Author Archives:

Lawyer says ex-royal staff will shed light on Meghan letter
LONDON - A lawyer for the publisher of the Daily Mail newspaper said Wednesday that the Duchess of Sussex had no reasonable expectation of privacy for a letter she sent to her estranged father after h...
Jan 20, 2021

After a strong start, Calgary Flames get early breather in short NHL season
CALGARY - Just three games into a condensed season, the Calgary Flames are already on a break. A 2-0-1 start for five points out of a possible six is momentum the Flames will try to carry through thei...
Jan 20, 2021

Indigenous services minister says Quebec premier should show 'humanity' to homeless
OTTAWA - Federal Indigenous Services Minister Marc Miller is criticizing the Quebec premier's refusal to exempt homeless people from the provincewide curfew. Miller reacted today to the recent death o...
Jan 20, 2021

Chamber forms recovery task force
PRINCE GEORGE - Small business makes up the vast amount of all businesses in bc and it has been small business bearing the brunt of the economic turmoil created by the pandemic. Restaurants and retail...
Jan 20, 2021

UPDATE: Four more school COVID-19 exposures found in Williams Lake
WILLIAMS LAKE, B.C. - UPDATE: After this story was published, Interior Health added Nesika Elementary School to its exposure list. The exposure date is January 11.EARLIER: Interior Health has reported...
Jan 20, 2021

For a splintered nation, a delicate moment of continuity
When it gazes into the mirror, the United States does not generally see a land of process and procedure. It sees what it has wanted to see since the beginning - a place of action and results and volum...
Jan 20, 2021

Anti-gang agency pays Prince George a visit
PRINCE GEORGE -BC's anti-gang agency had some success while in Prince George for a recent visit. Prince George RCMP say the Combined Forces Special Enforcement Unit were here from January 13 to the 17...
Jan 20, 2021

Students at VP Kamala Harris's Montreal alma mater say her rise serves as inspiration
MONTREAL - Students at Montreal's Westmount High School spent Wednesday morning watching a former graduate ascend to one of the highest political offices in the world, with Kamala Harris's new post as...
Jan 20, 2021

Residents of Old Fort, B.C., suing province, others over slow-moving slide
VANCOUVER - Residents of a tiny community in northeastern British Columbia are suing the local and provincial governments over two slow-moving landslides they claim caused their property values to plu...
Jan 20, 2021

Trump's pardon largesse a boon for well-connected fraudsters
WASHINGTON - A former congressman who pocketed millions of dollars in bribes from defence contractors. A Republican fundraiser who paid handsome sums to illicitly lobby a presidential administration. ...
Jan 20, 2021