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Trump abortion restrictions effective immediately
WASHINGTON - Taxpayer-funded family planning clinics must stop referring women for abortions immediately, the Trump administration said Monday, declaring it will begin enforcing a new regulation haile...
Jul 17, 2019

Petty crime continuing to hinder downtown businesses
PRINCE GEORGE - The amount of petty crime affecting downtown businesses seems to be on the rise. Picking up needles, fixing broken windows, and other issues have increased the last couple years, and b...
Jul 17, 2019

Lead paint suppliers settle California lawsuit for $305M
SACRAMENTO, Calif. - The nation's former major suppliers of lead paint have agreed to pay California's largest cities and counties $305 million to settle a nearly 20-year-old lawsuit, attorneys said W...
Jul 17, 2019

Missing man's remains found
PRINCE GEORGE - On the afternoon of Tuesday, July 16th, 2019, the Prince George RCMP received a report of found human remains in Prince George, BC. A member of a CN Rail work crew located the remains ...
Jul 17, 2019

Prince George Resident wins a record-breaking prize
PRINCE GEORGE - Tomorrow the public will find out who won a record-breaking slot prize. According to a BCLC media release, The Powerbucks progressive jackpot winner is from Prince George. The winners ...
Jul 17, 2019

Cambodia says 11 containers of Canadian trash among illegal garbage shipments
OTTAWA - The Canadian government has asked officials in Cambodia for more information about 11 containers of Canadian garbage the southeast Asian country's environment ministry says ended up there ill...
Jul 17, 2019

Scheer on Trump: It's 'offensive' to question the family background of critics
SASKATOON - Federal Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer says there is no place in society for comments such as the ones U.S. President Donald Trump has made about four Democratic congresswomen. Sch...
Jul 17, 2019

Weather improving: Some Ontario fire evacuees staying in Regina heading home
REGINA - Some evacuees who were put up in Regina when they were forced to flee a wildfire in northwestern Ontario are heading home. Last week, Saskatchewan agreed to welcome about one-quarter of ...
Jul 17, 2019

U.S. tug firm to be sentenced for 2016 spill in B.C. First Nation's territory
BELLA BELLA, B.C. - A Texas-based company is scheduled to be sentenced after pleading guilty to a diesel spill from a tug boat that ran aground and sank in a First Nation's fishing terr...
Jul 17, 2019

U.S. tug firm to be sentenced for 2016 spill in B.C. First Nation's territory
BELLA BELLA, B.C. - A Texas-based company is scheduled to be sentenced after pleading guilty to a diesel spill from a tug boat that ran aground and sank in a First Nation's fishing terr...
Jul 17, 2019