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Singh says government must move to counter hate groups, which have tripled since 2015
OTTAWA - NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh says the Liberal government must do more to tackle the growing threat of hate groups. The past five years have seen a proliferation of neo-Nazi groups and online cont...
Nov 10, 2020
Bill 21 supporters testify that religious symbols send wrong message to kids
MONTREAL - Students require a neutral environment in which to learn and one where equality between men and women is put first, parents supporting Quebec's secularism law testified in court Tuesday. Na...
Nov 10, 2020
Legion to be closed on Remembrance Day, service to be livestreamed
PRINCE GEORGE - It will be a Remembrance Day like no other.For the first time in the Royal Canadian Legion's 95-year history, Canadians are being asked not to attend Remembrance Day services across th...
Nov 10, 2020
City gets Restart money
PRINCE GEORGE - It was with a sigh of relief that Mayor Lyn Hall could announce to Council the amount of money granted to the City from the federal Restart Program. The City will get $6.1 million and ...
Nov 10, 2020
TransLink tests anti-microbial copper coatings on high-touch surfaces
VANCOUVER - Officials with Metro Vancouver's transportation network say TransLink will be the first system in North America to test the use of anti-microbial copper on high-touch surfaces to better un...
Nov 10, 2020
Police say computer fraud siphons $375,000 from Prince George, B.C.
PRINCE GEORGE, B.C. - RCMP say the City of Prince George has become the victim of a significant fraud. The city called police in September when staff sent two payments to a contractor for more than $7...
Nov 10, 2020
Alberta farmers file what may be first class-action lawsuit over unpaid oil leases
CALGARY - Two Alberta landowners have filed what a lawyer says could be the first class-action lawsuit against an energy company for not making its lease payments."It's a pretty clear contract," said ...
Nov 10, 2020
No. 1 Alabama-LSU, No. 5 Texas A&M-Tennessee postponed
No. 1 Alabama at LSU and No. 5 Texas A&M at Tennessee will not be played Saturday because of COVID-19 issues, raising the number of Southeastern Conference games postponed this week to three. The ...
Nov 10, 2020
Alberta farmers file what may be first class-action lawsuit over unpaid oil leases
CALGARY - An Alberta farm family has filed what could be the first class-action lawsuit against an energy company for not making its lease payments. In a statement of claim filed in Calgary, Reinhold ...
Nov 10, 2020
Cunningham concedes to US Sen. Tillis in North Carolina
RALEIGH, N.C. - Democrat Cal Cunningham conceded to incumbent Republican U.S. Sen. Thom Tillis in North Carolina on Tuesday, saying "the voters have spoken" and it was clear Tillis had won. With Cunni...
Nov 10, 2020