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Pandemic doesn't slow cargo shipments at the port in Prince Rupert, B.C.
PRINCE RUPERT, B.C. - The port in Prince Rupert, B.C., has set another record in defiance of the economic downtown caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. The port authority announced Monday that despite unp...
Jan 18, 2021
166 new cases of COVID-19 over the weekend in Northern Health
VICTORIA - "It's a bit of a setback, but only a delay."The words of Provincial Health Officer Dr. Bonnie Henry on the delay of the Pfizer vaccine arriving in Canada. The delay is due to a production d...
Jan 18, 2021
Unseasonal temperatures create more potholes
.PRINCE GEORGE - As the temperatures hover around the freezing mark, some city work crews have been kept busy filling potholes on our streets rather than plowing snow.Potholes are caused by the expans...
Jan 18, 2021
Garth Brooks joins lineup of entertainers at Biden inaugural
NEW YORK - Add Garth Brooks to the lineup of entertainers at the inauguration of President-elect Joe Biden. "This is a great day in our household," the country music superstar said during a virtual pr...
Jan 18, 2021
Rapid response team sent to Williams Lake
WILLIAMS LAKE - BC Emergency Health Services has deployed a rapid response team to Williams Lake.It says the deployment is to help support the community and local paramedics. The team was sent on Jan....
Jan 18, 2021
Bottcher and Walker to skip Alberta teams at nationals, Koe gets wild-card spot
The long wait to learn who will represent Alberta at the national curling championships is over. The decision provided some clarity on the wild-card front too. Reigning Alberta champions Laura Walker ...
Jan 18, 2021
CF Montreal adds experience, trading for Slovenian centre back Kiki Struna.
MONTREAL - CF Montreal sacrificed offence for defence Monday, trading Argentine forward Maxi Urruti to the Houston Dynamo for centre back Kiki Struna. Montreal also got an international roster spot fo...
Jan 18, 2021
Small business has fallen victim to a scam.
.PRINCE GEORGE - A long-time small business owner wants others to be aware that fraudsters are impersonating BC Hydro officials who then intimidate victims into paying for their electrical bills by de...
Jan 18, 2021
Conservative policy convention will put O'Toole's pledge of moderation to the test
OTTAWA - Anti-abortion groups are furiously organizing ahead of the Conservative party's March policy convention to advance ideas core to their members. Resolutions they're hoping will be up for votes...
Jan 18, 2021
Census Bureau director to resign amid criticism over data
Facing criticism over efforts to produce citizenship data to comply with an order from President Donald Trump, U.S. Census Bureau director Steven Dillingham said Monday that he planned to resign with ...
Jan 18, 2021