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More than a dozen great blue heron fledglings found dead in B.C.
VANCOUVER - More than a dozen great blue heron fledglings were found dead this week after a tree with several nests fell in the Greater Vancouver area. A news release from the Wild...
Jun 24, 2020
Mongolian People's Party retains strong parliament majority
ULAANBAATAR, Mongolia - The Mongolian People's Party retained a strong parliamentary majority, preliminary election results showed Thursday, as the U.S.-allied nation sandwiched between Russia and Chi...
Jun 24, 2020
Canadians exempt from new U.S. visa rules, immigration lawyers' group says
OTTAWA - A group representing thousands of American immigration lawyers says the U.S. government has told it that new restrictions on work visas there don't apply to Canadians. A "practice alert"...
Jun 24, 2020
Evacuation alert lifted for six properties in Fern Road - Maple Drive area of Quesnel
QUESNEL - Good news in Quesnel.The Cariboo Regional District (CRD) has lifted an evacuation alert from May 8 for six properties in the Fern Road and Maple Drive areas of the city.The six affected prop...
Jun 24, 2020
PG housing market not facing struggles major centres are
PRINCE GEORGE - It will take about three years for the housing market in major Canadian centres to go back to normal, according to a new report by the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation. But in P...
Jun 24, 2020
B.C. allows more openings, but 'we are not leaving COVID-19 behind,' Horgan
VICTORIA - British Columbia is further easing restrictions that are in place because of COVID-19, allowing hotels, motels, spas, resorts, hostels and RV parks to resume operating. Premier John Ho...
Jun 24, 2020
B.C. allows more openings, but 'we are not leaving COVID-19 behind,' Horgan
VICTORIA - British Columbia is further easing restrictions that are in place because of COVID-19, allowing hotels, motels, spas, resorts, hostels and RV parks to resume operating. Premier John Ho...
Jun 24, 2020
18-year-old experiencing daily seizures since being struck by vehicle
PRINCE GEORGE - There isn't much Sean Lode remembers from the night of May 31, 2020.At the intersection of 1st Avenue and Ospika Boulevard that evening, the 18-year-old was struck by a mid-sized vehic...
Jun 24, 2020
City closing parks and notifying Farrell Street residents due to rising water
PRINCE GEORGE - Rising water levels has prompted the City of Prince George to close Cottonwood Island Park and the Heritage River Trail from the Cameron Street bridge to Taylor Drive.Barricades have b...
Jun 24, 2020
California voters to decide fate of affirmative action ban
SACRAMENTO, Calif. - California's 1996 ban on affirmative action policies will be tested at ballot box in November as voters will decide whether governments and public colleges and universities can co...
Jun 24, 2020