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Float plane crashes in Fraser River near pulp mills
PRINCE GEORGE - Police are on scene between the Shelly Bridge and the Fraser River Bridge on the Fraser River investigating a report that a float plane has crashed into the water. RCMP say initial rep...
Jul 14, 2021

PG Senior Men's Baseball League back after hiatus due to pandemic
PRINCE GEORGE - The ballplayers are back at Citizen Field on a regular basis after a year hiatus due to the pandemic.The return to the diamond was a much-anticipated one for many players including Pau...
Jul 14, 2021

Local kids raise money for orphaned kids in Kenya
PRINCE GEORGE--More than 80 local kids are raising money for children after they were displaced from an attack on their village in Kenya. At the Westside Family Fellowship camp, kids are learning the ...
Jul 14, 2021

Caledonia Nordic Ski Club moving on bid for 2024 events
PRINCE GEORGE - The Caledonia Nordic Ski Club is forging ahead with a bid to host the 2024 Para biathlon World Championships and the 2024 World Para Nordic Skiing World Cup Finals, thanks to a financi...
Jul 14, 2021

B.C. ambulance service overhauled to improve response, job security
VICTORIA - British Columbia's health minister says the province is overhauling the ambulance service to reduce wait times after complaints about long delays during medical emergencies. Adrian Dix says...
Jul 14, 2021

Province hiring more paramedics to meet rising demand
NANAIMO - The recent heat wave and increased social gatherings stressed B.C.'s emergency health service. In response, health minister Adrian Dix announced on Wednesday, July 14 85 paramedics and 30 di...
Jul 14, 2021

Haiti missing seven players due to COVID-19 ahead of Canada game at Gold Cup
Canada will face a depleted Haiti at the Gold Cup on Thursday with seven Haitian players sidelined by COVID-19. Haiti dressed just 17 players Sunday in a 1-0 loss to the U.S. after five players and on...
Jul 14, 2021

Two new cases of COVID-19 in northern B.C.
VICTORIA - The number of fully vaccinated British Columbians continues to rise. The Province reporting that 47.3 per cent of those 12 and older in BC have received both jabs. That number increases to ...
Jul 14, 2021

BCNE Lite coming this year
PRINCE GEORGE - Last year, the BC Northern Exhibition had to be cancelled due to the pandemic and it was shaping up to share the same fate this year. But as of today, there will be an event in August,...
Jul 14, 2021

Montreal police officer charged with sexual assault takes stand, denies it happened
MONTREAL - A Montreal police officer on trial for sexual assault denied groping the alleged victim and told a judge on Wednesday he was only trying to be benevolent by driving her back to her hotel in...
Jul 14, 2021