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No new cases of COVID-19 reported in Northern Health for first time since October
PRINCE GEORGE - Northern Health marked a COVID-19 case number the health authority hasn't seen since October 6, 2020.The province added 113 new cases of the virus, as 1,454 cases of COVID-19 remain ac...
Jun 16, 2021
Business review back-to-work strategy
PRINCE GEORGE - With the province getting set to enter Step Three of its recovery, which will lift even more restrictions, many businesses are starting to lay out return-to-work plans. In a recent stu...
Jun 16, 2021
Kamloops chief says more unmarked graves will be found across Canada
KAMLOOPS, B.C. - The chief of a First Nation in Kamloops, B.C., who announced finding the remains of 215 children at a former residential school says she expects more unmarked grave sites to be discov...
Jun 16, 2021
Fact check: Putin's errant claim that Canada is second-leading source of cyberattacks
OTTAWA - Russian President Vladimir Putin contradicted the evidence Wednesday when he asserted Russians are not a leading source of cyberattacks on the United States and other countries. They are. A l...
Jun 16, 2021
Kamloops chief says more unmarked graves will be found across Canada
KAMLOOPS, B.C. - The chief of a First Nation in Kamloops, B.C., who announced finding the remains of 215 children at a former residential school says she expects more unmarked grave sites to be discov...
Jun 16, 2021
Mackenzie hoping to become mountain biking destination with new trail system
MACKENZIE - Think of Pidherny but on a much larger scale and on the slopes of Morphee Mountain. That is the latest project from the Mackenzie Outdoor Route and Trail Association who are trying to catc...
Jun 16, 2021
Southern Baptists vote to probe leaders' sex abuse response
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Delegates at the Southern Baptist Convention's annual meeting voted overwhelmingly Wednesday to create a task force to oversee an independent investigation into the denominatio...
Jun 16, 2021
Tk'emlups chief thanks supporters, calls for slowdown of events near former residential school amid COVID concerns
TK'EMLUPS - The chief of the Tk'emlups te Secwepemc says the nation is grateful for those who have visited the local community to pay their respects, but it's time for those gatherings and events to s...
Jun 16, 2021
The oldest protestant church in PG turns 111
.PRINCE GEORGE - At the end of this month, the oldest protestant church in Prince George will turn 111 years old. The church began with a canvas tent. Over 100 years later, the building has now become...
Jun 16, 2021
No oxygen concentrators or water on Quebec home's makeshift COVID ward, inquest hears
MONTREAL - A makeshift quarantine zone set up at a Quebec long-term care home where more than 100 residents died was not sufficiently equipped to care for patients, the assistant head nurse told a cor...
Jun 16, 2021