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Cougars hire new equipment manager
PRINCE GEORGE - The Prince George Cougars are pleased to announce the hiring of Kory Achtymichuk as the team's new Equipment Manager.Achtymichuk replaces outgoing Equipment Manager Ramandeep "Chico" D...
Jul 30, 2021
Local artists supporting tattoo shop destroyed by fire
PRINCE GEORGE - The community has joined forces to help support the artists who lost everything when their tattoo studio burned down."We are pretty lucky considering that we have a community around us...
Jul 30, 2021
'We urged the PG Fire Centre to have a second look': Valemount Mayor pleased with reinstated campfire ban
VALEMOUNT - As many were puzzled by a decision to allow campfires across the Prince George Fire Centre, the Mayor of Valemount says he urged officials to have a second look."We understood that multipl...
Jul 30, 2021
Western Acres still needs help
PRINCE GEORGE - Council has denied a development variance application for a new subdivision in Western Acres.That is an area of the city that has been under a special contract since the 1970s, prohibi...
Jul 30, 2021
More than $300K awarded in damages after campaign of hate against Port Alberni shelter space
PORT ALBERNI - Staff at Port Alberni's homeless shelter were awarded more than $300,000 in damages after accusations they manufactured the homelessness and opioid crises for profit and covered up deat...
Jul 30, 2021
Restaurants can keep patios longer
PRINCE GEORGE - A rule-change issued by the Province in March to allow for liquor to be served in public places, like sidewalk patios, has been extended. "Essentially the Temporary Expanded Service Ag...
Jul 30, 2021
Federal government reaches nearly $8B deal with First Nations on drinking water suit
OTTAWA - The federal government has reached a nearly $8-billion settlement with First Nations who launched a class-action lawsuit over the lack of clean, safe drinking water in their communities. Indi...
Jul 30, 2021
Florida coronavirus cases jump 50% as surge continues
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) - Florida's coronavirus cases jumped 50% this week, the state Health Department reported Friday, continuing a six-week surge that has seen it responsible for 1 in 5 new infe...
Jul 30, 2021
Mandy Gull-Masty becomes first woman elected grand chief of Quebec Cree Nation
CHISASIBI, Que. - Mandy Gull-Masty has become the first woman to be elected grand chief of Quebec's Cree Nation. Gull-Masty won 64 per cent of the vote in a run-off election held Thursday, defeating P...
Jul 30, 2021
Deadline day for inquiry's final report on eco groups and Alberta energy industry
EDMONTON - Friday was the deadline for a public inquiry into what the Alberta government says is foreign funding of environmental groups who want to curtail energy development - an investigation laude...
Jul 30, 2021