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Tone Broke comes from third to capture Prince of Wales Stakes race
FORT ERIE, Ont. - Tone Broke came from deep stretch to win the $400,000 Prince of Wales Stakes on Tuesday night. Tone Broke, with Ricardo Santana Jr., aboard, stood third before coming on to pass...
Jul 23, 2019
Margaret Atwood on Booker Prize longlist for 'The Handmaid's Tale' sequel
LONDON - Canadian Booker Prize winner Margaret Atwood is a contender again for the coveted fiction trophy. Atwood won in 2000 for "The Blind Assassin" and is nominated for "The Testaments," ...
Jul 23, 2019
Nechako River research underway
PRINCE GEORGE - Rio Tinto has teamed up with UNBC to do research around climate change. Specifically, hydrologist Stephen Dery has launched a pilot program this summer to test water temperatures in th...
Jul 23, 2019
Prince George building permits record-breaking. Again.
PRINCE GEORGE - Prince George is en par for another record-breaking year in terms of development, based on the number of permits issued in the first half of the year. In 2017, 235 permits were issued....
Jul 23, 2019 House construction
Puerto Rico gov will not seek reelection, but won't resign
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico - Puerto Rico Gov. Ricardo Rossell said Sunday evening that he will not resign in the face of public furor over an obscenity-laced leaked online chat, but he will not seek reelec...
Jul 23, 2019
Ottawa says meetings to take place Friday over disputed land deal in Oka
FREDERICTON - The federal government says meetings are planned Friday with officials in Oka, Que., and the neighbouring Mohawk community of Kanesatake in a dispute over a proposed ...
Jul 23, 2019
With a wide smile for his mom, Prince George turns 6
LONDON - Kensington Palace has released three new photographs before Prince George's birthday. The future king turns 6 on Monday. It's become a tradition for the palace to release snapshots taken by h...
Jul 23, 2019
"A part of her is still alive," BBQ fundraiser for 10th Kidney March
PRINCE GEORGE- Tanya Work has been a participant of the Kidney March, a walk to raise awareness for Kidney Disease for the past 7 years and says her mom was her inspiration to start.Her mother, Faye w...
Jul 23, 2019 Courtesy of Tanya Work (Tanya is shown in the middle holding the sign, her mother is on the right.)
Load management guru says winning with Raptors 'more important than anything'
VANCOUVER - He's worked with some of the world's top athletes and could fill an entire hand with his NBA championship rings, but the man tasked with keeping Kawhi Leonard healthy for the Raptors ...
Jul 23, 2019
Court orders Elections Canada to review moving voting day over religious worries
OTTAWA - A Federal Court judge is ordering Canada's chief electoral officer to take a second look at whether voting day this October needs to be moved because it falls on a Jewish holiday. Election da...
Jul 23, 2019