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PRINCE GEORGE - The restaurant industry is facing a major labor shortage throughout BC. According to the BC Restaurant and Food Services Association, the industry has thousands of open positions that ...

PRINCE GEORGE - The First People's Cultural Council has a new online tool that helps just about anybody can use for a multitude of reasons. One of those people is Kim McLean with Northern Health. "I s...

PRINCE GEORGE - Aboriginal Housing Society has partnered up with some organizations around Prince George like the Pepper Tree, to offer an art contest to local amateur artists.Amateur artists and aspi...

PRINCE GEORGE - Is Prince George ready for a new performing arts centre? That was an idea floated around Council Chambers Monday night after discussions around the condition of the Playhouse highlight...

Dr. Howard Njoo says the Public Health Agency of Canada continues to review the CFL's return-to-play protocols, but can't provide a timeline for when final approval might come. The CFL's board of gove...

A joint federal-provincial review has denied an application for an open-pit coal mine in Alberta's Rocky Mountains, saying its impacts on the environment and Indigenous rights aren't worth the economi...

OTTAWA - Canada's premiers are reiterating a call for more federal health care funding. Following a conference call, the premiers issued a statement asking the federal government to increase its share...

.PRINCE GEORGE - Some renters across the province are facing struggles amplified by the pandemic economic downturn. Several years ago, the government introduced BC Rent Bank to assist renters in the s...

VICTORIA - British Columbia's legal cannabis operators will be allowed to deliver directly to buyers starting on July 15. Public Safety Minister Mike Farnworth says the government wants to shrink the ...

JERUSALEM (AP) - Israel launched airstrikes on the Gaza Strip late Thursday for a second time since a shaky cease-fire ended last month's 11-day war after activists mobilized by the territory's milita...