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SD57 reveals Re-Start Plan for September 2020
PRINCE GEORGE- School District 57 (SD 57) is taking a phased approach at their school re-start plan which will get underway on September 8.When students re-enter the classroom this September they will...
Aug 26, 2020

No grounds to charge officers in death of Regis Korchinski-Paquet:SIU
TORONTO - Regis Korchinski-Paquet fell to her death while trying to sidestep onto a neighbour's balcony, according to a report released Wednesday by Ontario's police watchdog, which concludes there ar...
Aug 26, 2020

Suspect arrested after 2 are killed at Kenosha protest
KENOSHA, Wis. - Illinois police arrested a juvenile Wednesday after two people were shot to death in a possible vigilante attack during a protest in Kenosha over the police shooting of a Black man, Ja...
Aug 26, 2020

Laura gains power, could come ashore as Category 4 hurricane
GALVESTON, Texas - Laura rapidly gained strength Wednesday, growing into a menacing Category 4 hurricane with the potential for a 20-foot storm surge that forecasters said would be "unsurvivable" and ...
Aug 26, 2020

Raptors could join other Canadian athletes, teams in pushing for change
Players from the Toronto Raptors and Boston Celtics are contemplating a boycott of playoff games along with other ideas to protest systemic racism and police brutality this week. Over the y...
Aug 26, 2020

At least one in three northern women sexually harassed, says StatCan survey
A survey from Statistics Canada says that more than one-third of women in the northern territories have been subjected to unwanted sexual behaviour in a public place. Almost as many have had the same ...
Aug 26, 2020

Panel overseeing prison segregation says they were blocked from doing their work
OTTAWA - An independent panel tasked with overseeing segregation of inmates in federal prisons says the Correctional Service of Canada blocked it from doing its job. In a report, chair Antho...
Aug 26, 2020

Cops for Cancer Tour de North makes changes to 2020 ride
PRINCE GEORGE-Come September 14th, 37 riders will pedal across Northern B.C. for this year's Cops for Cancer Tour de North.The Tour is one of the Canadian Cancer Society's most unique events, and has ...
Aug 26, 2020

Vice-president to take the stage on Day 3 of Republican National Convention
WASHINGTON - It's Vice-President Mike Pence's turn to take the stage at the Republican National Convention, where Donald Trump's allies, friends and family members have spent the week putting a p...
Aug 26, 2020

Toronto cop found guilty of assaulting Dafonte Miller challenges conviction
Lawyers for a Toronto police officer who was found guilty of assault in the beating of a young Black man are asking the court to throw out the conviction. Michael Lacy, who represents Const. Michael T...
Aug 26, 2020