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Court rejects former escort's appeal in murder-for-hire plot
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. - The Florida Supreme Court will not hear an appeal from a former escort convicted of trying to hire a hit man to kill her newlywed husband. The court rejected without comment a requ...
Sep 04, 2019
Atom Egoyan's 'Guest of Honour' to open Vancouver film festival
VANCOUVER - This year's Vancouver International Film Festival will open with Atom Egoyan's "Guest of Honour." The drama, starring David Thewlis as a health inspector and Laysla De Oliveira as his musi...
Sep 04, 2019
'18 champ Osaka loses to Bencic at US Open; Nadal into QFs
NEW YORK - Naomi Osaka's achy left knee didn't let her serve without pain, so she didn't practice that key part of her game leading into the U.S. Open. The knee also prevented her from covering the co...
Sep 04, 2019
Liberals tap economic adviser Dominic Barton as new ambassador to China
OTTAWA - The Liberals are naming business consultant Dominic Barton as Canada's new ambassador to China. Barton steps into the role with the two countries engaged in a diplomatic feud. At the cen...
Sep 04, 2019
New Kelly Road School expected to open in fall 2020
PRINCE GEORGE-The new Kelly Road Secondary school is one year away from opening its doors.The new school, in the Hart Highway area of the city is expected to open in September 2020. The cost of the pr...
Sep 04, 2019 Courtesy of School District 57
Canadian Press NewsAlert: Court allows six of 12 Trans Mountain appeals
VANCOUVER - The Federal Court of Appeal says six of 12 proposed legal challenges to the Trans Mountain pipeline project can proceed. The federal government approved the plan to triple t...
Sep 04, 2019
Trade tribunal investigating allegation of bias in search for third shipyard
OTTAWA - A trade tribunal is investigating the federal government's plan to add a third shipyard to its multibillion-dollar shipbuilding strategy over allegations the process is rigged in fa...
Sep 04, 2019
First day back
PRINCE GEORGE - Kids took to the streets this morning outside Westwood Elementary School, handing out "Think of Me" postcards. The school's Grades Three and Four students created the cards last year i...
Sep 04, 2019
NDP and Greens battle to be the alternative for voters looking for a change
OTTAWA - When 14 former NDP candidates and officials in New Brunswick defected to the Greens on Tuesday, they acted out a switch the Green party hopes more left-leaning voters will make in the upcomin...
Sep 04, 2019
Gabriela Dabrowski falls in women's doubles quarterfinals at U.S. Open
NEW YORK - Canada's Gabriela Dabrowski has been eliminated in the women's doubles quarterfinals at the U.S. Open. The Ottawa native and partner Yifan Xu of China, seeded third, lost 2-6, 6-3, 6-3 to t...
Sep 04, 2019