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Pro-pipeline protesters chant outside natural resources minister announcement
CALGARY - Hundreds of pro-pipeline protesters rallied outside a Calgary office tower during a clean energy announcement by federal Natural Resources Minister Amarjeet Sohi. The protest by the gro...
May 08, 2019
Refusal to hand over Trump's tax returns sets up legal fight
WASHINGTON - Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin has made it official: The administration won't be turning President Donald Trump's tax returns over to the Democratic-controlled House. Mnuchin told Ways...
May 08, 2019
City of PG Readies for wildfires
PRINCE GEORGE - Since the wildfires of the past two years, the City has been working with a number of different organizations to prepare for what could be another active fire season. In 2017, Prince G...
May 08, 2019 evacuee registration
As child benefits climb, feds look to get payments in to families missing out
OTTAWA - A planned increase in the value of the Canada Child Benefit will miss just over one-fifth of Indigenous families living on reserves, part of the five per cent of families nationwide...
May 08, 2019
Cat study looking for answers
PRINCE GEORGE - If you have time to share your opinion on cats, UNBC researchers say that would be perfect! The university has launched a study in partnership with local veterinarians, humane agencies...
May 08, 2019
Can fines rein in Big Tech? Privacy regulators spur a debate
WASHINGTON - As they negotiate a record fine against Facebook, federal privacy regulators sparked a debate in Congress Wednesday over how effective such penalties can be in preventing future abuses by...
May 08, 2019
Police arrests end sit-in against policing at Johns Hopkins
Baltimore police arrested seven people on Wednesday as they ended a monthlong sit-in in the lobby of an administrative building at Johns Hopkins University, where a group of protesters have demonstrat...
May 08, 2019
Deborah Dugan, CEO of (RED), picked to lead the Grammys
NEW YORK - Deborah Dugan, the CEO of Bono's (RED) organization, has been named president and CEO of the Recording Academy, becoming the first woman appointed to lead the organization. The academy anno...
May 08, 2019
Moura sends Tottenham through to Champions League final
AMSTERDAM - Lucas Moura completed a hat trick in the sixth minute of injury time as Tottenham pulled off another stunning Champions League comeback on Wednesday, beating Ajax 3-2 to set up an all-Engl...
May 08, 2019
British Columbia's Archie Windsor laughs about royal baby name link
DUNCAN, B.C. - At first, Archie Windsor of Duncan, B.C., says he was shocked to learn he had the same last name as the newest royal, but then he saw the humour. "My father worked in the woods all his ...
May 08, 2019