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Feds file judicial review of $40B Indigenous child-welfare settlement
OTTAWA - The federal government is asking a judge to review some aspects of the $40-billion settlement agreement over discrimination in the Indigenous child-welfare system, after the Canadian Human Ri...
Nov 23, 2022

Tipping fee increases coming
PRINCE GEORGE - The Regional District of Fraser Fort George operates the Foothills landfill, the destination for all the waste generated by city residents. But it is also the destination for all the w...
Nov 23, 2022

Jury finds former PQ legislator Harold LeBel guilty of sexual assault
RIMOUSKI, Que. - Former Parti Qubcois legislator Harold LeBel was found guilty on Wednesday of sexually assaulting a woman at his residence in 2017. A jury of nine women and three men took two days to...
Nov 23, 2022

Sports-betting marketplace taking notice of Canada at World Cup
TORONTO - Canada's return to the World Cup wasn't a victorious one but it certainly created plenty of action in Ontario's legal sports-betting market. Belgium defeated the Canadians 1-0 on Wednesday i...
Nov 23, 2022

Wanted man considered violent
PRINCE GEORGE - Local Mounties are seeking your help in locating a wanted man.Prince George RCMP say that 25-year-old Shane Coulas is wanted for failing to comply with his probation order.Coulas is de...
Nov 23, 2022

B.C. human rights tribunal awards $150,000 in child welfare discrimination case
VANCOUVER - An Afro-Indigenous woman has been awarded $150,000 in compensation by the British Columbia Human Rights Tribunal after her children were wrongfully seized by a child welfare agency. The tr...
Nov 23, 2022

B.C. human rights tribunal awards $150,000 in child welfare discrimination case
VANCOUVER - An Afro-Indigenous woman has been awarded $150,000 in compensation by the British Columbia Human Rights Tribunal after her children were wrongfully seized by a child welfare agency. The tr...
Nov 23, 2022

Canadian men push Belgium to the limit but lose 1-0 in return to World Cup
AL RAYYAN, Qatar - Canada put on a show in its return to the World Cup after a 36-year absence but failed to convert its chances in a valiant 1-0 loss to Belgium on Wednesday. The 41st-ranked Canadian...
Nov 23, 2022

RCMP investigating break and enter on Carmel Drive
PRINCE GEORGE - Prince George RCMP are investigating an overnight break and enter at a gas station in Beaverley.Just after 2:30 a.m. on Tuesday, November 22, officers responded to a report of a break ...
Nov 23, 2022

Depleted Maple Leafs acquire defenceman Timmins in trade with Coyotes
TORONTO - The Toronto Maple Leafs have acquired defenceman Conor Timmins from the Arizona Coyotes in exchange for forward Curtis Douglas. The 24-year-old Timmins has three assists through six games wi...
Nov 23, 2022