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2020 property assessments in the mail
PRINCE GEORGE - B.C. residents will soon be receiving their assessment notices for 2020 in the mail. The numbers are up in Northern B.C., including in Prince George, where the value of single home dwe...
Jan 02, 2020
Lawyers: Robert Durst wrote incriminating 'cadaver' note
LOS ANGELES - Lawyers for New York real estate heir Robert Durst acknowledge he penned a note tipping off police to the location of the body of a friend he's accused of killing, according to court doc...
Jan 02, 2020
Veterans Affairs looks for public input on monument for Afghanistan mission
OTTAWA - The federal government is looking for advice from the public on what a monument to Canada's 13-year mission in Afghanistan should look like. An online consultation runs until Jan. 20, seeking...
Jan 02, 2020
Ness Lake Polar Bear Dip raises over 22K
PRINCE GEORGE - $22,000.That's how much money was raised at yesterday's (Jan.1) Polar Bear Dip at Ness Lake. One hundred and fifteen people braved the icy waters to double last year's take of around $...
Jan 02, 2020
Another tabletop exercise in the works for 2020
PRINCE GEORGE - Another tabletop exercise is in the works for 2020.While last year's focused on wildfires and evacuations, this year's has a shift to address procedures in the event of an incident inv...
Jan 02, 2020
Minister says change won't come 'overnight' as new child-welfare law takes effect
OTTAWA - Some Indigenous communities could soon take over authority for their child-welfare systems under a federal law that took effect this week. But it could be years before others are prepare...
Jan 02, 2020
90-year-old man with dementia missing
QUESNEL-RCMP are asking for the public's help in locating a missing 90-year-old man suffering from symptoms of dementia.Quesnel RCMP say that Malcolm Earl McLaughlin was last seen on Monday, Dec. 30 a...
Jan 02, 2020 Courtesy of Quesnel RCMP
Canada overcomes adversity, cruises past Czechs to win Group B at world juniors
OSTRAVA, Czech Republic - Canada was embarrassed by one of its bitter rivals, had its star cut down by injury, its captain embroiled in controversy and a key player suspended. It w...
Jan 02, 2020
Tank of liquefied fish removed from ocean after waves knock it into B.C. waters
CAMPBELL RIVER, B.C. - An ocean transportation company says it has retrieved a tank trailer filled with liquefied fish after it was knocked into the water off Vancouver Island. Billy Vaughn of Coastal...
Jan 02, 2020
Yankees' German suspended 81 games for domestic violence
NEW YORK - Yankees pitcher Domingo Germn will miss the first 63 games of the 2020 season as part of an 81-game ban for violating Major League Baseball's domestic violence policy. The league announced ...
Jan 02, 2020