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New steps taken to ensure mill is built in Fort St. James
FORT ST. JAMES - Forest Minister Doug Donaldson has taken steps to ensure a new lumber mill will be built in Fort St. James, where a recent mill closure devastated the community. Donaldson says he has...
Oct 28, 2019
Guinean-Canadians in Montreal protest possible third presidential term
MONTREAL - Alpha Diallo arrived in Canada from Guinea in 2009, a year before that country's president won his first election and raised hopes amid the nation's sole democratic transition of ...
Oct 28, 2019
$104.6 million realignment on Hwy 29 awarded
FORT ST. JOHN-The contract to build a two-lane realignment on Highway 29 northwest of Fort St. John has been awarded.The $104.6-million construction project was given to Eiffage-Infracon Halfway River...
Oct 28, 2019
Banks sets Hamilton reception record as Tiger-Cats down Alouettes 38-26
MONTREAL - They call him Brandon "Speedy" Banks for a reason. Banks caught three touchdowns on 201 yards to lead the Hamilton Tiger-Cats to a 38-26 victory over the Montreal Alouettes on Saturday afte...
Oct 28, 2019
Multiple homicides, shooting ramp up pressure on Winnipeg police resources
WINNIPEG - The police chief in Manitoba's capital says a deadly weekend has strained resources as investigators deal with three homicides and a shooting that left four people, including an infant, in ...
Oct 28, 2019
Will the weather be a trick or a treat this Halloween?
PRINCE GEORGE-Our weekend was quite the treat, bringing us sunshine and blue skies.That was the treat, but will the trick be the weather on Halloween for Trick-or-Treaters? Not according to Armel Cast...
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RCMP, feds pressed to find missing reservist with alleged links to neo-Nazis
OTTAWA - A Manitoba army reservist accused of harbouring ties to neo-Nazis remains unaccounted for two months after he was first reported missing. Master Cpl. Patrik Mathews disappeared at t...
Oct 28, 2019
Roughriders, Stampeders still battling for first in West Division standings
They've been a fixture atop the West Division standings since 2010, but the Calgary Stampeders will need help to finish there this season. Calgary (11-6) enters the final weekend of the regular s...
Oct 28, 2019
Man accused in newspaper shooting is changing his plea
ANNAPOLIS, Md. - An attorney for the man accused of killing five Maryland newspaper employees last year told a court Monday that he will plead guilty but not criminally responsible by reason of insani...
Oct 28, 2019
Robert Evans, iconic producer of 'Chinatown,' dies at 89
NEW YORK - Robert Evans, the protean, fast-living Hollywood producer and former Paramount Pictures production chief who backed such seminal 1970s films as "Chinatown," ''The Godfather" and "Harold and...
Oct 28, 2019