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TYH: How music may contribute to decreasing the risk of developing dementia
PRINCE GEORGE - It's the subject of a webinar this week put on by the Alzheimer Society of BC.The way music and the brain are connected is complex, but research reported by Chelsea Mackinnon and her t...
Jun 01, 2021
Fatal overdoses steadily increasing in Nanaimo throughout 2021
NANAIMO - A concerning and fatal trend is developing in the Nanaimo area. New data from the BC Coroners Service showed six people lost their lives due to the toxic drug crisis in April, 2021. The numb...
Jun 01, 2021
Toronto FC players, staff go their separate ways during international break
Brazilian fullback Auro plans to look for a nearby beach. Alejandro Pozuelo will be reunited with his pregnant wife in Spain. Jonathan Osorio, Richie Laryea and others are on international duty. Toron...
Jun 01, 2021
Art display aims to close the gap between seniors and youth
VERNON - An art project in Vernon is helping to bring generations together.Vernon & District Immigrant and Community Services Society (VDICSS) has unveiled an art installation, in collaboration wi...
Jun 01, 2021
Illicit drug supply claims 176 lives in April
VICTORIA - BC's illicit drug supply claimed 176 lives in April, bringing the number of lives lost this year to 680. Of those deaths, 48 were up north, including 17 in Prince George. The April deaths a...
Jun 01, 2021
Canadian Felix Auger-Aliassime eliminated in first round at French Open
PARIS - Canada's Felix Auger-Aliassime is out of the French Open after suffering a first-round loss. The No. 20 seed, from Montreal, lost 6-3, 7-6 (8), 4-6, 6-4 to Italian Andreas Seppi on Tuesday at ...
Jun 01, 2021
Edmonton CFL franchise changes its team name to Elks
EDMONTON - The Edmonton CFL franchise has changed its team name to Elks. The club made the announcement via livestream today. Edmonton dropped its longtime name, Eskimos, last year following a similar...
Jun 01, 2021
Edmonton CFL franchise changes its team name to Elks
EDMONTON - The Edmonton CFL franchise has changed its team name to Elks. The club made the announcement via livestream today. Edmonton dropped its longtime name, Eskimos, last year following a similar...
Jun 01, 2021
Indigenous leader tells coroner's inquest community haunted by Joyce Echaquan's death
MONTREAL - Indigenous leaders are renewing their calls for the Quebec government to recognize systemic racism in the province's health-care system. Paul-mile Ottawa, chief of the Conseil des Atikamekw...
Jun 01, 2021
Former CFL commissioner Smith on Senate committee that will do report on Bill C-218
Former CFL commissioner Larry Smith will be among those giving Bill C-218 a much closer look when it goes before the Senate's standing committee on banking, trade and commerce this week. Bill C-218 is...
Jun 01, 2021