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Businesses affected by wildfires can now apply for additional assistance
PRINCE GEORGE - Small business owners in northwestern B-C who suffered losses during last year's devastating wildfire season can now apply for additional assistance. Eligible business owners and not-f...
Jun 10, 2019 File photo

5 things you need to know: Monday, June 10
Crime gags Gateway business ownersCrime in the Gateway isn't a new concern for PG, however what is new is that representatives of the Gateway Business Improvement Association have refused to go on cam...
Jun 10, 2019

Ex-NFL player Kellen Winslow Jr. convicted of rape
SAN DIEGO - Former NFL player Kellen Winslow Jr. has been convicted of raping a 58-year-old homeless woman last year north of San Diego. A jury returned the verdict Monday in San Diego Superior Court ...
Jun 10, 2019

Utah ski resort wants out of lawsuit against Gwyneth Paltrow
PARK CITY, Utah - A Utah ski resort where Gwyneth Paltrow is accused of crashing into and injuring a skier asked Monday to be dismissed from a lawsuit, contending the dispute should be settled between...
Jun 10, 2019

Ottawa passes legislation that bans whale and dolphin captivity in Canada
Keeping whales and dolphins in captivity will no longer be allowed across Canada under legislation that passed Monday, drawing celebrations from activists and politicians who called it ...
Jun 10, 2019

Get tough: Pot industry wants LA crackdown on rogue shops
LOS ANGELES - The legal marijuana industry urged Los Angeles City Hall on Monday to get tougher with illegal shops that are gouging their businesses in open sight. Illegal pot shops are widespread thr...
Jun 10, 2019

West Virginia governor slams Bloomberg's clean energy plan
CHARLESTON, W.Va. - Former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg's $500 million effort to close the nation's coal plants isn't sitting well in West Virginia. West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice criticized ...
Jun 10, 2019

YXS arrival doors temporarily closed for sidewalk repavement
PRINCE GEORGE-The Prince George Airport is asking passengers to use the Departures doors to come and go.Construction outside of the Arrivals doors of the airport will require the doors to remain close...
Jun 10, 2019 Prince George, Circa 2018 - Central Mountain Air Beech 1900 at Prince George Airport

Andy Cohen pushes to allow surrogacy agreements in New York
ALBANY, N.Y. - Andy Cohen has joined New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo in pushing to legalize paid gestational surrogacy, in which a woman is compensated for carrying a baby for its parents. The "Watch What ...
Jun 10, 2019

Canada 'closely following' reports of attacks on journalists in Russia: Freeland
MONTREAL - Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland says she will speak out about the lack of media freedom in Russia during a conference that Canada is co-hosting next month with Great B...
Jun 10, 2019