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Dua Lipa wins big at Brits, urges health worker pay raise
LONDON (AP) - British singer Dua Lipa called for a "fair" pay raise for U.K. health workers as she was named a double winner at the Brit Awards in London on Tuesday night. An audience of 4,000 witness...
May 11, 2021

TYH: How your local pharmacy fills your prescriptions
PRINCE GEORGE - The technology involved with making pills, tablets, or other prescribed drugs has changed a lot over the years.What first started out as the ancient mortar and pestle is still around t...
May 11, 2021

Police, coroner investigate skeletal human remains found in Victoria-area waterway
VICTORIA - Two police departments in the Victoria area and the B.C. Coroners Service are investigating the discovery of skeletal human remains in a local waterway.Victoria police say investigators wer...
May 11, 2021

Tatis goes on injured list due to health, safety protocols
DENVER (AP) - San Diego shortstop Fernando Tatis Jr. was among three players the Padres added to the injured list due to health and safety protocols. Joining Tatis on the list were utility players Jur...
May 11, 2021

'What we want to see': B.C. COVID-19 case counts trending downward, vaccinations up
VICTORIA - British Columbia recorded 515 new COVID-19 cases Tuesday, continuing a downward trend of infections as the vaccination rate accelerates. Health officials say in a news release that 6,020 pe...
May 11, 2021

Westside Academy students awarded for inventing decomposable straws
PRINCE GEORGE--Two high school students in Prince George are among dozens of others across Canada that have been recognized in the Ted Rogers Innovation Award program for a project that will help prot...
May 11, 2021

Central Mountain Air expanding service in Northern BC
PRINCE GEORGE - Central Mountain Air (CMA) will have 78 more flights per week beginning June 28th, with service returning that was previously interrupted due to the pandemic.CMA say they will continue...
May 11, 2021

First Nations Health Authority open low-barrier vaccine clinic in PG
PRINCE GEORGE - As supply ramps up, a lot more vaccines will be made available in the coming week for those who want it in Prince George.The First Nations Health Authority (FNHA) opened a low-barrier ...
May 11, 2021

'Bucktooth bandits': Police trace stolen lumber to beaver dam
PORCUPINE PLAIN, Sask. - Mounties in east-central Saskatchewan have cracked what they are calling an "extremely Canadian case."RCMP officers from the Porcupine Plain detachment were called to a rural ...
May 11, 2021

COVID numbers for May 11
NORTHERN BC - 515. That's the newest case count for COVID-19 in BC over the past 24 hours. That brings the province's total number to 136,623.Of those new cases, 12 are in Northern Health, bringing th...
May 11, 2021