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Council approves SOFI report
PRINCE GEORGE - The end of June is right around the corner and that means, by law, the City must submit its Statement of Financial Information. That statement lays out remuneration for Mayor and Counc...
Jun 28, 2019 Council Chambers
Vancouver Island treaty agreement in principle includes West Coast trail lands
VICTORIA - The West Coast Trail and portions of Pacific Rim National Park Reserve make up part of a treaty agreement in principle between the federal and provincial governments and two Vanco...
Jun 28, 2019
Governments step in to save salmon
CLINTON - The federal and B-C governments are looking at different options to help salmon migrate to the upper part of the Fraser River after a rock slide blocked their passage. Fisheries and Oceans C...
Jun 28, 2019 ID 398371 © Photawa | Dreamstime.com
Very traditional Canada Day celebration being held at Huble Homestead
PRINCE GEORGE- Before Canada Day, people celebrated something called Dominion Days- commemorating the dominion status of Canada Day. If it's something you've never participated in on July 1, you'll ha...
Jun 28, 2019
Long weekend gas prices hiked up for the north, but not the south?
PRINCE GEORGE-Long weekend pump prices are seeing a bit of a price hike, while in the south they saw a decrease from what they usually are before the long weekend.According to Dan McTeague, Senior Pet...
Jun 28, 2019 gas
B.C. adds $1.46 million to offset costs for athletes at 2020 Indigenous Games
VICTORIA - Premier John Horgan shot some hoops in the basketball court at the Songhees Wellness Centre shortly after talking about the power of sports to improve lives and build nations...
Jun 28, 2019
Alaska governor slashes university budget by $130 million
JUNEAU, Alaska - Gov. Mike Dunleavy slashed the University of Alaska system budget by $130 million on Friday, part of a series of vetoes he characterized as difficult but necessary amid an ongoing sta...
Jun 28, 2019
Pulp mill curtailments worrisome
PRINCE GEORGE - The curtailments of two Canfor pulp mills locally is very concerning for many in the community. "When you talk about what's happened on the mill side, you wondered when a curtailment o...
Jun 28, 2019 Intercon
Senators offer bill to limit heavy truck speeds to 65 mph
DETROIT - Two U.S. senators have introduced a bill that would electronically limit tractor-trailer speeds to 65 miles per hour, a move they say would save lives on the nation's highways. Sens. Johnny ...
Jun 28, 2019
Jony Ive, the designer behind the iPhone, is leaving Apple
SAN FRANCISCO - In a story June 27 about Jony Ive leaving Apple and an Aug. 26, 2011, profile on Ive, The Associated Press reported erroneously that he had founded a design company called Tangerine. I...
Jun 28, 2019