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Serena wins again at US Open, beating No. 2 seed Kontaveit
NEW YORK (AP) - Serena Williams eliminated No. 2 seed Anett Kontaveit 7-6 (4), 2-6, 6-2 in the U.S. Open's second round Wednesday night to ensure that the 23-time Grand Slam champion will play at leas...
Aug 31, 2022

Peltola beats Palin, wins Alaska House special election
JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) - Democrat Mary Peltola won the special election for Alaska's only U.S. House seat on Wednesday, besting a field that included Republican Sarah Palin, who was seeking a political c...
Aug 31, 2022

Federal judge won't block New York's new gun restrictions
NEW YORK (AP) - A federal judge declined to put a hold on New York's new gun rules Wednesday, one day before the law was to take effect. Despite writing that the arguments for granting a preliminary i...
Aug 31, 2022

Workplace Atmosphere Sampler unveiled at UNBC
PRINCE GEORGE- The University of Northern British Columbia unveiled a one of kind project built by Madeline Clarke that will help different industries across the country."This is the Workplace Atmosph...
Aug 31, 2022

UN cites possible crimes vs. humanity in China's Xinjiang
GENEVA (AP) - China's discriminatory detention of Uyghurs and other mostly Muslim ethnic groups in the western region of Xinjiang may constitute crimes against humanity, the U.N. human rights office s...
Aug 31, 2022

Tour de North returns to help find childhood cancer cure
PRINCE GEORGE - In two weeks' time representatives from the Prince George RCMP office and North District 911 Dispatch Centre will take off from Dawson Creek on their bikes to raise money for the Tour ...
Aug 31, 2022

McConnachie announces mayoral intention
PRINCE GEORGE - Terri McConnachie is running as a mayoral candidate in the October election. The two-time sitting Councillor says she had so much support for the idea, particularly from family, when m...
Aug 31, 2022

Push renewed for training centre
PRINCE GEORGE - Fire Hall #1 on Massey Drive is the hall to respond to incidents in the BCR Industrial Site on the south side of town. Ideally, the Fire Underwriters have an expectation of a response ...
Aug 31, 2022

Quebec election: Liberal party says candidate's Montreal office robbed, vandalized
MONTREAL - The Quebec Liberal Party says the riding office of one of its Montreal candidates has been robbed and vandalized. The party says the alleged attackers broke through the wall of a neighbouri...
Aug 31, 2022

Alberta to use $13.2B budget windfall to pay down debt, put cash in piggy bank
EDMONTON - Alberta's finance minister says the government is going to use this year's projected windfall budget surplus to pay down debt and put some cash in its piggy bank. Jason Nixon says the plan ...
Aug 31, 2022