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Trotz's Islanders eliminate Capitals with 4-0 win in Game 5
TORONTO - Anthony Beauvillier scored twice, Semyon Varlamov shut out the team that drafted him and the New York Islanders knocked the Washington Capitals out of the playoffs in the first round by beat...
Aug 20, 2020
Minnesota wins NBA draft lottery, rights to No. 1 pick
The NBA draft lottery was delayed three months. The Minnesota Timberwolves are certainly feeling like the wait was worthwhile. The Timberwolves won the lottery Thursday night, giving them the No. 1 pi...
Aug 20, 2020
Feds and Ontario reach agreement with 3M to make N95 masks in Brockville, Ont.
TORONTO - The federal and Ontario governments have secured an agreement with 3M that will see the company produce N95 masks at a facility in Brockville, Ont., a spokesman for the provin...
Aug 20, 2020
All 26 cases of COVID-19 on Haida Gwaii considered recovered, outbreak not declared over just yet
PRINCE GEORGE-All 26 lab-confirmed cases of COVID-19 involved in the Haida Gwaii outbreak are considered recovered, according to Northern Health.While that is the case, the outbreak is not being decla...
Aug 20, 2020
AP Exclusive: Feds to seek death sentence for Boston bomber
WASHINGTON - The Justice Department will seek to reinstate a death penalty for Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, the man who was convicted of carrying out the 2013 Boston Marathon bombing, Attorney General William B...
Aug 20, 2020
Local 10-year-old uses bond with autism support dog to spearhead fundraising effort
PRINCE GEORGE - "He's my best friend. I love him a lot. He's helped me out every since we got him."In November of 2019, Kyle Garfield was given an autism service dog, Rufus, as a support for his diagn...
Aug 20, 2020
Clean tech firms get some help
PRINCE GEORGE - Mayor and Council recently got an update from its Economic Development branch, in partnership with Community Futures, about its work to bolster the clean tech industry. That's an indus...
Aug 20, 2020
B.C. reaches 200 deaths to COVID-19, 80 new cases reported
VANCOUVER-British Columbia has reached a total of 200 deaths to COVID-19, since the start of the pandemic.Today's update (Aug.20) saw an additional two deaths, totalling 200. In Northern B.C. there is...
Aug 20, 2020
Quebec trampoline and laser tag centre turns to homeschooling, sparking controversy
MONTREAL - A Montreal-area trampoline and laser tag centre is offering homeschooling services to parents worried about sending their kids back to school during the COVID-19 pandemic. Th...
Aug 20, 2020
Liberals move toward changing federal drug policy as opioid deaths spike
OTTAWA - The Liberal government is taking steps toward promised changes to federal drug policy and looking at how to reduce opioid-related deaths during the pandemic. Ottawa launched a national c...
Aug 20, 2020