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Prince George’s Gingerbread Toys helps mining company send gifts to 500 northern B.C. families

Final 83 boxes of toys and games have been shipped up north

Dec 17, 2020 8:35 AM Read more >

B.C. survey of school kids finds marked separation between views on smoking, vaping

Fewer kids in B.C. are smoking, but new data from the BC Adolescent Health Survey shows a disconnect between vaping and youth involvement in sports. A report released Tuesday (Dec. 15) by B.C.

Dec 17, 2020 8:05 AM Read more >

No funds for provinces that don't agree to improve long-term care standards, PM Trudeau hints

OTTAWA — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is hinting that provinces that don't want to work with Ottawa to improve standards in long-term care homes won't get federal funding.

Dec 17, 2020 7:35 AM Read more >

Conservative leader Erin O'Toole walks back words on residential schools amid backlash

OTTAWA — Conservative Leader Erin O'Toole is walking back comments on the original mission of residential schools after social-media backlash and searing criticism from First Nations leaders, New Democrats and Liberals.

Dec 17, 2020 7:05 AM Read more >

?Esdilagh First Nation Chief election tie broken by draw

?Esdilagh First Nation (Alexandria) has a new chief following a random draw Dec. 15. Troy Allen Baptiste will serve a four-year term as chief of the small Tsilhqot’in community north of Williams Lake.

Dec 17, 2020 6:06 AM Read more >

Rise and shine, Prince George!

Be prepared! A good motto for the weather today

Dec 17, 2020 6:05 AM Read more >

Yeqox Nilin Justice Society to boost victim services with new grant

Nearly two decades after funding was cut to all BC Sexual Assault Centres, the Ending Violence Association of BC (EVA BC) hopes a new funding grant program it is administering will start to fill the gaps. Executive director Tracy Porteous said the B.

Dec 17, 2020 6:01 AM Read more >

'Uncertainty, anxiety and mistrust': PGDTA pleads to Dr. Bonnie Henry for safer school conditions amid COVID-19 surge in northern B.C.

Numerous schools being alerted for COVID-19 exposure as regional health authority struggles to keep up

Dec 16, 2020 5:42 PM Read more >

Active COVID cases rise to 385 in Northern Health

Active cases of COVID-19 have headed back up in Northern Health following a brief three-day dip. As of midday Wednesday, the count stood at 385, according to the B.C. Centre for Disease Control, up by 18 from the day before.

Dec 16, 2020 4:58 PM Read more >

Two Prince George high schools added to Northern Health's COVID-19 exposure list

D.P. Todd, College Heights the latest schools marked for the virus

Dec 16, 2020 4:35 PM Read more >

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