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Amazon's Bezos says he'll send a spaceship to the moon
WASHINGTON - Amazon tycoon Jeff Bezos said Thursday he's going to send a spaceship to the moon, joining a resurgence of lunar interest half a century after people first set foot there. Bezos said his ...
May 09, 2019
Trump backs Fla. plan to import lower-cost meds from abroad
WASHINGTON - In a move sure to get attention in a 2020 battleground state, President Donald Trump indicated Thursday that his administration may approve a Florida plan to import lower-cost prescriptio...
May 09, 2019
Facebook co-founder Chris Hughes: Time to break up company
Facebook co-founder Chris Hughes says it's time to break up the social media behemoth. In a New York Times opinion piece published Thursday, Hughes said CEO Mark Zuckerberg has turned Facebook into an...
May 09, 2019
Tree replanting receives big boost in the Cariboo
WILLIAMS LAKE - Over the next two months about 22 million trees will be planted in the area scorched by wildfire in the Cariboo region.Reforestation efforts will be concentrated to the areas where the...
May 09, 2019 Pakorn Kumruen
Death at post-prom party raises concerns about civic responsibility: observers
The death of a teenager at a post-prom party held at an Airbnb rental property north of Toronto should be raising questions around safety and civic responsibility in an evolving industry, lawyers and ...
May 09, 2019
Former senator links hijab and mutilation at Quebec secularism hearings
QUEBEC - Hearings into Quebec's secularism bill veered off track Thursday when a former senator drew a connection between the Muslim head scarf, female genital mutilation and forced marriage. Que...
May 09, 2019
City urges care for the wetlands
PRINCE GEORGE - It's Water Week and the City took time this afternoon to talk about wetlands. The Hudson's Bay Wetland receive a lot of storm water every day. That's the water that in collected from r...
May 09, 2019 Hudson's Bay Wetland
Beyak suspended from Senate over refusal to delete racist letters from website
OTTAWA - Lynn Beyak cast herself as a defender of free speech and a victim of political correctness moments before senators voted summarily Thursday to suspend her without pay from the Senat...
May 09, 2019
Healthy options available for lower income families
PRINCE GEORGE- The provincial Farmers' Market Nutrition Coupon Program is expanding to reach 250 more households in B.C.The new Canada Food Guide may be hard for people to follow, with the continuous ...
May 09, 2019
RCMP issue 60 tickets between PG and Vanderhoof
PRINCE GEORGE - Mounties issued 60 tickets Wednesday (May 8) on Highway 16 between Prince George and Vanderhoof. Forty-nine of those were speeding tickets while five were for vehicle-equipment violati...
May 09, 2019