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Coastal GasLink fined $590K by B.C. environment office over pipeline build
VICTORIA - British Columbia's Environment Assessment Office has fined Coastal GasLink Pipeline Ltd. $590,000 for "deficiencies" in the construction of its pipeline crossing the province. The office sa...
Sep 12, 2024

Aiden Foster prepares for big sophomore season with Cougars
PRINCE GEORGE- Aiden Foster is heading into his second year with the Cougars as they prepare to battle against sky high expectations. In his rookie season, Foster only put up nine points between the r...
Sep 12, 2024

Lower interest rates could mean good things for potential home owners
PRINCE GEORGE - The Bank of Canada recently announced the key interest rate dropped for the third consecutive month, which could mean more savings for Canadians in a wide variety of areas. The 0.25% d...
Sep 12, 2024

Rustad proposes involuntary treatment
PRINCE GEORGE - It has been a controversial issue for some time. Mental health, addictions, safe supply, open drug use and decriminalization. And the Leader of the Conservative Party has come out with...
Sep 12, 2024

Pountney wants to be 'strong voice' for the North if elected
PRINCE GEORGE - Former Chief of the Lheidli T'enneh Clay Pountney has been announced the BC NDP candidate for the riding of Prince George-Valemount in the October provincial election. Pountney, a resi...
Sep 12, 2024

Ottawa loses bid to quash Israel advocates' lawsuit calling for halt to UNRWA funding
OTTAWA - The Federal Court has denied Ottawa's bid to quash a case in which advocates for Israel are asking for a reversal of Canada's temporary freeze on the main United Nations agency supporting Pal...
Sep 12, 2024

Border Patrol response to Uvalde school shooting marred by breakdowns and poor training, report says
U.S. Border Patrol agents who rushed to the school shooting in Uvalde, Texas in 2022 failed to establish command and had inadequate training to confront what became one of the nation's deadliest class...
Sep 12, 2024

B.C. to ensure fruit growers impacted by co-op closure are paid for past harvests
VICTORIA - The British Columbia government says it is taking steps to ensure tree fruit growers are compensated for past harvests after the closure of a co-operative that had served farmers for almost...
Sep 12, 2024

B.C. to scrap consumer carbon tax if federal government drops legal requirement: Eby
VANCOUVER - British Columbia Premier David Eby says his government will end the provincial carbon tax on consumers and shift the onus to ``big polluters'' if the federal government removes a legal req...
Sep 12, 2024

B.C. to scrap consumer carbon tax if federal government drops legal requirement: Eby
VANCOUVER - British Columbia Premier David Eby says his government will end the provincial carbon tax on consumers and shift the onus to "big polluters" if the federal government removes a legal requi...
Sep 12, 2024