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World Curling organizers stay on guard amidst coronavirus concerns
PRINCE GEORGE - Despite the recent spread of the coronavirus, the World Women's Curling Championships will still go ahead in Prince George March 14 to the 22. According to the World Curling Federation...
Feb 28, 2020

Local boy skated his way to success at BC Winter Games
PRINCE GEORGE - Benjamin Konwicki came home from Fort St. John with four medals and the W.R. Bennett Award after competing in speed skating at the BC Winter Games.The speed skater won one gold, two si...
Feb 28, 2020

Canada must expose hidden company owners to end 'snow washing,' inquiry hears
VANCOUVER - Canada must urgently create public registries that reveal the true owners of corporations in order to shed its international reputation as a destination for laundering the proceeds of...
Feb 28, 2020

Assisted dying bill gets mixed reviews, raises fears of more restrictions
OTTAWA - Some experts fear that legislation intended to make it easier for intolerably suffering Canadians to receive medical assistance to end their lives might actually make it harder in some cases ...
Feb 28, 2020

Decade-long health care battle draws to a close today in British Columbia
VANCOUVER - A constitutional challenge by a doctor who argues patients should have the right to pay for private care if the public system leaves them waiting too long is expec...
Feb 28, 2020

Timeline of COVID-19 cases in Canada
Public health officials say 14 confirmed cases of the novel coronavirus have been diagnosed in Canada so far, with seven cases reported in Ontario and seven in British Columbi...
Feb 28, 2020

Ontario confirms seventh coronavirus case; man had travelled to Iran
TORONTO - Ontario now has seven confirmed cases of the novel coronavirus, with the three most recent patients all having recently travelled to Iran. The outbreak of the virus known as COVID-19 began i...
Feb 28, 2020

Suspect charged with first-degree murder in death of 13-year-old Quebec girl
ST-JEROME, Que. - A 51-year-old man has been charged with first-degree murder in the violent death of a teenage girl who was found by the side of a road in Quebec's ...
Feb 28, 2020

The latest on protests across Canada in support of Wet'suwet'en hereditary chiefs
Here is the latest news on protests across Canada over a natural gas pipeline project in British Columbia (All times Eastern): 12:30 p.m. ET The Mohawk Council of Kahnawake is proposing that it...
Feb 28, 2020

B.C. couple in South Korea say country is paralyzed by fear of new coronavirus
Courtney McCann was used to giving lectures in her classroom, not receiving them at her local convenience store. But the sight of her ill-fitting mask turned the tables as she was browsing the near-de...
Feb 28, 2020