreciation to the paramedics who work every day to keep us and our communities safe.During a global pandemic health emergency, parame...
May 27, 2021

Trans Mountain pipeline begins construction of tunnel in Burnaby, B.C.
BURNABY, B.C. - Construction has begun on the 2.6-kilometre tunnel in Burnaby, B.C., for the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion project. The company says in a news release the work on the tunnel connec...
May 27, 2021

Trans Mountain pipeline begins construction of tunnel in Burnaby, B.C.
BURNABY, B.C. - Construction has begun on the 2.6-kilometre tunnel in Burnaby, B.C., for the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion project. The company says in a news release the work on the tunnel connec...
May 27, 2021

Njoo says Canadian Olympians can help vaccination drive before Tokyo
OTTAWA - Canada's deputy chief public health officer says the country's Olympians can be "great role models" by getting vaccinated before the Tokyo Games. Dr. Howard Njoo says he was part of recent di...
May 27, 2021

BC shortens intervals for COVID-19 doses
VICTORIA - British Columbia has reached a milestone when it comes to fighting the COVID-19 pandemic.Provincial Health Officer Dr. Bonnie Henry says over three million doses of COVID-19 vaccines have n...
May 27, 2021

CRA estimates 30,000 self-employed people may not have to repay CERB
OTTAWA - The Canada Revenue Agency says thousands of self-employed workers who received emergency benefits last year won't have to repay any of it, as long as they meet certain conditions.For anyone w...
May 27, 2021

California to offer $116M in coronavirus vaccine prize money
LOS ANGELES (AP) - California is giving away the country's largest pot of vaccine prize money, $116.5 million, in an attempt to get millions more inoculated before the most populous U.S. state fully r...
May 27, 2021

Quebec partially reopens major bridge in Montreal closed last week for safety reasons
MONTREAL - The Quebec government says a major Montreal bridge closed last week for safety reasons will be gradually reopened to traffic starting Friday. The le-aux-Tourtes bridge, one of the main brid...
May 27, 2021

Wait between first and second COVID-19 vaccine dose shortened significantly
NANAIMO - People in the province hoping to be fully vaccinated won't have to wait nearly as long. Provincial health officer Dr. Bonnie Henry on Thursday, May 27 announced the time between a first and ...
May 27, 2021