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Endangered caribou liaison quits
DAWSON CREEK -The community liaison to Premier John Horgan in the Peace Region for protecting endangered caribou has resigned. Former Liberal M-L-A Blair Lekstrom was chosen by Horgan to ease the frus...
Jan 25, 2020

Mixed results for UNBC's basketball squads
PRINCE GEORGE - A busy night for UNBC basketball teams last night (Jan.24) with mixed results.The women Timberwolves beat the visiting Brandon Bobcats, 78-67.Maria Mongomo led the way, scoring 31 poin...
Jan 25, 2020

Next stop, Brexit: Britain's EU divorce bill becomes law
LONDON - Britain's delayed and disputed Brexit bill became law on Thursday, removing the last U.K. obstacle to the country leaving the European Union in just over a week. The U.K. is finally leaving t...
Jan 25, 2020

Mayor, police pledge action after deadly Seattle shooting
SEATTLE - A shootout in downtown Seattle that left a woman dead and a 9-year-old boy injured was the third violent incident this week in a part of the city long known for rampant drug use and street u...
Jan 25, 2020

Is climate action a $26-trillion opportunity? 'A little baloney' in minister's claim
OTTAWA - "This is not simply an environmental issue. It is an economic issue. The estimates going forward in terms of the size of the prize for countries that are in this game early, developing techno...
Jan 25, 2020

European Central Bank holds rates, launches policy review
FRANKFURT - The European Central Bank has decided to launch a top-to-bottom review of how it steers the economy in the 19 countries that use the euro currency. The review, the first since the global f...
Jan 25, 2020

Germany bans neo-Nazi organization Combat 18 Deutschland
BERLIN - Germany is banning the neo-Nazi group Combat 18 Deutschland in what the country's top security official said Thursday was a "clear message" against far-right extremism and anti-Semitism. More...
Jan 25, 2020

St. John's, N.L., lifts state of emergency eight days after massive storm
ST. JOHN'S, N.L. - The City of St. John's has lifted a state of emergency that's been in place for more than a week. The provincial capital made the initial declaration last Friday, as ...
Jan 25, 2020

Response to the coronavirus and a protest-for-hire; In The News for Jan. 23
In The News is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to kickstart your day. Here is what's on the radar of our editors for the morning of Jan. 23 ... What we are wa...
Jan 25, 2020

Commemorative stamp pays tribute to all-black hockey league in the Maritimes
CHERRY BROOK, N.S. - Canada Post unveiled a commemorative stamp Thursday that pays tribute to an all-black hockey league that once thrived in the Maritimes - long before ...
Jan 25, 2020