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Estate sale Emily Carr painting bought for US$50 nets C$290,000 at Toronto auction
TORONTO - An Emily Carr painting that sold for US$50 at an estate sale has fetched C$290,000 at a Toronto auction. Heffel Fine Art Auction House says "Masset, Q.C.I." sold for $290,000 at its fall sal...
Nov 20, 2024
The FBI arrested a man whose been charged with planning an attack on the New York Stock Exchange
A Florida man was arrested Wednesday and charged in a plot to bomb the New York Stock Exchange this week, according to the FBI. Harun Abdul-Malik Yener, 30, of Coral Springs, Florida, was charged with...
Nov 20, 2024
Ravensbergen prepares for CHL USA Prospect Challenge
PRINCE GEORGE- Josh Ravensbergen has taken the WHL by storm since he overtook the Cougars net last season and he's getting recognized for his play. Next week he will be in Oshawa and London, Ontario f...
Nov 20, 2024
CNC plans for disruptions
PRINCE GEORGE - The College of New Caledonia is predicting "very few international students" to arrive in subsequent terms and "if no changes are made," the college anticipates an operating deficit in...
Nov 20, 2024
Canada's Hadwin enters RSM Classic to try new swing before end of PGA Tour season
Things just didn't feel right for Adam Hadwin when he missed the cut at the Shriners Children's Open on Oct. 18, so he went back to the drawing board. Hadwin, from Abbotsford, B.C., spent the next mon...
Nov 20, 2024
Chris Sale wins NL Cy Young Award after being league's 1st pitching triple crown winner since 2011
Atlanta Braves left-hander Chris Sale won the National League Cy Young Award on Wednesday night after being the league's first pitching triple crown winner since 2011. In his first season with the Bra...
Nov 20, 2024
Chris Sale wins NL Cy Young Award after being league's 1st pitching Triple Crown winner since 2011
Atlanta Braves left-hander Chris Sale won the National League Cy Young Award on Wednesday night after being the league's first pitching triple crown winner since 2011. In his first season with the Bra...
Nov 20, 2024
Site of massive B.C. river slide remains unstable, effects on salmon not yet clear
A salmon task force examining the impacts of the massive landslide that temporarily dammed British Columbia's Chilcotin River last July says there have been three "significant" slope failures since th...
Nov 20, 2024
B.C. Conservative leader names shadow cabinet, gives job to controversial member
VICTORIA - B.C. Conservative Leader John Rustad has assigned jobs to 41 of his 44-member caucus, including giving a critic's position to MLA Brent Chapman, who faced calls to step down during the camp...
Nov 20, 2024
Eby's NDP cabinet 'bloated, expensive,' says B.C. Conservative leader John Rustad
VICTORIA - British Columbia Conservative Leader John Rustad says Premier David Eby's new cabinet appears to be a taxpayer-funded loyalty program that rewards NDP caucus. Eby introduced his new cabinet...
Nov 20, 2024