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NRA's top lobbyist resigns amid turmoil within the group
The National Rifle Association's top lobbyist resigned Wednesday, the latest development in a dizzying array of in-fighting within the gun lobbying group in recent months that has ensnared even its mo...
Jun 26, 2019
Two properties targeted for clean up
PRINCE GEORGE - Two properties were under fire at Council recently.The Willow Inn on Victoria Street and a private property on Blackburn Road were both under the microscope Monday night, with the City...
Jun 26, 2019 Willow Inn
Montreal group would be happy to split Rays home games between two cities
MONTREAL - The man at the helm of a group trying to bring Major League Baseball back to Montreal says a plan for the Tampa Bay Rays to split games between Quebec's biggest city and Florida is "groundb...
Jun 26, 2019
Goalie Roberto Luongo retires after 19 NHL seasons
SUNRISE, Fla. - Florida goalie Roberto Luongo has decided to retire after 19 seasons. The 40-year-old Luongo made the announcement Wednesday on his Twitter account. His 489 career victories are third ...
Jun 26, 2019
Alleged sex tape in R. Kelly case turned over to defence
CHICAGO - Prosecutors have turned over to R. Kelly's attorneys a tape they say shows the singer having sex with a minor girl two decades ago. The judge in the case said he hopes that at least one of t...
Jun 26, 2019
With a third of 2015 MPs not running, NDP turnover highest in at least 20 years
OTTAWA - When the federal election campaign gets underway in earnest, parties will be missing dozens of incumbent MPs who have opted against running again - including 11 sitting NDP MPs...
Jun 26, 2019
Human remains found
ckpgPRINCE GEORGE - Earlier this week a member of the public found human remains on the outskirts of the city.Prince George RCMP has not yet confirmed the identity or the gender of the remains. Police...
Jun 26, 2019
Aviation experts question security, passenger safety after woman left on plane
Aviation experts are raising security and passenger safety concerns after a woman was left sleeping on a parked Air Canada aircraft with the lights turned off and crew gone. "It was just a total ...
Jun 26, 2019
Court ruling reveals grim details of Lionel Desmond suicide and murders
HALIFAX - A court fight over life insurance has revealed for the first time disturbing details about how former Canadian soldier Lionel Desmond fatally shot his mother, wife a...
Jun 26, 2019
Building explosion in Austrian capital leaves 12 injured
VIENNA - A suspected gas explosion blew a gaping hole in a building in central Vienna on Wednesday, injuring at least 12 people, two of them seriously, according to police and images from the scene. T...
Jun 26, 2019