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Province gives post-secondary primer
PRINCE GEORGE - With the Province handing out a primer for a return to classes, the administrations for both local post-secondary institutions have started to look at what that return to class will lo...
May 04, 2021

Crash reduces Highway 97 to single lane
PRINCE GEORGE - A single vehicle crash has reduced Highway 97 South to single lane alternating traffic.The crash occurred earlier this afternoon near Willow Cale Service Road.Emergency crews are on sc...
May 04, 2021

B.C. designates pregnant people as priority group for COVID-19 vaccination
VICTORIA - Those who are pregnant in British Columbia have now been designated a priority population to receive COVID-19 vaccine. Provincial health officer Dr. Bonnie Henry says data shows pregnant pe...
May 04, 2021

SD57 Educator honoured for work with UNBC
PRINCE GEORGE - A local educator has been honoured for her work with UNBC's Education programs.Debbie Kaban's work helping renew the education programs at the university is what led to the recognition...
May 04, 2021

New fire hall for Cluculz Lake
BURNS LAKE - The Cluculz Lake Volunteer Fire Department (CLVFD) will soon be breaking ground on a new home.The Regional District of Bulkley Nechako says the new 2,400 square foot Fire Hall will be con...
May 04, 2021

Fourteen COVID cases in Northern Health
NORTHERN BC - The Provincial Health Office is reporting 697 new cases in BC over the course of the past 24 hours, bringing the provincial total to 132,353 cases.There are 7,161 active cases of COVID-1...
May 04, 2021

'Kiss baby for me': First use of DNA to link Franklin expedition sailor to descendant
Canadian archeologists have used DNA analysis to identify the remains of a Franklin expedition sailor and to link him with his modern-day descendants. "The news came by email and I was at work," said ...
May 04, 2021

Accused of lacking sensitivity, Legault doubles down on comments about immigrants
Quebec Premier Franois Legault said Tuesday he has no regrets about comments he made on immigration to a business crowd last week. Legault had said that every time the government accepts an immigrant ...
May 04, 2021

UK police on trial accused of soccer player's murder
LONDON - British prosecutors accused a police officer of murder Tuesday for allegedly using unnecessary force against a Black former Premier League soccer player, who died after being kicked in the he...
May 04, 2021

Man City ousts PSG to reach first Champions League final
MANCHESTER, England - By the time Riyad Mahrez completed the counterattack that sealed Manchester City's spot in a first Champions League final, it looked so effortless overcoming a Paris Saint-Germai...
May 04, 2021