Health

Moderna ends frozen requirements for vaccine, easing logistics of shipping

OTTAWA - American biotech firm Moderna says its COVID-19 vaccine can now be shipped locally without it needing to be frozen at all. The messenger RNA vaccine from the Massachusetts-based company is on...

Dec 18, 2020

PGDTA pens open letter to PHO calling for more school exposure information and consistency

PRINCE GEORGE - The Prince George District Teachers Association is bringing forward new concerns in an open letter to Dr. Bonnie Henry. "It is concerning," says President of the PGDTA, Joanne Hapke. "...

Dec 17, 2020

47 new cases of COVID-19 in Northern Health, 21 more deaths reported in B.C.

PRINCE GEORGE - Another deadly day in British Columbia for COVID-19 as 21 more people have died as a result of complications related to the virus.There have been 47 new cases of the virus reported in ...

Dec 17, 2020

Advocates share fear of worsening overdose crisis in 2021, want national safe supply

VANCOUVER - With overdose deaths rising across Canada, advocates for drug users are calling for the implementation of a national safe supply program as part of an effort to save lives. Failing to do s...

Dec 17, 2020

'Feisty' Calgary infant gaining weight and alert after recovering from COVID-19

CALGARY - When five-day-old Nora Forrest was first hospitalized with COVID-19, her parents didn't know if she would survive. "We weren't sure that we're bringing her back home or we're going to bring ...

Dec 16, 2020

CP NewsAlert: Front-line workers named Canada's Newsmaker of the Year by editors

VANCOUVER - Shortly after COVID-19 reached Canada, the meaning of "essential work" began to crystalize as people like nurses and grocery store clerks remained on the job at great risk to themselves an...

Dec 16, 2020

Doherty outlines next steps for National Suicide Hotline to get up and running

PRINCE GEORGE - MP for Cariboo- Prince George, Todd Doherty is celebrating after his bill to get Canada a three-digit National Suicide Hotline was passed unanimously in the House of Commons.Doherty sa...

Dec 15, 2020

Two more Prince George schools exposed to COVID-19

PRINCE GEORGE - Ecole Heather Park Elementary and Westwood Elementary have been added to Northern Health's list of schools possibly exposed to COVID-19.Exposure dates for Heather Park include December...

Dec 15, 2020

First COVID-19 vaccine administered in B.C, 522 new cases in the province Tuesday

PRINCE GEORGE - A glimmer of hope on the horizon, or in the words of Dr. Bonnie Henry, a light at the end of what has been a very dark tunnel.That as BC administered Pfizer-Biontech COVID-19 Vaccines ...

Dec 15, 2020

Majority of Canadians support holiday lockdown to fight COVID-19: Poll

OTTAWA - A new poll suggests a majority of Canadians support the idea of a lockdown on non-essential businesses and services during the holidays to fight a surge in new COVID-19 cases across the count...

Dec 15, 2020