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Quebec man accused of fatal B.C. stabbing appears in court
VANCOUVER - The man accused in a stabbing attack that left one woman dead and six other people hurt in North Vancouver appeared in provincial court on Thursday. Twenty-eight-year-old Yannick Bandaogo,...
Apr 01, 2021
Indigenous people aged 18 and up and seniors aged 72 and up can now book their vaccination appointments in PG
PRINCE GEORGE - Seniors aged 72 and up and Indigenous people aged 18 and up in Prince George can now call in to book their covid-19 vaccinations.Northern Health says your appointment will take about 1...
Apr 01, 2021
New carbon tax will cost Northerners
PRINCE GEORGE - Northerners are especially hit hard by the new carbon tax. "People will be paying more to heat, eat and drive to work as of today," says Kris Sims, B.C. Director for the Canadian Taxpa...
Apr 01, 2021
Hulu to produce, release '1619 Project' documentary series
NEW YORK - Hulu will produce a documentary series based on " The 1619 Project," stories in The New York Times that examined the legacy of slavery in America dating from the arrival of the first slave ...
Apr 01, 2021
A ghostly set of images, and a glimpse of border danger
PHOENIX - A border wall. Smugglers. Small children being dropped into America in the darkness. A grainy video released Wednesday by authorities - its figures visible only in ghostly white outline, its...
Apr 01, 2021
Indigenous leader says Vancouver Island hospital project turns fears to healing
NORTH COWICHAN, B.C. - A British Columbia Indigenous leader says a planned 201-bed hospital replacement project will become a place of healing for his people after decades of fear of the current hospi...
Apr 01, 2021
Coin firm pays it forward after Georgia man paid in pennies
MARIETTA, Ga. - A global company has stepped in to solve quite a "coinundrum" for a Georgia man. Andreas Flaten's former employer dumped at least 90,000 pennies on his driveway last month as a form of...
Apr 01, 2021
Company producing J&J vaccine had history of violations
The company at the centre of quality problems that led Johnson & Johnson to discard 15 million doses of its coronavirus vaccine has a string of citations from U.S. health officials for quality con...
Apr 01, 2021
832 new cases of COVID-19 in B.C., 39 in northern B.C.
VANCOUVER - Provincial Health Officer Dr. Bonnie Henry announced 832 new cases of COVID-19 in British Colubmia today (April 1).That brings the total number of cases to 100,880 in B.C.Here's the region...
Apr 01, 2021
Woodbine CEO 'cautiously optimistic' '21 thoroughbred season will open on time
TORONTO - Jim Lawson isn't giving up on Woodbine's thoroughbred racing season starting on time. On Thursday, the Ontario government announced the province will go into a four-week, provincewide shutdo...
Apr 01, 2021