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Peace River RCMP looking for missing woman
UPDATE: Miranda Berreth has been located, and is safe and unharmed. Peace River RCMP want to thank the public for assisting in the search.A search and rescue operation is underway in Peace River for a...
Aug 1, 2020

UPDATE: Severe thunderstorm watch issued for Peace Region Sunday
UPDATE (Aug 2, 11:50 a.m.): Environment Canada has issued another severe thunderstorm watch for most of the Peace Region Sunday, as they say conditions could create dangerous thunderstorms that could ...
Aug 1, 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 1, 2020

Movement seeking status for asylum seekers in essential jobs say August will be pivotal
MONTREAL - A group seeking status for asylum seekers who were employed as essential workers during the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic says August will be a pivotal month. As they completed an ove...
Aug 1, 2020

Zimbabwean author freed after night in jail for protest
HARARE, Zimbabwe - An internationally known Zimbabwean author and several other people have been released on bail on Saturday, after spending a night in police cells for protesting against the governm...
Aug 1, 2020

Researchers look for unique ways to collect data as COVID-19 changes methods
Aaron Fairweather has 27 colonies of ants to keep happy in the living room by getting the temperature, humidity and light just right although the environment at home may not feel quite as comfortable ...
Aug 1, 2020

Researchers look for unique ways to collect data as COVID-19 changes methods
Aaron Fairweather has 27 colonies of ants to keep happy in the living room by getting the temperature, humidity and light just right although the environment at home may not feel quite as comfortable ...
Aug 1, 2020

Clairmont spray park re-opens
The spray park at the Clairmont Adventure Park has officially re-opened for the first time in over a year.It had been shut down since the spring of 2019 because it needed maintenance and repairs in or...
Aug 1, 2020

Air Force, UN food agency tackle skyrocketing COVID-19 hunger in Latin America
OTTAWA - The head of the UN World Food Program says the COVID-19 crisis has dramatically increased the number of starving people in Latin America, which could trigger a refugee exodus to North America...
Aug 1, 2020

All inquiry recommendations after fatal RCMP shooting implemented: Ministry
VICTORIA - The British Columbia government says it has implemented all seven recommendations made by a coroner's jury at the inquest into the killing of a man by police in Port Hardy five ye...
Aug 1, 2020