Author Archives: Greg Fry
Scan of residential school grounds begins near Port Alberni, B.C.
PORT ALBERNI, B.C. - A Vancouver Island First Nation says the first phase of scanning for unmarked graves has begun on the grounds of a former residential school near Port Alberni, B.C. The Tseshaht F...
Jul 11, 2022
Kenney wants federal climate plan on agenda at premiers' meeting in B.C.
VICTORIA - Alberta Premier Jason Kenney says he'll be raising the alarm over the federal government's emissions reduction plan when he meets with Canada's premiers over the next two days. Kenney says ...
Jul 11, 2022
Strike deadline for Via Rail workers extended as Unifor continues negotiations
Via Rail has narrowly avoided the prospect of immediately suspending services across Canada after a strike deadline was extended to Monday afternoon. Unifor issued a 72-hour strike notice to the natio...
Jul 10, 2022
1 person recovered from Fraser River in Prince George
PRINCE GEORGE - One person was recovered from the Fraser River in Prince George today.Prince George Fire Rescue responded just before 10:30 a.m. at Lheidli T'enneh Memorial Park for a report of a pers...
Jul 09, 2022
Three suspects arrested in Quesnel crime spree
QUESNEL-Three suspects have been arrested by Quesnel RCMP in relation to a string of thefts on Wednesday. Officers identified and arrested a 34-year-old man as well as two women aged 48 and 29. The su...
Jul 08, 2022
Feds look into potential legal risks of providing abortions to U.S. patients
Federal officials are looking into whether Canadian health workers could face legal risks for providing abortion services to Americans from states where the procedure has been outlawed. A Health Canad...
Jul 08, 2022
RCMP use spike belt and police dog to arrest man near Quesnel
QUESNEL - RCMP arrested a 33-year-old man after he fled from police in the Quesnel area.Quesnel RCMP Sgt. Clay Kronebusch says the suspect was arrested at approximately 11 p.m. on July 1 on outstandin...
Jul 08, 2022
Toronto police work on 911 connection issues as Rogers customers report outage
TORONTO - Rogers Communications Inc. has been hit with a widespread network outage that has left many customers without mobile and internet service Friday morning. Toronto police say the Rogers networ...
Jul 08, 2022
Ousting of U.K. PM Boris Johnson won't affect ties with Canada, trade talks
OTTAWA - The Canadian government says the ousting of U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson by his party will not affect Canada's negotiations on a free-trade agreement. A spokeswoman for International Tra...
Jul 07, 2022
UK media: Prime Minister Boris Johnson agrees to step down
LONDON (AP) - British media say Prime Minister Boris Johnson has agreed to resign, ending an unprecedented political crisis over his future. Johnson had rebuffed calls by his Cabinet to step down in t...
Jul 07, 2022