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Trump administration resumes sending some weapons to Ukraine after Pentagon pause
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Trump administration has resumed sending some weapons to Ukraine, a week after the Pentagon had directed that some deliveries be paused. The weapons now moving into Ukraine inclu...
Jul 09, 2025

Constituents encouraged to reach out as MLA Bird's office remains closed
PRINCE GEORGE - Due to ongoing construction issues, the Fifth Avenue office of Prince George-Valemount Conservative MLA Rosalyn Bird is not yet ready to welcome walk-in visitors. While the office rema...
Jul 09, 2025

Ontario bakers look to heat up friendly competition with B.C. over Nanaimo bar record
In the kitchen of Northwest Fudge Factory in Levack, Ont., a group of five children spent the better part of a day last month mixing hundreds of kilograms of butter, sugar, chocolate and graham cracke...
Jul 09, 2025

Ontario bakers look to heat up friendly competition with B.C. over Nanaimo bar record
In the kitchen of Northwest Fudge Factory in Levack, Ont., a group of five children spent the better part of a day last month mixing hundreds of kilograms of butter, sugar, chocolate and graham cracke...
Jul 09, 2025

Conservatives call for local ferry-building
PRINCE GEORGE - It's an aging fleet, and four of the ferries need to be replaced. But BC Ferries' decision to go with a Chinese company has raised the dander of the BC Conservatives, who say those shi...
Jul 09, 2025

Quarterback Vernon Adams Jr., Stampeders face another unbeaten challenge
Vernon Adams Jr. and the Calgary Stampeders face another undefeated challenge. Calgary (3-1) visits the Saskatchewan Roughriders (4-0) -- the CFL's lone remaining unbeaten squad -- on Friday night. La...
Jul 09, 2025

Canadian pharmaceutical industry alarmed after Trump floats 200 per cent tariff
WASHINGTON - An pharmaceutical industry representative says Canada likely isn't the main target of U.S. President Donald Trump's threat to impose a 200 per cent tariff on pharmaceutical imports - but ...
Jul 09, 2025

Ex-MLSE boss Tim Leiweke indicted in U.S. arena bid-rigging scheme
WASHINGTON - Former CEO and president of Maple Leaf Sports & Entertainment Tim Leiweke has been indicted by the U.S. Department of Justice for allegedly orchestrating a conspiracy to rig the biddi...
Jul 09, 2025

B.C. man charged with murdering Bailey Plover was convicted of assault hours earlier
The man accused of murdering his estranged wife, Bailey Plover, in a Kelowna, B.C., parking lot last week had been convicted of choking someone and uttering threats just hours before Friday's attack t...
Jul 09, 2025

B.C. man charged with murdering Bailey Plover was convicted of assault hours earlier
The man accused of murdering his estranged wife, Bailey Plover, in a Kelowna, B.C., parking lot last week had been convicted of choking someone and uttering threats just hours before Friday's attack t...
Jul 09, 2025