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Category Two open burning prohibition coming for Cariboo Fire Centre
WILLIAMS LAKE, B.C. - Effective at noon on Friday (June 25), Category Two open burning, as well as other equipment and activities, will be prohibited throughout the Cariboo Fire Centre's jurisdiction ...
Jun 23, 2021

Local Business lends a helping hand
PRINCE GEORGE - Ricochet Auto Films has opened its doors and now its hearts to a local rescue that has been struggling through the pandemic.Luv 4 Paws Northern Animal Rescue, has been struggling since...
Jun 23, 2021

Liberals introduce bill to combat online hate speech as Commons adjourns for summer
OTTAWA - The Liberal government has introduced a bill it says will protect Canadians from online hate speech. It would amend the Canadian Human Rights Act to reinstate an amended version of a controve...
Jun 23, 2021

Cheaper, more potent cannabis found in B.C. government-run stores: study
VANCOUVER - The price of cannabis at government-run stores in British Columbia declined while potency rose between 2019 and 2020, says a new report that has a researcher raising questions about what i...
Jun 23, 2021

Cheaper, more potent cannabis found in B.C. government-run stores: study
VANCOUVER - The price of cannabis at government-run stores in British Columbia declined while potency rose between 2019 and 2020, says a new report that has a researcher raising questions about what i...
Jun 23, 2021

No new cases of COVID-19 in northern B.C.
VICTORIA - Eighty-seven new cases of COVID-19 in B.C., none up north. Provincial Health Officer Dr. Bonnie Henry and Health Minister Adrian Dix says there are 1,119 active cases of the virus, with 109...
Jun 23, 2021

Alberta paleontologists find dramatic change in bite force as tyrannosaurs matured
Tyrannosaurs are well known as having been ferocious predators at the top of the food chain millions of years ago, but a study led by an Alberta-based researcher shows the reptiles didn't start out li...
Jun 23, 2021

COVID-19 outbreak declared over at Site-C
FORT ST. JOHN - The COVID-19 outbreak at the Site-C project in Fort St. John has been declared over by Northern Health (NH).The outbreak was originally declared on April 28 among contracted workforces...
Jun 23, 2021

Students and staff devastated after school falls victim to vandalism
PRINCE GEORGE - Ecole Franco-Nord Elementry was the victim of vandalism on Monday night once again. Vandals destroyed their garden, broke windows, and stole a large number of electronics and other val...
Jun 23, 2021

Garneau to visit Israel, West Bank to advance two-state solution following 11-day war
OTTAWA - Canada's foreign affairs minister will soon travel to Israel and the West Bank to advance a two-state solution following a deadly 11-day war between Israelis and Palestinians. Marc Garneau's ...
Jun 23, 2021