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Election officially underway
PRINCE GEOGRE - While the ads have been running for some time, the federal election race is officially underway with the writ being dropped today. UNBC Political Scientist Gary Wilson says the environ...
Sep 11, 2019
Trump says peace talks with Taliban are now 'dead'
WASHINGTON - U.S. peace talks with the Taliban are now "dead," President Donald Trump declared Monday, two days after he abruptly cancelled a secret meeting he had arranged with Taliban and Afghan lea...
Sep 11, 2019
Open house tonight
PRINCE GEORGE - BC Housing, the City of Prince George and Northern Health are hosting a public open house at the Civic and Conference Centre from five to eight p.m. tonight to talk about a new housing...
Sep 11, 2019 housing project
Quesnel's leadership is confident with its economic future
QUESNEL - Variable operating schedules are one of the ways West Fraser Timber plans to decrease production by up to 25 per cent. Many other forestry companies have also made changes to their business ...
Sep 11, 2019
Crown says former hostage Joshua Boyle is lying about wife's supposed failings
OTTAWA - Former overseas hostage Joshua Boyle is lying about his wife Caitlan Coleman's being a neglectful, unfit mother, a Crown attorney said Monday. Prosecutor Jason Neubauer said Boyle, who i...
Sep 11, 2019
Political parties face fatigue as Manitoba moves from one campaign to the next
WINNIPEG - Politicians and supporters in Manitoba had less than 24 hours to take in the results of a provincial election before diving into the federal one. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Wednesday&...
Sep 11, 2019
Burning as part of fuel mitigation: wildfire prevention
QUESNEL-If you see smoke starting next Monday, Sept.16 don't fret. The BC Wildfire Service is planning on burning piles of woody debris on the southern shore of Quesnel Lake near Haggens Point.The bur...
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Pipeline construction hampered by hearings, permits, court action: report
VANCOUVER - A report from environmental group Stand.earth says it expects construction of the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion to be delayed by detailed route hearings, outstanding provincial permits...
Sep 11, 2019
Pipeline construction hampered by hearings, permits, court action: report
VANCOUVER - A report from environmental group Stand.earth says it expects construction of the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion to be delayed by detailed route hearings, outstanding provincial permits...
Sep 11, 2019
First witness at Quebec man's double murder trial describes screams, struggle
ST-JEROME, Que. - The jury at the trial of a Quebec man facing two counts of first-degree murder heard testimony Monday from a neighbour who heard horrifying screams and saw a struggle on the day...
Sep 11, 2019