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Egypt's parliamentary vote likely to tighten leader's grip
CAIRO - Egyptians began voting Saturday in the first stage of a parliamentary election, a vote that is highly likely to produce a toothless House of Representatives packed with supporters of President...
Oct 24, 2020
American voters living in Canada increasingly being counted in presidential race
OTTAWA - Soon Jenny Wiebe will drive from her Fredericton home to the Maine town where she was born, to retrieve the mail-in ballot her parents are holding for her. The 55-year-old dual Canadian-U. S....
Oct 24, 2020
Poland's President Duda tests positive for coronavirus
WARSAW, Poland - Poland's President Andrzej Duda has tested positive for coronavirus, his spokesman said on Saturday. The spokesman, Blazej Spychalski, said on Twitter that the 48-year-old conservativ...
Oct 24, 2020
Correction: California Wildfires story
SAN FRANCISCO - In a story October 23, 2020, about possible California power cuts, The Associated Press erroneously reported that Pacific Gas & Electric will cut power to some 1 million people. Th...
Oct 24, 2020
Buehler leads Dodgers over Rays 6-2 for 2-1 Series lead
ARLINGTON, Texas - Walker Buehler was dominant for Los Angeles. Just like Orel Hershiser during the Dodgers' last title run. Buehler struck out 10 in six innings in a pulsating performance, and Los An...
Oct 23, 2020
Ottawa appoints N.S. university president to help resolve Indigenous lobster dispute
The federal government has named a Nova Scotia university president to help resolve the Indigenous lobster fishery dispute. The Liberal government says it has appointed Allister Surette as a Fed...
Oct 23, 2020
Nigerian community plans rally in Prince George
PRINCE GEORGE - In light of the #EndSARS protests in Nigeria, which is making international headlines, the Nigerian community is planning their own rally in Prince George.The Special Anti-Robbery Squa...
Oct 23, 2020
223 new cases of COVID-19 in B.C., 6 in Northern Health
VICTORIA-Six new cases of COVID-19 in the Northern Health Region were reported this afternoon (Friday, Oct.23).The new number brings the north to a total of 371 since the start of the pandemic. Provin...
Oct 23, 2020
Local author publishes new book
PRINCE GEORGE - A local author's new book deals with mental health in a positive way. Robert Ziegler has been a therapist for many years now, as well as a self-published author of two books.'The Telli...
Oct 23, 2020
Election campaign a "sleeper"
PRINCE GEORGE - A "sleeper." That's how UNBC Political Scientist Jason Morris describes the 42nd provincial election campaign since the Writ was dropped on September 21st. And he suspects, for a varie...
Oct 23, 2020