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Gov. Charlie Baker to be honoured with bobblehead doll
BOSTON - Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker is getting the bobblehead treatment for his response to the coronavirus pandemic. The National Bobblehead Hall of Fame and Museum in Milwaukee on Thursday unv...
Oct 08, 2020

UNBC places fifth in Maclean's rankings
PRINCE GEORGE - The University of Northern British Columbia has placed fifth out of 19 post-secondary institutions in the best small university category in the annual Maclean's magazine rankings of Ca...
Oct 08, 2020

Feds double COVID-19 fund for abused women to $100 million
OTTAWA - Gender Equality Minister Maryam Monsef says the COVID-19 pandemic has exacerbated the conditions that make women, children and gender-diverse people vulnerable to violence. She says that's wh...
Oct 08, 2020

Taliban cheer Trump tweet promising early troop withdrawal
ISLAMABAD - The Afghan Taliban on Thursday welcomed a tweet from President Donald Trump in which he promised to have the last of U.S. troops out of Afghanistan by Christmas - or at least by the end of...
Oct 08, 2020

Break and enter suspect in custody following MacDonald Ave break and enter
PRINCE GEORGE - A 41-year-old Prince George man is facing multiple charges following an alleged break and enter Monday morning.Prince George RCMP received a report of a break and enter just after 8 a....
Oct 08, 2020

COVID-19 pandemic accelerating digital privacy risks, federal watchdog warns
OTTAWA - The federal privacy czar says the COVID-19 pandemic is underscoring weaknesses in the law that place the personal information of Canadians at risk. In his annual report presented to Parliamen...
Oct 08, 2020

9 arrested in Nation Crescent drug bust
PRINCE GEORGE - Local Mounties made nine arrests yesterday morning following the execution of a search warrant at a home on Nation Crescent in Prince George.Police say the warrant was executed by the ...
Oct 08, 2020

Testimony at Fredericton murder trial on hold while lawyers discuss SCOC decision
FREDERICTON - Testimony at the Matthew Raymond murder trial in Fredericton is on hold until Friday morning. Justice Larry Landry of the Court of Queen's Bench told the jury today that a Supreme Court ...
Oct 08, 2020

Canadian military-college students report widespread sexual misconduct
OTTAWA - A new Statistics Canada report says more than two-thirds of students at the country's military colleges personally witnessed or experienced unwanted sexual behaviour in the past year. The fin...
Oct 08, 2020

Quebec reports 1,078 new COVID-19 infections, nine more deaths linked to virus
MONTREAL - Premier Francois Legault says the province is reporting 1,078 new COVID-19 cases and nine more deaths attributed to the novel coronavirus. Legault told reporters today hospitalizations incr...
Oct 08, 2020