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Buying and selling via social media has its risks
PRINCE GEORGE - Millions of dollars are exchanged for products online every day. There are also those transactions through social media platforms such as Craigslist, Kijiji, or Facebook which sometime...
Jun 12, 2019
Vancouver mayor blames Ottawa for continued growth of homelessness in city
Vancouver Mayor Kennedy Stewart says it's "devastating" to see the homeless count rise in the city and is blaming the federal government for breaking a promise to invest millions to solve the problem....
Jun 12, 2019
Service roads used by joggers near YXS will be closed until September
PRINCE GEORGE- A heads up for joggers around the Prince George Airport, two service roads on airport grounds used by joggers will be closed until September.The service roads are not roads used by pass...
Jun 12, 2019 Courtesy of the Prince George Airport
Wife of US Rep. Hunter to change plea in corruption case
SAN DIEGO - The wife of U.S. Rep. Duncan Hunter is planning to change her not-guilty plea in a federal corruption case alleging that she and her husband, a close ally of President Donald Trump, spent ...
Jun 12, 2019
Court ruling expands Alberta's Blood reserve, Canada's largest
OTTAWA - Canada's largest Indigenous reserve is about to get larger. Federal Court has found that the federal government underestimated the members of the Blood Tribe in southwestern Alberta when thei...
Jun 12, 2019
Styrofoam take-out boxes and straws among expected targets of plastics ban
OTTAWA - A national ban on the most harmful single-use plastics will very likely force restaurants and fast-food outlets to find non-plastic materials for takeout and delivery containers but plas...
Jun 12, 2019
Lululemon Q1 earnings outpace analyst expectations, company ups 2019 guidance
VANCOUVER - Lululemon Athletica Inc.'s revenue rose 20 per cent during its most recent quarter, outpacing analyst expectations. The athleisure retailer says its net revenue for the first quarter ...
Jun 12, 2019
Ex-Michigan State dean guilty of neglect in handling Nassar
LANSING, Mich. - A former dean who had oversight of now-imprisoned sports doctor Larry Nassar at Michigan State University was found guilty Wednesday of neglect of duty and misconduct in office but ac...
Jun 12, 2019
Maine becomes 8th state to legalize assisted suicide
AUGUSTA, Maine - Maine legalized medically assisted suicide on Wednesday, becoming the eighth state to allow terminally ill people to end their lives with prescribed medication. Democratic Gov. Janet ...
Jun 12, 2019
Vice-Admiral Mark Norman acknowledged during navy change of command ceremony
HALIFAX - Vice-Admiral Mark Norman was acknowledged publicly by the chief of the defence staff during a navy ceremony today in Halifax. Questions have swirled around the future of Norman, who has expr...
Jun 12, 2019