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Area Restriction in effect for Big Creek Wildfire
PRINCE GEORGE - The BC Wildfire Service is implementing an Area Restriction Order for the vicinity of the Big Creek Wildfire, located south of the Omineca Arm of Williston Lake and West of Kilometre 1...
Aug 23, 2023
Canada sanctions Russian nuclear sector, assesses reports of Prigozhin death
OTTAWA - Canada is sanctioning more Russians accused of supporting the ongoing invasion of Ukraine, with a focus on banks, defence companies and the nuclear sector. Foreign Affairs Minister Mlanie Jol...
Aug 23, 2023
Giuliani turns himself in on Georgia 2020 election charges after bond is set at $150,000
ATLANTA (AP) - Rudy Giuliani surrendered to authorities in Georgia on Wednesday on charges alleging he acted as former President Donald Trump's chief co-conspirator in a plot to subvert the 2020 elect...
Aug 23, 2023
Liberals look to tackle international student rackets as part of housing crisis
OTTAWA - Liberal cabinet ministers are suggesting the federal government is ready to tackle long-standing problems related to the international student program, including cases of fraud and exploitati...
Aug 23, 2023
Wildfire smoke continues to blanket Prince George Fire Centre
PRINCE GEORGE- The Prince George, Robson Valley, and Stuart Nechako areas of the Prince George Fire Centre remain under an air quality advisory due to wildfire smoke across the province. The smoke wil...
Aug 23, 2023
Video captures 'incredibly rare' B.C. wildfire tornado over lake
LILLOOET, B.C. - The BC Wildfire Service has shared a video showing what it calls an "incredibly rare" fire tornado, also known as a fire whirl, that was whipped up over Gun Lake in the Central Interi...
Aug 23, 2023
Video captures 'incredibly rare' B.C. wildfire tornado over lake
LILLOOET, B.C. - The BC Wildfire Service has shared a video showing what it calls an "incredibly rare" fire tornado, also known as a fire whirl, that was whipped up over Gun Lake in the Central Interi...
Aug 23, 2023
Heavy rain helps douse Okanagan wildfires, as destruction becomes clearer
KELOWNA, B.C. - Firefighters in the Okanagan say heavy rain overnight has helped douse wildfires that forced the evacuation of thousands of people, as the cost of the devastating blazes becomes cleare...
Aug 23, 2023
Hospital worker fired after Indigenous woman's death should be reinstated: arbitrator
An arbitration tribunal has ordered the reinstatement of an orderly who was fired after an Indigenous woman filmed Quebec hospital staff insulting her as she died. Arbitrator Serge Brault says that wh...
Aug 23, 2023
CSPA clarifies statement on women's interim deal with Canada Soccer
The Canadian Soccer Players' Association has cleared the air on the interim deal the senior women's team struck with Canada Soccer in July. In a statement released Wednesday, the CSPA said that the co...
Aug 23, 2023