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Trump includes Colorado in states getting border wall
WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump's boast of building part of the border wall in Colorado is garnering attention in the state, including from the state's governor, Democrat Jared Polis. Trump was sp...
Oct 24, 2019
Californians hit with 2nd round of sweeping blackouts
SAN FRANCISCO - Dangerously windy weather sweeping through the state brought power outages to Northern California as the state's largest utility staged blackouts designed to prevent catastrophic wildf...
Oct 24, 2019
Scheer says Canada more divided than ever, as NDP, Bloc hold cards close
REGINA - Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer offered the Liberals no help Tuesday to try and piece together national unity after an election contest that's left the country divided on regional lines. Sc...
Oct 24, 2019
Canada on the rise in FIFA rankings, cracks all-important top six in CONCACAF
Canada climbed six places to No. 69 in the latest FIFA rankings, leapfrogging El Salvador to crack the top six in the CONCACAF region. The move, powered by a famous 2-0 upset win over the U.S. on Oct....
Oct 24, 2019
US durable goods orders fall 1.1% in September
WASHINGTON - Orders to U.S. factories for big-ticket manufactured goods tumbled in September by the largest amount in four months while a closely watched category that tracks business investment fell ...
Oct 24, 2019
Oslo police shoot to stop man driving on sidewalk, 3 injured
COPENHAGEN - An armed Norwegian man stole an ambulance and drove it along a sidewalk in Oslo on Tuesday, injuring two toddlers as police tried to stop him by shooting at the tires and ramming the vehi...
Oct 24, 2019
UCP government to table first budget, warns of program spending cuts
EDMONTON - The Alberta government is to table a budget today that will cut program spending by nearly three per cent. The budget is the first under Premier Jason Kenney's United Conservative governmen...
Oct 24, 2019
Prince George Cougars fall to the Kelowna Rockets
PRINCE GEORGE-The Prince George Cougars wrapped up their four - game homestand on a losing note, falling 4-2 to the Kelowna Rockets last night at CN Centre. The Cougars did come back from a 2-0 first ...
Oct 24, 2019 Courtesy PG Cougars
Wildfire forces evacuations in northern California
GEYSERVILLE, Calif. - A wind-driven wildfire has forced evacuations north of San Francisco in Sonoma County. The state firefighting agency Cal Fire says the blaze near Geyserville has grown to 10,000 ...
Oct 24, 2019
Crews called to another accidental kitchen fire
PRINCE GEORGE-A pot of cooking oil on the stove sparked a kitchen fire late yesterday afternoon in the 4400 block of Bauch Avenue. All occupants of the two suites made it out of the building . Three r...
Oct 24, 2019 Courtesy PG Fire Rescue