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Oil, manufacturers lobby urges Senate to kill off environmental assessment bill
OTTAWA - A coalition of oil and gas industry groups, chambers of commerce and manufacturers associations say there is no room to fix the government's environmental assessment legislation. The Save Can...
Jun 17, 2019
Coastal Gaslink's injunction hearing concludes, decision looming
PRINCE GEORGE - The BC Supreme Court has concluded a three-day hearing on Coastal Gaslink's application asking the court to continue an injunction that was previously granted in December to allow pre-...
Jun 17, 2019
Two wildfires of significance broke out over the weekend
PRINCE GEORGE-Over the weekend two significant wildfires broke out in the Prince George Fire Centre area.One near Telachick off of Highway 16, which was human caused and a second south-east of Fort Ne...
Jun 17, 2019 Courtesy of Read Melanie Doug (via Facebook)
Liberals' mortgage help for first-time buyers lands Sept. 2, weeks before vote
OTTAWA - The federal Liberals say a new program to help new buyers pay for their first home will kick in on Labour Day. The program that will help cover some mortgage costs wi...
Jun 17, 2019
Trans Mountain pipeline expansion: Five things to know about the project
OTTAWA - The federal cabinet's long-awaited decision on the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion is due Tuesday. Here are five things to know about the project. 1. What is it? There is an existing, 1,150...
Jun 17, 2019
U.S. ramps up concern over B.C. pollution as eight senators write to Horgan
American lawmakers are increasingly concerned about pollution from British Columbia mines contaminating waters in the United States. Eight U.S. senators have written a letter to B.C. Premier John...
Jun 17, 2019
CNC Students chosen to receive 10th Annual Dillon Adey Memorial Scholarship
PRINCE GEORGE-Two CNC students have been chosen as the recipients of the Dillon Adey Memorial 10th Anniversary Scholarship.Both students will receive the award valued at $7,000. The chosen students wi...
Jun 17, 2019
Groups launch challenge of Quebec's secularism bill one day after it becomes law
MONTREAL - A national Muslim organization is joining civil liberties advocates to launch a court challenge of Quebec's secularism law less than 24 hours after the legislation was adopted. Th...
Jun 17, 2019
Sentencing hearing told other operators scared following murder of bus driver
WINNIPEG - A Crown prosecutor has told a sentencing hearing that the murder of a Winnipeg bus driver has left other drivers and their families terrified Irvine Jubal Fraser, who was 58, was stabb...
Jun 17, 2019
Smiles were shining bright at the 2019 Seniors Home Car Tour
PRINCE GEORGE-The sun was shining, and so were smiles on the seniors at the Seniors Home Car Tour on Friday; the event happens every year before the Father's Day Show and Shine weekend.The cars starte...
Jun 17, 2019