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DPG helps with recovery
PRINCE GEORGE - Local businesses trying to get back into business are getting some help from a familiar organization.When COVID-19 struck, it "threw a wrench into everything," according to the Executi...
Jul 03, 2020

Three dead after float plane crashes near Edmonton airport: Mounties
LEDUC COUNTY, Alta. - RCMP say three people have died in a plane crash south of Edmonton. Mounties say they were alerted Friday morning that a float plane went down in a field in Leduc ...
Jul 03, 2020

A peek of sunshine doesn't mean we are in the clear from flood warnings
WILLIAMS LAKE-The Cariboo Regional District (CRD) is reminding residents that flood warnings and watches remain in effect, even though we may be seeing a break in rainy weather.The CRD says that resid...
Jul 03, 2020

Hosting regular season MLB in Toronto "totally different ball game"
The Toronto Blue Jays have been cleared to start their summer training camp at Rogers Centre, but Canada's deputy chief public health officer says hosting other teams there during the r...
Jul 03, 2020

Quebec government suspends all advertising on Facebook during July
QUEBEC - The Quebec government says it is joining an international boycott of Facebook by refusing to advertise on the social network during the month of July. Premier Francois Legault'...
Jul 03, 2020

Liberal party finished 2019 having spent $43 million, raised $42 million
OTTAWA - The Liberal party spent more than it took in the 2019 election year, raising just over $42 million and spending just over $43 million. Financial records released late Frid...
Jul 03, 2020

31 MLB players, 7 staff test positive for COVID-19, or 1.2%
NEW YORK - Thirty-one Major League Baseball players and seven staff members tested positive for COVID-19 during intake for the resumption of training, a rate of 1.2%. MLB and the players' association ...
Jul 03, 2020

Vanderhoof man dead in Canada Day crash near Ashcroft
ASHCROFT, B.C. - RCMP and the B.C. Coroners Service have confirmed one person died in a crash near Ashcroft Wednesday (July 1).According to B.C. Emergency Health Services (EHS), first responders were ...
Jul 03, 2020

Willie Nelson's July Fourth picnic is virtual in virus era
SPICEWOOD, Texas - Willie Nelson's annual Fourth of July Picnic is going ahead this year, but to reduce concerns about the coronavirus the event will be virtual. Fans can tune in to the nearly 50-year...
Jul 03, 2020

Downtown's new pool receiving $10 million dollars in funding
PRINCE GEORGE-The City's new downtown pool is receiving quite the sum of funding from Provincial and Federal Governments.$10 million in funding support for the downtown's new pool, that is what both, ...
Jul 03, 2020