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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 08, 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 08, 2019

Raptors re-sign forward Patrick McCaw
TORONTO - The Toronto Raptors announced on Monday that the club has re-signed forward Patrick McCaw. McCaw averaged 13 minutes, 2.7 points and 1.7 rebounds in 26 games with the Raptors ...
Jul 08, 2019

Weather conditions helping prevent wildfires this summer
PRINCE GEORGE- Environment Canada predicted Prince George would have another hot and dry summer. However, that prediction has been slightly off.Prince George has seen rainy conditions and hasn't had o...
Jul 08, 2019

Brazilian bossa nova pioneer Joao Gilberto dies at 88
RIO DE JANEIRO - Joao Gilberto, a Brazilian singer, guitarist and songwriter considered one of the fathers of the bossa nova genre that gained global popularity in the 1960s and became an iconic sound...
Jul 08, 2019

9 new wildfires in the Northwest Fire Centre jurisdiction over weekend due to lightning
SMITHERS-Over the weekend the Northwest Fire Centre reported new wildfires caused by, lightning storms in its jurisdiction.Since June 5, the BC Wildfire Service has responded to nine new fires, most o...
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Wealthy financier charged with molesting dozens of girls
NEW YORK - In a startling reversal of fortune, billionaire financier Jeffrey Epstein was charged Monday with sexually abusing dozens of underage girls in a case brought more than a decade after he sec...
Jul 08, 2019

Trump ramping up criticisms of Fox, usually a friendly venue
NEW YORK - President Donald Trump's latest Twitter attack on the media focuses on Fox News, although it's hardly the first time he's found fault with the network where he most often finds a friendly r...
Jul 08, 2019

Tourism PG will look at moving VIC
PRINCE GEORGE - If Mayor Lyn Hall has his way, Tourism Prince George's Visitor Information Centre will be moving closer to the crossroads of Highways 16 and 97. The issue arose at a recent Council mee...
Jul 08, 2019 Visitor Information Centre

Protesters target Alberta premier at Stampede over gay-straight alliances
CALGARY - Alberta Premier Jason Kenney was met at his Calgary Stampede pancake breakfast by a handful of people voicing opposition to an education law that they say puts gay and transgender ...
Jul 08, 2019