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No floppy-haired leading man for TV's 'Four Weddings' take
BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. - Hulu's "Four Weddings and a Funeral" pays homage to the 1990s film, but don't expect a Hugh Grant copycat in the limited series. Creator Mindy Kaling says she deliberately avoi...
Jul 26, 2019

Wet'suwet'en Hereditary Chiefs ask to stop harvesting sockeye
PRINCE GEORGE - Wet'suwet'en Hereditary Chiefs have asked their First Nation and neighbouring Nations to stop harvesting sockeye salmon effective Sunday, July 28th.The decision comes as salmon returns...
Jul 26, 2019

Teens rally for climate action
PRINCE GEORGE - A rally took place this afternoon at the corner of highways 16 and 97 under Mr. PG. About a dozen teenagers were on hand to raise awareness about the effects of climate change. Organiz...
Jul 26, 2019

B.C. Lions 'need to turn threes into sevens' against Roughriders: coach
VANCOUVER - B.C. Lions defensive back Crezdon Butler has a chip on his shoulder and a score to settle heading into Saturday's matchup with the visiting Saskatchewan Roughriders. The 32-year-old w...
Jul 26, 2019

High court allows use of Pentagon funds for border wall
WASHINGTON - The Supreme Court has cleared the way for the Trump administration to tap Pentagon funds to build sections of a border wall with Mexico. The Supreme Court said Friday that it would lift a...
Jul 26, 2019

Canadian 'Once Upon a Time' actor Gabe Khouth dies after motorcycle crash
PORT MOODY, B.C. - Vancouver actor Gabe Khouth, best known for his role as Sneezy in the TV show "Once Upon a Time," has died after a motorcycle crash in British Columbia. Natasha Trisko, Kh...
Jul 26, 2019

Raptor' Chris Boucher takes championship trophy home to where it all started
MONTREAL - Hundreds of young people from Montreal North, and even a few not-so-young, welcomed home local hero and NBA champion Chris Boucher on Friday. The Toronto Raptors forward...
Jul 26, 2019

Struggling Eskimos can't take winless Argonauts for granted
EDMONTON - Any thoughts that the winless Toronto Argonauts might represent one of those trap games for the Edmonton Eskimos went right out the window last weekend. While the Argonauts are 0-5 after a ...
Jul 26, 2019

Court says Turkey violated petition-signing scholars' rights
ANKARA, Turkey - Turkey's top court ruled Friday that 10 academics had their rights violated when they were sentenced on charges of disseminating terrorist propaganda for signing a petition calling fo...
Jul 26, 2019

Ben Chiarot says it took little persuading to sign with the Canadiens
BROSSARD, Que. - High taxes, obsessive fans, blanket media coverage and the French language are all reasons invoked to explain why NHL free agents tend to steer clear of Montreal. But Ben Chiarot isn'...
Jul 26, 2019