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Hazardous blockade of fallen trees leads to RCMP investigation
HOUSTON - Mounties working from the Community-Industry Safety Office continue to conduct patrols along the Morice West Service Road to ensure the safety of individuals at the Healing Centre, Coastal G...
Jan 08, 2020 stack of Tires with jugs of accelerants covered by tarps and trees. (photo supplied by RCMP)
Acclaimed Conceptual artist John Baldessari dies at 88
LOS ANGELES - John Baldessari, who pioneered a new genre of art in the 1970s and in the process helped elevate Los Angeles' status in the art world from that of back-water berg to a centre of the Conc...
Jan 08, 2020
Region to experience Arctic Outbreak this weekend
PRINCE GEORGE - Bundle up!Prince George, along with the rest of the region, is set to experience what's known as an Arctic Outbreak, with air originating from over the North Pole getting carried south...
Jan 08, 2020
Chair named to improve cancer outcomes for Indigenous Peoples in B.C.
VANCOUVER - Dr. Nadine Caron says she hears difficult stories every day from some of her Indigenous patients in rural British Columbia facing a diagnosis of cancer. They tell her why they di...
Jan 08, 2020
Chair named to improve cancer outcomes for Indigenous Peoples in B.C.
VANCOUVER - Dr. Nadine Caron says she hears difficult stories every day from some of her Indigenous patients in rural British Columbia facing a diagnosis of cancer. They tell her why they di...
Jan 08, 2020
Nashville Predators fire coach Peter Laviolette
Nashville general manager David Poile thought he made the key moves to win the Stanley Cup. With the Predators struggling to keep pace in the playoff chase, he fired coach Peter Laviolette on Monday d...
Jan 08, 2020
Tourism PG re-branding
PRINCE GEORGE - Tourism Prince George has given itself a very busy schedule. Next month, it will introduce its new CEO and, in June, it will launch a new brand. While it has always promoted the great ...
Jan 08, 2020
Newlyweds, professors, students among Edmonton victims of plane crash in Iran
EDMONTON - Amir Samani never got a chance to personally congratulate his two friends on their wedding in Iran and he can't believe that he never will. Arash Pourzarabi and Pouneh Gorji were ...
Jan 08, 2020
New US plan keeps autonomous vehicle standards voluntary
The Trump administration on Wednesday unveiled its most recent round of guidelines for autonomous vehicle makers that rely on voluntary standards despite calls for specific regulations. Transportation...
Jan 08, 2020
Natural gas pipeline company posts 72-hour notice to clear way in northern B.C.
HOUSTON, B.C. - A natural gas pipeline company has posted an injunction order giving opponents 72 hours to clear the way toward its work site in northern British Columbia, although the company sa...
Jan 08, 2020