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Two dead in Manitoba after RCMP believe tornado threw their vehicle into a field

VIRDEN, Man. - RCMP say a man and a woman are dead after a tornado touched down at a farm in western Manitoba on Friday evening and carried a vehicle they were believed to have been in ...

Aug 08, 2020

Masich opens "dawn 'til dusk"

PRINCE GEORGE - Masich Place stadium is open to the public from dawn 'til dusk, as was the wish of Council in early July. But it comes at a cost. It will take four staff members to monitor it over tha...

Aug 04, 2020

Fans still drawn to arenas despite secure zones as NHL returns to ice

EDMONTON - It was almost 30 C as Edmonton Oilers fan Darnell Belcourt stood outside the protective bubble that surrounds Rogers Place and waited for the puck to drop in the team's opening qualifying r...

Aug 02, 2020

Leave your deets when dining: Restaurants taking personal info to trace COVID-19

TORONTO - As COVID-19 restrictions ease and restaurants start to welcome customers back, one thing Canadians may soon have to get used to is providing their personal information before they grab ...

Aug 02, 2020

NHL returns to action 142 days after COVID-19 forced suspension of season

TORONTO - The NHL's most unusual season in history resumed Saturday with five qualifying round games as the league kickstarted its pandemic-hit campaign. The New York Rangers and Carolina Hurricanes g...

Aug 01, 2020

Climb for Cancer going forward with new format

PRINCE GEORGE - It will be a new looked Climb for Cancer this year, the fifth edition of the event. The annual fundraiser supports the Kordyban Lodge, which provides safe and affordable care to more t...

Jul 25, 2020

Glysophate research gets a boost

PRINCE GEORGE - A UNBC research who has done extensive research in the field of forestry in the past is tackling a hot-button issue in this region: The use of a herbicide called glysophate, which is u...

Jul 23, 2020

Connaught Youth Centre needs help

PRINCE GEORGE - The Connaught Youth Centre needs some help. "It shut us down completely" stated Bill Nielson, President of the Connaught Youth centre Society when asked about the impacts of the COVID ...

Jul 20, 2020

Genetic detectives begin work to trace spread of COVID-19 in Canada

OTTAWA - Canada's public health experts have been racing to stop the spread of COVID-19 by trying to figure out how everyone is getting it, and whom they might have given it to. But even the best effo...

Jul 13, 2020

Rio Tinto to release water

VANDERHOOF - The water levels in the Nechako River at Vanderhoof are not anywhere near flood levels. "We feel we're in a good situation because the Nautley River system appears to be down quite a bit,...

Jul 10, 2020