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RDFFG urging extreme caution near rivers and streams as heavy rain expected through Thursday
PRINCE GEORGE-The Regional District of Fraser-Fort George (RDFFG) is urging caution near rivers and streams, as heavy rain is in the forecast.A release from the RDFFG says that water levels are expect...
Jul 01, 2020
Citing racial bias, San Francisco will end mug shots release
San Francisco police will stop making public the mug shots of people who have been arrested unless they pose a threat to the public, as part of an effort to stop perpetuating racial stereotypes, the c...
Jul 01, 2020
France freezes role in NATO naval force amid Turkey tensions
PARIS - France announced Wednesday that it is suspending its involvement in a NATO naval operation in the Mediterranean Sea after a standoff with a Turkish warship, amid growing tensions within the mi...
Jul 01, 2020
Turkey: Up to 60 migrants feared dead in lake after sinking
ANKARA, Turkey - Up to 60 migrants may have been trapped in a boat that sank in an eastern lake last week, Turkey's interior minister said Wednesday. Turkey launched a search-and-rescue mission involv...
Jul 01, 2020
UNBC celebrates one year anniversary of Research Chair partnership
PRINCE GEORGE-UNBC is celebrating the one year anniversary of the National Sciences and Engineering Research Council/Rio Tinto Industrial Research Chair on Climate Change and Water Security.The Indust...
Jul 01, 2020
Retired pope's elder brother, Georg Ratzinger, dies at 96
BERLIN - The Rev. Georg Ratzinger, the older brother of Emeritus Pope Benedict XVI, who earned renown in his own right as a director of an acclaimed German boys' choir, has died at 96. The Regensburg ...
Jul 01, 2020
UK: China's new security law violates Hong Kong agreement
LONDON - Britain's foreign secretary said Wednesday China's new national security law for Hong Kong "is a clear and serious violation" of the Sino-British Joint Declaration, the agreement that paved t...
Jul 01, 2020
RCMP step up enforcement for July Impaired Driving Campaign
SURREY- The month of July means summer is officially here, and B.C. RCMP will begin their summer crackdown on impaired drivers.For the entire month of July, across B.C. RCMP will focus on their Summer...
Jul 01, 2020
N.B. anti-racism activist among those receiving Canada Day honours from GG
OTTAWA - Ralph Thomas can't recall any specific incidents of racism against him while growing up as a Black person in New Brunswick in the 1940s and '50s, but says that was more about t...
Jul 01, 2020
Asia Today: Thailand lets in some foreigners, opens schools
BANGKOK - Thailand has begun a fifth phase of relaxations of COVID-19 restrictions, allowing the reopening of schools and high-risk entertainment venues such as pubs and massage parlours that had been...
Jul 01, 2020