Author Archives: Greg Fry
'All of our beds are occupied': Capacity crunch continues at UHNBC
PRINCE GEORGE - With COVID-19 cases surging in Northern Health higher than they have in any other wave of the pandemic, the situation at the University Hospital of Northern BC (UHNBC) are not good.Cap...
Oct 13, 2021
B.C. civil rights group sues federal government over prolonged confinement in prisons
VANCOUVER - A civil liberties group has filed a lawsuit against the federal government over prolonged solitary confinement two years after British Columbia's top court ruled it is a violation of priso...
Oct 13, 2021
U.S. border reopening, Canadians unhappy with Facebook : In The News for Oct. 13
In The News is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to kickstart your day. Here is what's on the radar of our editors for the morning of Oct. 13 ... What we are watching in Canada ......
Oct 13, 2021
Trustees seek January byelection
PRINCE GEORGE - Following the resignation of the Chair and Vice-Chair of the SD57 Board of Education, a byelection is needed to fill the two seats left vacant by now departed Trent Derrick and Shuiros...
Oct 12, 2021
55 ICU patients transferred out of northern B.C. as situation remains 'extremely serious': Dix
B.C.'s health minister says 55 patients in intensive care units in the Northern Health region have been transferred to other health regions in the province.Of those patients, 43 have tested positive f...
Oct 12, 2021
U.S. residents fear reopened Mexican border more than Canadian one, poll suggests
WASHINGTON - A new poll suggests U.S. residents are far more worried about reopening the land border with Mexico than they are about letting Canadians drive south. The poll, conducted by Leger for the...
Oct 12, 2021
COVID-19 vaccine mandate in place for B.C. long-term care, assisted living workers
VICTORIA - All long-term care and assisted living employees in British Columbia now need to have at least one dose of COVID-19 vaccine. Those who have received one dose will have to undergo rapid test...
Oct 12, 2021
Fatal crash on Highway 27 claims life of 37-year-old man
VANDERHOOF - A 37-year-old man is dead following a single-vehicle crash on Sunday.RCMP say it happened on Highway 27, near Blue Mountain Road. Vanderhoof RCMP is investigating the cause of death and n...
Oct 12, 2021
Fortin reinstatement ruling, COVID concern in schools : In The News for Oct. 12, 2021
In The News is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to kickstart your day. Here is what's on the radar of our editors for the morning of Oct. 12 ... What we are watching in Canada ......
Oct 12, 2021
Healthcare worker appreciation car parade happening tonight
PRINCE GEORGE-This Thanksgiving, you can help give your thanks to frontline workers who have been helping battle this pandemic. A car parade is happening tonight as a show of appreciation for healthca...
Oct 11, 2021