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Curling Fashion: Colourful retro look is in at Canadian women's curling championship
Part retro, part modern, all with new colourful hooks and a dash of pizzazz. Uniforms are getting an update at the Canadian women's curling championship starting Friday in Calgary. The feel of the shi...
Feb 16, 2021

European Space Agency seeks diversity in new astronaut drive
PARIS - The European Space Agency is holding its first astronaut recruitment drive in 11 years and says greater diversity is one of the goals. The European equivalent of NASA is seeking to recruit mor...
Feb 16, 2021

Black franchise owner sues McDonald's, cites persistent bias
CLEVELAND - The Black owner of 14 McDonald's franchises says the company has shown more favourable treatment to white owners and denied him the opportunity to buy restaurants in more affluent communit...
Feb 16, 2021

Black franchise owner sues McDonald's, cites persistent bias
CLEVELAND - The Black owner of 14 McDonald's franchises says the company has shown more favourable treatment to white owners and denied him the opportunity to buy restaurants in more affluent communit...
Feb 16, 2021

Riot lawsuit just part of Trump's post-impeachment problems
NEW YORK - Acquitted by the Senate of inciting last month's U.S. Capitol insurrection, former President Donald Trump faces more fallout from the unrest, including a lawsuit from a congressman Tuesday....
Feb 16, 2021

France passes anti-radicalism bill that worries Muslims
PARIS - Lawmakers in the French parliament's lower house on Tuesday overwhelmingly approved a bill that would strengthen oversight of mosques, schools and sports clubs to safeguard France from radical...
Feb 16, 2021

Biden heads to Wisconsin to rally support for virus relief
WASHINGTON - Leaving Donald Trump and his impeachment in the rearview mirror, Joe Biden is embarking on his first official trip as president to refocus Congress on coronavirus relief and to cement pub...
Feb 16, 2021

Some dinosaur migration was delayed by climate, study shows
Plant-eating dinosaurs probably arrived in the Northern Hemisphere millions of years after their meat-eating cousins, a delay likely caused by climate change, a new study found. A new way of calculati...
Feb 16, 2021

City seeking candidates for boards and committees
PRINCE GEORGE -The City of Prince George is looking for local residents wanting to get involved in a meaningful way in their community.The City is seeking volunteer candidates for four boards and comm...
Feb 16, 2021

Veteran jockey Eurico Rosa Da Silva makes many shocking revelations in autobiography
The racetrack was always Eurico Rosa Da Silva's happy place. It's where he won over 2,200 career races - including two Queen's Plates - and seven times earned recognition as Canada's top jockey. But i...
Feb 16, 2021