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Quick Quotes: What the leaders said during the first Conservative leadership debate
OTTAWA - Conservative leadership contenders faced each other in debate for the first time at the Shaw Conference Centre in Ottawa as part of the Canada Strong and Free Network conference. Patrick Brow...
May 05, 2022

Pillars of Hope and Strength
PRINCE GEORGE - It was the launch of a new project called "Pillars of Hope and Strength." One pillar will be placed in Prince George and the other in Prince Rupert, along the Highway of Tears. They wi...
May 05, 2022

Plan for prolific offenders
PRINCE GEORGE - Noting that, while being compassionate in addressing mental health and addictions, it doesn't mean an acceptance of criminal activity. That was one of the messages from Attorney Genera...
May 05, 2022

Indigenous B.C. man, granddaughter settle with BMO over arrest while opening account
VANCOUVER - Standing amid the noise of traffic and hustle of pedestrians on the same Vancouver sidewalk where he was arrested and handcuffed in December 2019, Maxwell Johnson said he finally feels at ...
May 05, 2022

Alberta premier's caucus foe calls him soft on Ottawa, gets verbal slap in return
EDMONTON - Jason Kenney's arch-foe in caucus took his fight with the Alberta premier to the floor of the legislature Thursday and received in return a backhanded verbal slap from a cabinet minister. B...
May 05, 2022

Canada to investigate sexual violence against women in Ukraine as war crimes
OTTAWA - Foreign Affairs Minister Mlanie Joly says Canada will help investigate sexual violence by Russian troops against women and girls in Ukraine. Speaking in Ottawa after talks with Ann Linde, Swe...
May 05, 2022

B.C. government launches investigation to curb crime connected to repeat offenders
VICTORIA - The B.C. government has launched an investigation into a surge in crime connected to repeat offenders in the province.The province, in co-operation with the BC Urban Mayors' Caucus, has hir...
May 05, 2022

B.C. aims to support repeat offenders while protecting communities
VICTORIA - The British Columbia government has hired two experts to investigate and report on how best to prevent cycles of crime involving prolific offenders and those who commit random violent attac...
May 05, 2022

Interesting off-season and new quadrennial awaits after memorable curling campaign
A memorable curling season essentially comes to a close this weekend ahead of a new quadrennial that will see some interesting changes on the domestic scene. Most elite men's and women's teams will ha...
May 05, 2022

Crown alleges Jacob Hoggard violently raped teen girl, woman in 2016 incidents
TORONTO - Prosecutors allege Canadian musician Jacob Hoggard repeatedly and violently raped a teen girl and a young woman in two separate incidents months apart, leaving each of them bleeding, bruised...
May 05, 2022