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Plastics plan coming
PRINCE GEORGE - "This year, government will release a plastics action plan to reduce plastic pollution and keep it out of B.C.'s landfills and waterways." Lieutenant Governor Janet Austen's words from...
Feb 12, 2020

Plenty of concern for secure retirement: Poll
PRINCE GEORGE - A new poll shows 70 percent of Canadians do not think they will save enough money for retirement. It is a troubling stat, as there are plenty of misconceptions about what is actually n...
Feb 12, 2020

CN Rail blockades cost wood, pulp and paper producers tens of millions
PRINCE GEORGE - With the forced shut down of parts of significant portions of its Canadian network, the economic implications are quickly being felt across the country.The blockades have been set up o...
Feb 12, 2020 Photo courtesy: Randy Shoop

Texas officer charged with manslaughter in fatal shooting
BELTON, Texas - A Central Texas police officer was charged Monday with manslaughter for the fatal shooting of an unarmed man during a traffic stop, officials said. Temple Officer Carmen DeCruz was cha...
Feb 12, 2020

Smollett case reopens arguments about race, class in Chicago
CHICAGO - When a grand jury revived the criminal case against Jussie Smollett, the indictment for many people called to mind two nights on two different streets in the same big city. On one Chicago st...
Feb 12, 2020

Pro-Proponents speak out
PRINCE GEORGE - The protesters have gone home after the Legislature was barricaded yesterday. And, today, those in support of the Coastal GasLink have now come out. Ellis Ross was one of the MLA's try...
Feb 12, 2020

Montreal Canadiens star Shea Weber out four to six weeks with ankle injury
MONTREAL - The Montreal Canadiens say captain Shea Weber will be out four to six weeks with a sprained left ankle. The defenceman suffered the injury during a game in New Jersey on Feb. 4. Weber under...
Feb 12, 2020

Van Buskirk, Brown hope story that rocked track world sparks more conversation
While Canada's track and field community was rocked by allegations against former national distance coach Dave Scott-Thomas, athletes say shining a light on alleged abuses in the sport is a solid...
Feb 12, 2020

Lionel Desmond's wife asked him for a divorce before killings, inquiry told
GUYSBOROUGH, N.S. - The same day Lionel Desmond told a psychotherapist that his wife had recently asked for a divorce, the former soldier fatally shot his spouse, their 10-year-old daug...
Feb 12, 2020

'We're not giving in,' Wet'suwet'en hereditary chief says in wake of arrests
VANCOUVER - Hereditary chiefs of the Wet'suwet'en Nation are pledging to continue fighting a natural gas pipeline through their traditional territory, days after 28 of their supporters were arrested f...
Feb 12, 2020