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Whale families bring along calf on return trip to traditional feeding grounds in B.C.
ALERT BAY, B.C. - Two northern resident killer whale families brought along a baby as they returned for the first time in 20 years to their traditional winter foraging grounds in British Columbia wate...
Jan 08, 2021
All eyes on schools post-holiday season
PRINCE GEORGE - Both the Board of Education and the Prince George District Teachers Association are waiting with bated breath to see how the COVID numbers will look in schools after the Christmas brea...
Jan 08, 2021
Legal group fights B.C. government's COVID-19 rules on protests and places of worship
VANCOUVER - A legal advocacy group is challenging the British Columbia government's COVID-19 restrictions on worship services and public protests, arguing they violate people's rights and freedoms. A ...
Jan 08, 2021
State lawmaker charged after entering Capitol with rioters
CHARLESTON, W.Va. - A Republican West Virginia state lawmaker has been federally charged for entering a restricted area of the U.S. Capitol after he livestreamed himself rushing into the building with...
Jan 08, 2021
Curling Alberta cancels provincial playdowns, reps for nationals yet to be named
EDMONTON - Curling Alberta has cancelled plans to hold its provincial championships later this month in Sylvan Lake, Alta., due to the COVID-19 pandemic.The NexSource Centre was tabbed to host the Jan...
Jan 08, 2021
Warmer temperatures bring record water levels
.PRINCE GEORGE - Two of the largest rivers in the province run through Prince George. Currently, both are running very high. Typically, large ice chunks form on the rivers, however, with the recent wa...
Jan 08, 2021
Lasorda, fiery Hall of Fame Dodgers manager, dies at 93
LOS ANGELES - Tommy Lasorda looked on from a suite at Globe Life Field in Texas, watching as the Los Angeles Dodgers clinched the World Series in Game 6 against the Tampa Bay Rays. Surrounded by famil...
Jan 08, 2021
Rapper DaBaby arrested on Beverly Hills weapons allegation
BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. - Grammy-nominated rapper DaBaby has been released from a Los Angeles County jail after an arrest in Beverly Hills, where police said he took a loaded gun into an upscale store o...
Jan 08, 2021
New work permit being offered to keep more international students in Canada
OTTAWA - International students are being offered a new work permit by the federal government in a bid to convince more to settle here permanently. Immigration Minister Marco Mendicino says former stu...
Jan 08, 2021
Former Edmonton star Duke Williams promoted to Bills' active roster for playoff game
ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. - Former Edmonton Football Team star wide receiver Duke Williams has been elevated to the Buffalo Bills' active roster for only the second time this season ahead of Saturday's first...
Jan 08, 2021