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Brain injury endemic among homeless populations: Vancouver research
VANCOUVER - Traumatic brain injury is so common among the homeless that prevention should be prioritized for people facing multiple challenges and worse outcomes compared with "affluent populations," ...
Feb 05, 2022

Ottawa, other cities act to rein in escalating anti-vaccine protests
Ottawa and several other cities across Canada are working to try to ensure that escalating protests against COVID vaccine mandates and other public health restrictions remain peaceful today. Police in...
Feb 05, 2022

Hedman, Kyrou, Aho win big in Vegas NHL skills competition
LAS VEGAS (AP) - Tampa Bay's Victor Hedman won the Hardest Shot competition and St. Louis' Jordan Kyrou was the Fastest Skater during an NHL All-Star skills competition with a distinct Vegas flavor Fr...
Feb 04, 2022

Pascal Siakam's 21-point first-quarter explosion extends Raptors win streak to five
TORONTO - Pascal Siakam scored 21 points in the first quarter on way his way to 33 for the evening as the Toronto Raptors extended their winning streak to five with a 125-114 victory over the Atlanta ...
Feb 04, 2022

Local pharmacies seeing dip in demand for COVID-19 booster doses
PRINCE GEORGE - After a video from Kamloops surfaced showing a pharmacist throwing away hundreds of doses of expired COVID-19 vaccines, pharmacists here in Prince George are not surprised.For many the...
Feb 04, 2022

Cities in British Columbia prepare for trucker convoy protests
VICTORIA - British Columbia's public safety minister says Victoria residents should plan for a potential truck convoy protest against COVID-19 measures this weekend at the legislature as the governmen...
Feb 04, 2022

Pandemic fatigue leaves Canada in 'tricky moment', Freeland says
OTTAWA - Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland says Canada is at a "tricky moment" as we near the two-year mark of a global pandemic that has left everyone tired, grouchy and grasping for signs of hope. ...
Feb 04, 2022

NASCAR bet more than $1 million to bring cars into Coliseum
LOS ANGELES (AP) - NASCAR's top stars have seen the Los Angeles Coliseum on television and they know what it looks like as a football stadium. But as a racetrack? This they had to see right away, up c...
Feb 04, 2022

B.C. reports 946 patients in hospital, 19 more deaths due to COVID
VICTORIA - Health officials in British Columbia say 19 more people have died due to COVID-19, bringing the total number of fatalities in the province to 2,675. In a statement Friday, the Health Minist...
Feb 04, 2022

Avalanche Danger at high
PRINCE GEORGE - Many mountain tops and valley bottoms recently received a fresh layer of snow. Over the past few days, stormy conditions from north of Chetwynd to south Clearwater have forced Avalanch...
Feb 04, 2022