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Grant program aims to hire, train and retain highway maintenance workers
PRINCE GEORGE - Highway maintenance contractors are facing a shortage of workers, but a new grant hopes to improve the situation.Job seekers across B.C. and the North will have the chance to learn mor...
Jun 22, 2023

Federal budget bill passes Senate, becoming law despite Conservative opposition
OTTAWA - The federal budget has become law after passing third reading in the Senate without amendments this evening. The Liberal government revealed its fiscal plan in late March, promising to create...
Jun 22, 2023

BC Hydro was warned vault was dangerous years before Vancouver explosion
VANCOUVER - British Columbia's public utility says it was warned that an underground electrical vault was a danger seven years before it blew up under a Vancouver street, injuring two people and badly...
Jun 22, 2023

National Indigenous Peoples' Day goes the extra mile
PRINCE GEORGE - As part of the National Indigenous Peoples Day, organizers of the local event went further. They added a music festival and an art festival, turning what was a single-day event last ye...
Jun 22, 2023

Ex-Canucks coach Travis Green added to the New Jersey Devils coaching staff
NEWARK, N.J. (AP) - The New Jersey Devils have added former Vancouver Canucks coach Travis Green to Lindy Ruff's staff. General manager Tom Fitzgerald announced the move on Thursday, filling the spot ...
Jun 22, 2023

Mining needs power
PRINCE GEORGE - A week ago, Premier David Eby announced the pursuit of greater sources of electricity following BC Hydro's announcement by BC Hydro the B.C. Utilities Commission confirming that new so...
Jun 22, 2023

NDP confident inquiry into interference will come, but details still being negotiated
OTTAWA - New Democratic House leader Peter Julian says Canadians can be confident that a public inquiry on foreign interference is going to happen. Opposition parties wanted the government to announce...
Jun 22, 2023

Federal justice minister orders new trial for two men convicted of murder in 1974
OTTAWA - Justice Minister David Lametti is ordering a new trial for two Indigenous men who were convicted of murder by an all-white jury nearly 50 years ago. Brian Anderson and Allan Woodhouse were se...
Jun 22, 2023

Canada coach optimistic that a deal can be done in time on World Cup remuneration
Canada coach Bev Priestman is optimistic a deal with the women's team on World Cup remuneration can be wrapped up ahead of the tournament. "I know that both parties want that," Priestman told The Cana...
Jun 22, 2023

Montreal police chief rejects street check moratorium despite racial profiling data
Montreal's police chief is refusing to impose a moratorium on street checks despite a second independent report concluding that racialized people are disproportionately targeted by the practice. Fady ...
Jun 22, 2023