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Bennet ends 2020 bid after poor showing in New Hampshire
Colorado Sen. Michael Bennet ended his long-shot presidential bid Tuesday, failing to break out of a crowded Democratic field dominated by other moderate candidates, including Joe Biden, Pete Buttigie...
Feb 13, 2020

Sinkut View competes
Vanderhoof - Students at Sinkut View Elementary School in Vanderhoof have been very busy of late. As part of preparations to register for the coolest School contest, they have spent time learning abou...
Feb 13, 2020

Yang, who created buzz with freedom dividend, ends 2020 bid
Democrat Andrew Yang, an entrepreneur who created buzz for his presidential campaign by talking about his love of math and championing a universal basic income that would give every American adult $1,...
Feb 13, 2020

Passengers finally begin leaving cruise ship in Cambodia
SIHANOUKVILLE, Cambodia - Hundreds of cruise ship passengers long stranded at sea by virus fears cheered as they finally disembarked Friday and were welcomed to Cambodia by the nation's authoritarian ...
Feb 13, 2020

"No, I don't drink all this," From Liquor bottles to lamps
PRINCE GEORGE-Booze bottles to candles and now even lamps. That is what one local is creating in hopes to raise money for two charities near and dear to his heart.Shawn Rice began creating candles out...
Feb 13, 2020 Candles and Lamps created made from liquor bottles by Shawn Rice.

A timeline on rail disruptions by anti-pipeline protesters across Canada
RCMP began enforcing an injunction last week that prevents interference with construction of a $6.6-billion natural gas pipeline in northern British Columbia. Here is a timeline of rail disruptions by...
Feb 13, 2020

B.C. MLA states activist groups now targeting "other groups who are uninformed"
PRINCE GEORGE - Despite the growing opposition to Coastal GasLink's pipeline, there are some who believe those opposed are simply professional protesters with no real vested interest in the outcome. C...
Feb 13, 2020 Courtesy: The Canadian Press

Unifor picket lines reach Prince George as Co-op labour dispute continues
PRINCE GEORGE - Pickets have been drawn at the Tidewater refinery in Prince George as the labour dispute continues between Co-op and Unifor. The dispute has now reached 70 days.Now a mediator has been...
Feb 13, 2020

Comedian launches bid to become leader of Quebec's struggling Parti Quebecois
MONTREAL - A well-known comedian launched his campaign for the leadership of the Parti Quebecois on Thursday by joking that he has been called a "clown in a party of clowns." Guy Nantel is w...
Feb 13, 2020

Travel restrictions during outbreak needless and illegal, global law experts say
OTTAWA - Global health law experts say dozens of countries - including the United States and Australia - are breaking international law by imposing travel restrictions during the n...
Feb 13, 2020