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B.C. mayors call on all parties to commit to 'new fiscal relationship' with province
VANCOUVER - The mayors of British Columbia's 13 largest cities are calling on all provincial parties to commit to further action related to mental health and substance use, affordable housing, public ...
Sep 30, 2020
Exempt Wages at the City under scrutiny
PRINCE GEORGE - The compensations packages for exempt staff at the City is coming under the microscope, in line with a decision of Council. "We need to be fiscally responsible all the time. That's why...
Sep 30, 2020
UN meeting that began with unity concludes with divisions
TANZANIA, Tanzania - This year's U.N. General Assembly meeting began with calls for multilateralism and co-operation - a declaration that the urgency for countries to unite "has rarely been greater." ...
Sep 30, 2020
PGMFA adjusting to new norm for 2020 season
It's safe to say that both the players and coaches of Prince George Minor Football are thrilled just to be on the football field this season.Just like every Association or Organization they've had to ...
Sep 30, 2020
European report finds waning of democracy in Poland, Hungary
BRUSSELS - Democratic standards are facing "important challenges" in some European Union countries, particularly in Hungary and Poland, where the judicial systems are under threat, the EU's executive ...
Sep 30, 2020
Rape and killing of Dalit woman shocks India, draws outrage
NEW DELHI - The gang rape and death of a woman from the lowest rung of India's caste system sparked outrage across the country on Wednesday, with several politicians and activists demanding justice an...
Sep 30, 2020
Pompeo urges Vatican to condemn human rights abuses in China
ROME - U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo urged the Vatican on Wednesday to join the United States in denouncing violations of religious freedom in China, saying the Catholic Church should be at the ...
Sep 30, 2020
Azerbaijan, Armenia no closer to ending clashes after 4 days
YEREVAN, Armenia - Heavy fighting between Armenian and Azerbaijani forces over the separatist region of Nagorno-Karabakh continued for a fourth straight day on Wednesday, with statements from both sid...
Sep 30, 2020
Political dispute deepens over anti-outbreak plan for Madrid
MADRID - The government of Madrid, the region in Europe where a second coronavirus wave is expanding at the fastest rate, rejected a Spanish government plan Wednesday that imposes stricter mobility cu...
Sep 30, 2020
Assange bugged while at Ecuadorian Embassy, UK court told
LONDON - Julian Assange's conversations in the latter part of his 7-year stay at the Ecuadorian Embassy in London were systematically bugged, even in the toilet, a London court heard Wednesday. In wri...
Sep 30, 2020