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Impaired driving enforcement begins for the holiday season
.PRINCE GEORGE - As we are in the festive season, the Prince George RCMP will be launching its annual impaired driving campaign later this week. Joining in this year's National Impaired Driving Enforc...
Dec 03, 2020
Operation Red Nose goes a different direction
PRINCE GEORGE - Like so many things, COVID-19 has ruined another holiday fundraising campaign. Operation Red Nose will be parking this December, not wanting to put its volunteers and their rides at ri...
Dec 03, 2020
Hillary, Chelsea Clinton to tell unheralded heroes' stories
LOS ANGELES - Hillary Rodham Clinton and her daughter, Chelsea, are forming a film production company that they say will tell the stories of people whose voices are often overlooked. Their first proje...
Dec 03, 2020
Children and youth with special needs 'left out' of pandemic response: B.C. watchdog
VANCOUVER - A report from British Columbia's representative for children and youth says the pandemic has exacerbated long-standing problems with the support system for children with special needs, lea...
Dec 03, 2020
Children and youth with special needs 'left out' of pandemic response: B.C. watchdog
VANCOUVER - A report from British Columbia's representative for children and youth says the pandemic has exacerbated long-standing problems with the support system for children with special needs, lea...
Dec 03, 2020
Israel urges citizens to avoid Gulf, cites Iran threat
JERUSALEM - The Israeli government on Thursday urged its citizens to avoid travel to the Gulf states of the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain, citing threats of Iranian attacks. The travel advisory com...
Dec 03, 2020
Ex-Hasidic couple lose case against Quebec government over inadequate education
MONTREAL - A Quebec Superior Court judge has ruled against a former Hasidic couple who took the Quebec government to court for failing to ensure they received the education to which they were entitled...
Dec 03, 2020
Prince George RCMP seek disqualified driver
PRINCE GEORGE - Local Mounties are seeking the public's help in locating a disqualified driver.Cst. Jennifer Cooper of the Prince George RCMP says on Sept.25, 2020, an arrest warrant was issued for 47...
Dec 03, 2020
Senate confirms Christopher Waller to serve on Fed's board
WASHINGTON - The Senate on Thursday narrowly confirmed the nomination of Christopher Waller for the Federal Reserve's Board of Governors, placing another of President Donald Trump's picks on the Fed's...
Dec 03, 2020
OPEC, Russia agree to nudge up oil output gradually from Jan
VIENNA - OPEC and a group of allied countries including Russia have agreed to increase their oil production by 500,000 barrels per day from January. Alexander Novak, deputy prime minister of Russia, a...
Dec 03, 2020