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California hospitals at 'brink of catastrophe'; 25,000 dead
LOS ANGELES - California surpassed 25,000 coronavirus deaths since the start of the pandemic, reporting the grim milestone Thursday as an ongoing surge swamps hospitals and pushes nurses and doctors t...
Dec 31, 2020
Local restaurants worry about long-term effects of early NYE booze ban
PRINCE GEORGE - It's not the order businesses are frustrated about most, it's the timing of it."I was definitely frustrated when I heard the news," says Fallen Moreland, owner of the White Goose Bistr...
Dec 31, 2020
Bomb-sniffing dogs? Check. Times Square crowd? Not this year
New York City police turned to familiar tactics ahead of Thursday's New Year's Eve celebrations, deploying bomb-sniffing dogs and sand-filled sanitation trucks intended to guard against explosions. Bu...
Dec 31, 2020
Last of singing McGuire Sisters dies in Vegas; Phyllis, 89
LAS VEGAS - Phyllis McGuire, the last surviving member of the three singing McGuire Sisters who topped the charts with several hits in the 1950s, has died. She was 89. The lead singer and younger sist...
Dec 31, 2020
Shutdown, impeachment, virus: Chaotic Congress winds down
WASHINGTON - Congress is ending a chaotic session, a two-year political firestorm that started with the longest federal government shutdown in U.S. history, was riven by impeachment and a pandemic, an...
Dec 31, 2020
Trump extends pandemic-related visa ban through March 31
WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump on Thursday extended pandemic-related bans on issuing green cards and work visas to large groups of applicants outside the United States through March 31. Federal j...
Dec 31, 2020
Chief justice praises work of federal courts during COVID-19
WASHINGTON - Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts is praising federal courts nationwide for their flexibility in responding to the COVID-19 pandemic, acknowledging in his annual year-end report th...
Dec 31, 2020
COVID-19 outbreak declared at Williams Lake Seniors Village
WILLIAMS LAKE - A COVID-19 outbreak has been declared at Williams Lake Seniors Village after one resident tested positive.Interior Health issued an outbreak notice today (Dec. 31) and says all individ...
Dec 31, 2020
683 new cases of COVID in B.C., 36 in Northern Health
VANCOUVER - Provincial Health Officer Dr. Bonnie Henry says there have been 683 new cases of COVID-19 over the past 24 hours in British Columbia, 36 in Northern Health.Here's the regional breakdown:Va...
Dec 31, 2020
5 more active cases of COVID-19 reported at northern B.C. work camps
PRINCE GEORGE - Northern Health says there's been five more lab confirmed cases of COVID-19 at two Coastal Gas Link work camps in northern B.C. That brings the total to 53 associated with the outbreak...
Dec 31, 2020