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Bandits prevail in physical game 2
For the second night in a row, lacrosse playoffs took centre stage at the Kin Centre with the Westwood Sports Pub Devils seeking a berth in the league finals. Their opponents did not make it easy on t...
Jul 10, 2019
Activists worry about potential abuse of face scans for ICE
BOSTON - Civil rights activists complained Monday of the potential for widespread abuse following confirmation that at least three states have scanned millions of driver's license photos on behalf of ...
Jul 10, 2019
Conservationists file legal challenge to Trans Mountain reapproval over whales
VANCOUVER - The federal government is facing a new legal challenge after it approved the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion for a second time. Ecojustice has filed a motion to the Federa...
Jul 10, 2019
Conservationists file legal challenge to Trans Mountain reapproval over whales
VANCOUVER - The federal government is facing a new legal challenge after it approved the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion for a second time. Ecojustice has filed a motion to the Federa...
Jul 10, 2019
Pallister to raise concerns about religious symbols law with Quebec premier
SASKATOON - Manitoba Premier Brian Pallister says he will raise concerns about Quebec's religious symbols law directly with the province's premier. The two premiers are attending an annual meetin...
Jul 10, 2019
Founder of warehouse living space testifies on deadly fire
OAKLAND, Calif. - The founder of a communal living space in a San Francisco Bay Area warehouse where a fire killed 36 people more than two years ago took to the stand in his trial Monday, teary-eyed a...
Jul 10, 2019
New distributed learning option to launch this fall
PRINCE GEORGE - The first Pivot Point community classroom will be launched in Prince George to coincide with the next school year, featuring individualized learning for students with diverse abilities...
Jul 10, 2019
"Girls in Canada miss school" due to not being able to afford period products: Period Promise Program launches in Northern BC
PRINCE GEORGE-A local non-profit will be able to supply menstrual products for free to vulnerable women in the community for a year.The Sexual Assault Centre is one of 12, and the only non-profit in N...
Jul 10, 2019
Many B.C. liquor branch contracts don't comply with government standards: audit
VICTORIA - Staff at British Columbia's liquor distribution branch should receive contract management training, says an audit that revealed contracts totalling millions of dollars were awarde...
Jul 10, 2019
Trudeau names Quebec judge Nicholas Kasirer to Supreme Court of Canada
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has nominated Nicholas Kasirer, a Quebec judge and former professor with a passion for civil law, to the Supreme Court of Canada. Kasirer has served on...
Jul 10, 2019