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Federal government funds millions to help B.C. police spot drugged driving
VANCOUVER - The federal government is boosting funding to help British Columbia police officers recognize drug-impaired drivers, months after it legalized recreational cannabis. Border Secur...
May 21, 2019
Terrace to get new $447.5 million state-of-the-art hospital
NORTHERN BC-Terrace will be upgrading their current 78 bed hospital to a state-of-the-art one more than double its size.The business plan for the $447.5 million new Mills Memorial Hospital was complet...
May 21, 2019 Courtesy of Northern Health
City to host multicultural festival
PRINCE GEORGE - A brand new cultural festival is taking place in Prince George in a month. "Heatwave - Celebrate Cultures" is set for June 21st through to 23rd and encompasses the IMSS' Day of Culture...
May 21, 2019
Liberals shrugging off concerns about rural crime, opposition MPs charge
OTTAWA - Conservative MPs say a Liberal-dominated committee's half-hearted report on the burgeoning problem of rural crime is an insult to Canadians. New Democrat MPs on the House of Commons public-sa...
May 21, 2019
Canadian pilot Patrick Forseth killed in Honduras plane crash: sister
TRUJILLO, Honduras - A British Columbia woman says her pilot brother was killed in a plane crash in Honduras on Saturday. In a phone interview with The Canadian Press on Sunday, Jenna Forseth confirme...
May 21, 2019
Winds helping in battle against fire threatening northern Alberta town
HIGH LEVEL, Alta. - Fire officials say the winds continue to be favourable as crews battle a large wildfire burning a few kilometres from a northwestern Alberta town. Nearly 5,000 people have cleared ...
May 21, 2019
Sisters of Ste-Anne hold garage sale before giving up Montreal convent
MONTREAL - In many ways, the garage sale that took place at the Sisters of Ste-Anne's mother house was no different than any of the dozens of others that took place in the Montreal area over the long ...
May 21, 2019
Canada to host Cuba in September to kick off CONCACAF Nations League play
TORONTO - Canada will open CONCACAF Nations League play against Cuba in September before facing the U.S. in October and November. The 78th-ranked Canadian men will host No. 174 Cuba on Sept. 7 with th...
May 21, 2019
Canadian soccer players pledge part of their salaries to Common Goal movement
TORONTO - Canada will be helping others while going trophy-hunting at this summer's Women's World Cup. Canada captain Christine Sinclair and 13 other national team players have followed vete...
May 21, 2019
Animal welfare advocates move to seize exotic animals from Quebec roadside zoo
ST-EDOUARD-DE-MASKINONGE, Que. - Animal welfare officials say they have arrested the owner of a Quebec zoo and are in the process of seizing its animals. The Montreal chapter of the Society for t...
May 21, 2019