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Cougars open up 2021-22 season at CN Centre October 2nd
PRINCE GEORGE - The Prince George Cougars will be back on the ice at the start of October.The Cougars are excited to announce their 2021-2022 Western Hockey League regular season home opener is schedu...
Jun 16, 2021
Province stepping up access to vaccine in Peace region
PRINCE GEORGE - The vaccination rates in the B.C. Peace region are behind the rest of the province by nearly 10 percentage points and have been over recent weeks.The majority of the province is sittin...
Jun 16, 2021
First Nations group wants to intervene in human rights case against Vancouver police
VANCOUVER - The Union of B.C. Indian Chiefs has launched an effort to gain intervener status in a human rights case involving an Indigenous man and his granddaughter over their treatment by Vancouver ...
Jun 16, 2021
Vancouver couple pleads guilty to breaking Yukon COVID rules, travelling for vaccine
WHITEHORSE - A husband and wife accused of flying to a remote Yukon community to receive doses of a COVID-19 vaccine in January have each pleaded guilty to two counts of violating of the territory's C...
Jun 16, 2021
'Alarming situation' but help slow in coming for struggling Kashechewan, chief says
TORONTO - Help for the struggling James Bay community of Kashechewan has been slow in coming, as COVID-19 infections surge through overcrowded homes and isolation facilities remain non-existent, Chief...
Jun 16, 2021
Million-dollar ticket sold in the Nechako Lakes
PRINCE GEORGE - Last night's Max Millions lotto draw the winning ticket bought in the Neckaco Lakes region. One of the winning million-dollar tickets was purchased in the lake district area.It's the t...
Jun 16, 2021
Quebec museum exhibit to wade into the history and potential of human waste
Quebec's museum of civilization has announced its newest exhibit will tackle one of society's messiest subjects: human excrement. The Muse de la civilisation in Quebec City says the upcoming exhibit t...
Jun 16, 2021
Shoreline cleanup finds COVID-related trash increased during height of the pandemic
VANCOUVER - Organizers of a national conservation program aimed at removing trash from the country's many shorelines say the COVID-19 pandemic has even changed how we litter. The Great Canadian Shorel...
Jun 16, 2021
Shoreline cleanup finds COVID-related trash increased during height of the pandemic
VANCOUVER - Organizers of a national conservation program aimed at removing trash from the country's many shorelines say the COVID-19 pandemic has even changed how we litter. The Great Canadian Shorel...
Jun 16, 2021
Groups ask government to prosecute alleged Guatemalan war criminal living in Canada
Two civil society groups are calling for the Canadian government to prosecute a man believed to be living in Canada who they say was involved in the massacre of more than 200 people in Guatemala in 19...
Jun 16, 2021