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  • Travel restrictions to Canada remain in place for August long weekend…

    OTTAWA, ON: The Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) is reminding all travellers ahead of the upcoming August 3, 2020, Civic Holiday and long weekend, travel restrictions are still in place at all Canadian international border crossings. These measures remain in place until at least August 21, 2020, at 11:59 pm EDT and may be extended. The Government of…

  • Update… Plan to safely bring K-12 students back to class full time…

    UPDATE… Please note that this article information has changed. Please refer here Enhanced safety measures and additional resources will enable most students in grades K-12 to return to school on Sept. 8, 2020, with full-time in-class learning as the province moves to Stage 2 of B.C.’s Education Restart Plan. “The classroom is an essential part…

  • Police seek missing male from Chetwynd…

    CHETWYND, BC: The Chetwynd RCMP is requesting the public’s help in locating a missing person who has not been seen since late 2019… Police say on July 12, 2020, RCMP in Fort St. John received a missing person report on William BIRD. Investigative measures were taken and the Detachment forwarded information to Chetwynd RCMP for…

  • Fort St. John RCMP warn fraudulent activity is scamming locals…

    FORT ST. JOHN, BC: Over the past week, the Fort St. John RCMP has experienced a sudden and steep rise in the number of calls about potential fraudulent activity. Local residents are reporting that they are receiving phone calls from various phone numbers, including the Fort St John RCMP Detachment contact line. Residents are then told…

  • Lead released in Notre-Dame Cathedral fire detected in Parisian honey…

    Elevated levels of lead have been found in samples of honey from hives downwind of the Notre-Dame Cathedral fire, collected three months after the April 2019 blaze. In research outlined in Environmental Science & Technology Letters, scientists from UBC’s Pacific Centre for Isotopic and Geochemical Research (PCIGR) analyzed concentrations of metals, including lead, in 36 honey…

  • Prince George to open some civic facilities, keep others closed for remainder of 2020…

    Faced with a 2020 budget shortfall of at least $3 million and a desire to keep residents safe during the COVID-19 pandemic, Prince George City Council has confirmed that a number of City facilities will remain closed for the remainder of the year, but will open one pool and three sheets of ice to provide…

  • Canadians’ physical activity dwindles despite resumption of harder workouts…

    Canadians’ physical activity declined as expected following declaration of the COVID-19 pandemic, but moderate-to-vigorous physical activity rebounded over the first six weeks of the pandemic. However, lighter and more incidental physical activity did not. These are the findings of what is believed to be the first study to objectively track physical activity in Canada during the pandemic.…

  • Major Crimes investigating in Fort St. John…

    FORT ST. JOHN, BC: It is with great sadness that we report this to you today… Condolences goes out to family and friends of Sarah Foord. A major crime investigation that initially began on July 10, as a missing person investigation has became a homicide investigation with charges being laid. On Friday July 10, 2020,…

  • Police seize cash, drugs during traffic stop in Terrace…

    TERRACE, BC: A complaint about an erratic driver led to police seizing drugs, cash, and weapons following a traffic stop Friday night. On July 17, around 11 PM, a Terrace officer was on Lakelse Avenue when he was approached about a vehicle driving erratically toward Thornhill. Police located a vehicle matching the description in Thornhill.…

  • One billion tweet dataset investigates impact of COVID-19 on human communication…

    Researchers from a number of disciplines can now use a billion-scale dataset of tweets from around the world to answer their research questions about the COVID-19 pandemic. Assistant professor Muhammad Abdul-Mageed and his team in the UBC iSchool (school of information) and department of linguistics developed Mega-COV, a longitudinal, publicly available dataset of 1.5 billion…

  • New UBC study reveals older adults coped with pandemic best…

    Adults aged 60 and up have fared better emotionally compared to younger adults (18–39) and middle-aged adults (40–59) amid the COVID-19 pandemic, according to new UBC research published recently in the Journal of Gerontology: Psychological Sciences. Based on daily diary data collected between mid-March and mid-April of this year, the researchers found that older adults experienced…

  • New, improved Walnut Park Elementary on the way…

    SMITHERS, BC: Students and families in Smithers are one step closer to having a new 440-seat school, as groundbreaking gets underway for Walnut Park Elementary school’s replacement. “This is terrific news for students in Smithers who have spent too long learning in a school that needed serious repairs and upgrades,” said Rob Fleming, Minister of…

  • Terrace roundabout complete, increases safety for travellers…

    TERRACE, BC: The roundabout at the intersection of highways 16 and 37 between Terrace and Thornhill is officially complete. “Investing in modern transportation infrastructure is essential to build strong and well-connected communities and to support local economies,” said Patrick Weiler, MP for West Vancouver-Sunshine Coast-Sea to Sky Country, on behalf of Catherine McKenna, federal Minister…

  • Phone call scams targeting Dawson Creek…

    DAWSON CREEK, BC: Police in Dawson Creek are sending out a warning message for a current phone scam targeting area residents… Scammers are calling from numbers which may appear on Caller ID to be the same number as government or police departments during which they seek out personal information from the victim. A victim recently…

  • Driver causes $120,000 damage to Quesnel River Bridge…

    QUESNEL, BC: Police in Quesnel are investigating a hit and run incident that caused damage to the Quesnel River Bridge on Monday, July 13… Police say at approximately 11:40 AM, a northbound transport truck struck the bridge guard rails and failed to remain at the scene. The damage to the bridge was extensive with an…