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Staycations can provide mental health boost
PRINCE GEORGE - The latest project by the Support PG initiative is "staycations". While it is an opportunity to help local businesses and sites get through a dampened year for tourism, taking some tim...
Jul 16, 2020

CDC extends US ban on cruise ships through September
WASHINGTON - Federal health officials are extending the U.S. ban on cruise ships through the end September as coronavirus infections rise in most U.S. states, including Florida. The Centers for Diseas...
Jul 16, 2020

Netflix promotes content chief to co-CEO; adds 10M new subs
NEW YORK - Netflix added a flood of new subscribers amid the coronavirus pandemic and also offered clues to a possible successor for founding CEO Reed Hastings, who on Thursday named the company's chi...
Jul 16, 2020

21 new cases of COVID-19 in B.C., no deaths
VICTORIA- 21 new cases of COVID-19, including three epi-linked ones, were reported in today's COVID-19 daily update.Today (July 16) marks 37 days without a new reported case of COVID-19 in the norther...
Jul 16, 2020

Alberta heavyweight Tanner (The Bulldozer) Boser signs UFC contract extension
TORONTO - Alberta heavyweight Tanner (The Bulldozer) Boser, who is fighting on short notice as an injury replacement on the UFC's July 25 card in Abu Dhabi, has signed a contract extension covering fo...
Jul 16, 2020

First Nations forestry projects generating jobs and benefitting the environment
WILLIAMS LAKE-Grants from the Forest Enhancement Society of B.C. (FESBC) are supporting the Williams Lake First Nation (WLFN), creating jobs, creating a cleaner environment, and reducing wildfire risk...
Jul 16, 2020

Powell angry at NBA for limiting players to "cookie cutter" list of slogans
Norm Powell is angry that the NBA for limiting players to a "cookie-cutter" list of social justice messages. Social and racial justice is a theme of the NBA's restart in Florida, a...
Jul 16, 2020

Province says Jays cleared to play at home, but final decision lies with feds
TORONTO - Ontario Premier Doug Ford says he's looking forward to the Toronto Blue Jays playing at Rogers Centre this season after a member of his government said the Major League Baseball team has bee...
Jul 16, 2020

Police capture kangaroo hopping through Fort Lauderdale
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. - Police officers captured an unlikely suspect bouncing through a Florida neighbourhood Thursday morning. After receiving a call about a kangaroo running loose, Fort Lauderdale p...
Jul 16, 2020

'This is the wrong direction to be heading': Premier reacts to illicit drug death report
VICTORIA-Premier John Horgan reacted to the announcement of the highest number of deaths to illicit drug use this afternoon (July 16) in a media availability.Horgan began his address touching on the n...
Jul 16, 2020