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Feds earmark $3.3B for provinces, territories for COVID-19 infrastructure
OTTAWA - The federal government is moving ahead with plans to make it easier for provinces and territories to spend billions of dollars on infrastructure projects to address the challenges posed ...
Aug 05, 2020

Occupants okay after plane flips at YXS
PRINCE GEORGE - Two occupants of a plane are lucky to be alive after the plane they were in flipped at Prince George Airport this morning."At approximately 9 a.m., a small aircraft on approach experie...
Aug 05, 2020

Calgary Zoo worried giant pandas 'in jeopardy' as bamboo supply running out
CALGARY - Time and food supplies are running out for two giant pandas at the Calgary Zoo. Er Shun and Da Mao arrived in Calgary in 2018, along with cubs Jia Panpan and Jia Yueyue, after...
Aug 05, 2020

Missing kayaker located
PRINCE GEORGE- A kayaker who was reported missing earlier today (Aug.5) is breathing a little easier this morning after being rescued.Prince George RCMP say that they received a report of a missing ka...
Aug 05, 2020

McCartney appointed AP's entertainment & lifestyles editor
Anthony McCartney, The Associated Press' West Coast entertainment editor who as a reporter covered the legal aftermath of Michael Jackson's death and many celebrity trials, has been appointed the news...
Aug 05, 2020

Maple Leafs defenceman Jake Muzzin out for remainder of preliminary round series
TORONTO - The Maple Leafs say defenceman Jake Muzzin has been discharged from hospital and is back at the team's hotel, but will not return to the lineup during Toronto's playoff qualification se...
Aug 05, 2020

AP source: Biden won't go to Milwaukee for acceptance speech
Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden will not travel to Milwaukee to accept his party's White House nomination because of concerns over the coronavirus. That's according to a Democrat with know...
Aug 05, 2020

Vancouver home sales jump to 3,128 in July while prices rise amid lower supply
VANCOUVER - Buyers purchased 3,128 homes in the Greater Vancouver area last month, up both from June and from July 2019. The Real Estate Board of Greater Vancouver said on Wednesday that sales in July...
Aug 05, 2020

COVID-19 fallout: Ottawa announces details of support program for fishermen
HALIFAX - The federal government has announced details of a $469-million program aimed at helping Canada's fish harvesters deal with the economic fallout from the COVID-19 pandemic. Fisherie...
Aug 05, 2020

Man killed in Chicago shooting was local rapper, police say
A man who was fatally shot as he stood with another man on one of Chicago's most fashionable streets was a local rapper, police said. The Cook County Medical Examiner's office identified the man as 26...
Aug 05, 2020