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Ehren Cory appointed as new Canada Infrastructure Bank CEO
The Canada Infrastructure Bank has appointed Ehren Cory as its new chief executive officer. Cory previously served as Infrastructure Ontario's president and chief executive and prior to that, was a pa...
Oct 29, 2020
COVID-19: New potential exposure at Prince George Independent School
PRINCE GEORGE - Immaculate Conception school in College Heights is the latest school in Northern Health to have a potential exposure to COVID-19.Northern Health is advising a possible exposure occurre...
Oct 29, 2020
Work from home for some City employees
PRINCE GEORGE - The plexiglass and hand sanitizer have been in place the Service Centre at City since March. It is one of a long list of measures the City has undertaken to limit inter-personal contra...
Oct 29, 2020
Truck driver responsible for Humboldt Broncos crash seeks to stay in Canada
REGINA - A lawyer representing the truck driver responsible for the deadly Humboldt Broncos bus crash says his client wants to stay in Canada once released from prison. Jaskirat Singh Sidhu was ...
Oct 29, 2020
JetBlue is the latest airline to retreat from blocking seats
The days of airlines blocking seats to make passengers feel safer about flying during the pandemic are coming closer to an end. JetBlue is the latest to indicate it is rethinking the issue. A spokesma...
Oct 29, 2020
US to use Iranian fuel sale proceeds to aid terror victims
The Trump administration plans to use proceeds from the sale of fuel confiscated from Iranian tankers to benefit victims of terrorism, officials announced Thursday. The U.S. military in August seized ...
Oct 29, 2020
Paris Jackson excited and nervous on eve of debut solo album
NEW YORK - It started in her bedroom with just a guitar, but Paris Jackson has turned coping with the heartache after a recent break up into her debut solo album. Jackson, 22, has been a devoted music...
Oct 29, 2020
Minister says scheduling snafus stalling Desmond inquiry, but lawyer isn't so sure
HALIFAX - Nova Scotia's justice minister says scheduling snafus are getting in the way of restarting the high-profile inquiry investigating why former soldier Lionel Desmond killed his family and hims...
Oct 29, 2020
Charlie Hebdo: Proud to provoke Islamists, despite violence
PARIS - It's been targeted again and again, threatened and firebombed and struck in an attack that killed a dozen staff members, but satirical French newspaper Charlie Hebdo won't stop poking fun at I...
Oct 29, 2020
Trump officials end gray wolf protections across most of US
BLOOMINGTON, Minn. - Trump administration officials on Thursday stripped Endangered Species Act protections for gray wolves in most of the U.S., ending longstanding federal safeguards and putting stat...
Oct 29, 2020