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1.4B but no more? China's population growth closer to zero
BEIJING - China's population growth is falling closer to zero, government data showed Tuesday, adding to strains on an aging society with a shrinking workforce as fewer couples have children. The popu...
May 10, 2021

Canadiens clinch playoff spot with single point, fall to McDavid and Oilers in OT
MONTREAL - The Montreal Canadiens clinched a post-season spot Monday night despite dropping a 4-3 overtime decision to the Edmonton Oilers at Bell Centre. Connor McDavid scored at 2:42 of OT for his l...
May 10, 2021

The latest numbers on COVID-19 in Canada for Monday, May 10, 2021
The latest numbers of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Canada as of 9:00 p.m. ET on Monday, May 10, 2021. There are 1,294,186 confirmed cases in Canada. Canada: 1,294,186 confirmed cases (79,826 active, 1,...
May 10, 2021

Pfizer COVID-19 shot expanded to US children as young as 12
U.S. regulators on Monday expanded the use of Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine to children as young as 12, offering a way to protect the nation's adolescents before they head back to school in the fall and p...
May 10, 2021

All of B.C. will eventually ease out of COVID-19 restrictions at same time: doctor
VICTORIA - British Columbia's provincial health officer says COVID-19 measures will eventually be loosened across the province at the same time despite lower transmission rates in some regions, but ca...
May 10, 2021

High Risk Driving Month campaign underway to slow down drivers
PRINCE GEORGE--It's the second week of High Risk Driving Month, a collaborative campaign between the ICBC and police departments in the province to spread awareness on the dangers of speeding. On aver...
May 10, 2021

Northern Bail Project now underway in Northern B.C.
PRINCE GEORGE - The pandemic has brought a lot of change along with it, and plenty of changes have taken place to modernize the B.C. Justice System.Some of those changes made because of COVID-19 inclu...
May 10, 2021

COVID numbers for May 10
Over the course of three days, BC has seen another 1,759 new cases of COVID-19. Broken down, there were 596 from Friday to Saturday, 605 between Saturday and Sunday and 558 between Sunday and today. T...
May 10, 2021

IIO clears Burns Lake RCMP
SURREY - The Independent Investigations Office (IIO) has cleared the Burns Lake RCMP of any wrongdoing following an incident in Burns Lake on December 6 of last year.On that day, police responded to a...
May 10, 2021

California expands drought emergency to large swath of state
SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Gov. Gavin Newsom on Monday expanded a drought emergency declaration to a large swath of the nation's most populated state amid "acute water supply shortages" in northern and cent...
May 10, 2021