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'Put down your sword': Federal Court dismisses feds' Indigenous child-welfare appeals
OTTAWA - The Federal Court has dismissed Ottawa's attempts to appeal a pair of rulings about providing services and compensation to First Nations children. In September 2019, the Canadian Human Rights...
Sep 29, 2021

Vanderhoof being hit hard by 4th wave of COVID-19
VANDERHOOF- Several communities in Northern Health continue to be hit hard by the fourth wave of COVID-19 with cases on the rise in Northern BC in particular.The pandemic has shifted though since the ...
Sep 29, 2021

Truth & Reconciliation Day
PRINCE GEORGE - The National Day for Truth and Reconciliation will be honoured this year, but, because of the surge in cases of COVID-19 in the North, many events that were scheduled were canceled.How...
Sep 29, 2021

Prince George awarded as host for 2022 Canadian Biathlon Championships
PRINCE GEORGE - Caledonia Nordic Ski Club has proven it's a world-class facility following the World Paranordic Skiing Championships, and today the facility heard word that it'll get another chance to...
Sep 29, 2021

$100,000 bequeathed to CNC
PRINCE GEORGE - A legacy of kindness and compassion defining lifelong friends and nurses Betty Smith and Becky Beck lives on through a new award helping the next generation of nurses training at the C...
Sep 29, 2021

Olympic swimmer who stormed Capitol pleads guilty to felony
WASHINGTON (AP) - Five-time Olympic swimming medalist Klete Keller pleaded guilty Wednesday to a felony charge for storming the U.S. Capitol during the Jan. 6 riot and faces 21 to 27 months in prison....
Sep 29, 2021

"All or Nothing" series offers unprecedented peek behind Maple Leafs' curtain
TORONTO - The emotions of the moment are raw. Maple Leafs goalie Jack Campbell is in tears. Star forwards Auston Matthews and Mitch Marner cut lonely figures, heads bowed, in a despondent locker room....
Sep 29, 2021

Olympic swimmer who stormed Capitol pleads guilty to felony
WASHINGTON (AP) - Five-time Olympic swimming medalist Klete Keller pleaded guilty Wednesday to a felony charge for storming the U.S. Capitol during the Jan. 6 riot and faces 21 to 27 months in prison....
Sep 29, 2021

Greens should investigate Annamie Paul's racism claims, says leadership contender
OTTAWA - The Green activist who came second to Annamie Paul in the last leadership race says he is being urged by many to stand again. Dimitri Lascaris, a Montreal-based lawyer and activist, is "vacil...
Sep 29, 2021

Chetwynd woman receives two-year conditional sentence and driving prohibition following Oct.2020 crash in PG
PRINCE GEORGE - A 35-year-old Chetwynd resident has pleased guilty to three separate charges stemming from a three vehicle collision that occurred on October 28, 2020 on Highway 97, just north of the ...
Sep 29, 2021