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Wood you look at that! Lumber prices drop after record year
PRINCE GEORGE--Lumber prices have finally started to go down recently after the pandemic raised prices by more than half. But now, almost the opposite is happening.Back in May, the price of softwood l...
Jun 24, 2021

76% of those 12 and older in BC have now received at least one dose of a COVID-19 vaccine
VICTORIA - Vaccination rates continue to go up in British Columbia.Provincial Health Officer Dr. Bonnie Henry and Health Minister Adrian Dix say that 77.5 per cent of all adults in B.C. and 76 per cen...
Jun 24, 2021

BC Ferries now allowing people to book walk-on tickets online
VICTORIA - Passengers walking on to BC Ferries vessels operating between Vancouver Island and the mainland will now be able to book their trip. BC Ferries has announced walk-on passengers can book onl...
Jun 24, 2021

Canada's Michael Woods looks to win stages as team leader at Tour de France
As the designated team leader of the Israel Start-Up Nation entry at the Tour de France, Canadian Michael Woods doesn't plan to waste any time making his mark. His first goal is to win stages, followe...
Jun 24, 2021

Environment Canada issues heat warnings, says record-high temperatures loom for B.C.
VANCOUVER - Some B.C. communities are setting up cooling centres and distributing water bottles ahead of a sweltering heat wave that is expected to blanket most of the province. Environment Canada has...
Jun 24, 2021

'They made us believe we didn't have souls:' Marieval residential school survivor
A Cowessess First Nation elder is recalling the abusive and dehumanizing experiences she had while attending a residential school in Saskatchewan as news of the hundreds of unmarked graves found at th...
Jun 24, 2021

Science-based panel to guide B.C.'s care of old-growth forests
VICTORIA - An independent panel will advise the British Columbia government on the management of its old-growth forests, which have been at the centre of a fractious debate in the province for decades...
Jun 24, 2021

Open fires to be prohibited in PG Fire Centre starting Friday
PRINCE GEORGE - Starting at noon tomorrow (June 25), Category 2 and Category 3 open burning will be prohibited throughout the Prince George Fire Centre.The move comes as the province is expected to ex...
Jun 24, 2021

Canadian basketball player may be forced to choose between daughter, Olympics
Canadian basketball player Kim Gaucher says she's being "forced to decide between being a breastfeeding mom or an Olympic athlete." Gaucher says COVID-19 rules prevent her from bringing her daughter S...
Jun 24, 2021

Groups challenge decision allowing judge involved in U of T controversy to keep job
OTTAWA - Complainants are challenging a review body decision that allowed a federal judge to keep his job after he was accused of bias against Palestinians over his views on a proposed university appo...
Jun 24, 2021