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A winning start on the road for the Spruce Kings
PRINCE GEORGE-The Prince George Spruce Kings opened their five game road swing with a 4-3 win over the Alberni Valley Bulldogs last night (Nov.19).Nick Poisson was the first star of the night with 2 g...
Nov 20, 2019 Courtesy Spruce Kings
Closest witnesses kicking off big Trump impeachment week
WASHINGTON - Nine witnesses. Five hearings. Three days. The Trump impeachment inquiry is charging into a crucial week as Americans hear from some of the most important witnesses closest to the White H...
Nov 20, 2019
Flood-hit Venice’s dwindling population faces mounting woes
VENICE, Italy - One of only four oar makers for Venice's famed gondoliers, Paolo Brandolisio wades through his ground-floor workshop for the third time in a week of record-breaking floods, despairing ...
Nov 20, 2019
Ex-Baltimore Mayor Catherine Pugh faces fraud, tax charges
BALTIMORE - The disgraced former mayor of Baltimore has been charged with fraud and tax evasion involving sales of her self-published children's books. An 11-count federal indictment unsealed Wednesda...
Nov 20, 2019
Sondland faces tough questions about Trump and Ukraine
WASHINGTON - Ambassador Gordon Sondland, the most anticipated witness in the impeachment inquiry, will confront questions Wednesday about his evolving accounts of the Trump administration's dealings w...
Nov 20, 2019
Grammys announce nominees, contenders include Taylor Swift
NEW YORK - The Grammys have announced the first nominees for its 2020 show, and contenders include Beyonc and Taylor Swift. Recording Academy President and CEO Deborah Dugan, who started the job earli...
Nov 20, 2019
Trudeau to take sober approach to unveiling new cabinet for minority mandate
OTTAWA - It will be all business this afternoon when Justin Trudeau unveils a cabinet to navigate a new era of minority government in a bitterly divided country. Forget the theatricality and...
Nov 20, 2019
Government conflict of interest a threat to fish biodiversity: scientists
Canada has made disappointingly little progress in preserving the variety of life in its oceans largely because of a contradiction in the federal department that's supposed to protect it, says a&...
Nov 20, 2019
Prince George among the Lowe's Canada store closures early next year
PRINCE GEORGE-The Prince George Lowe's Home Improvement Store on Massey Drive is one of 34 underperforming stores across six provinces set to close early next year as part of a restructuring of the co...
Nov 20, 2019 Courtesy Lowes Prince George
The big chill and a royal visitor; In-The-News for Nov. 18
In-The-News is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to kickstart your day. Here is what's on the radar of our editors for the morning of Nov. 18. What we are watching in Canada ... Th...
Nov 20, 2019