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In Asian-led 'Always Be My Maybe,' ethnicity is secondary
The newly released Netflix movie "Always Be My Maybe," is an Asian American rom-com with a twist: Ethnicity isn't central to the plot. It's just stand-up comedian and actress Ali Wong and "Fresh Off t...
Jun 4, 2019
World's biggest Nutella factory blocked by French workers
PARIS - No more Nutella?! French workers are threatening as much, bringing the world's biggest Nutella factory to a near-standstill in a showdown over salary negotiations. Tensions have been mounting ...
Jun 4, 2019
June 2019 Event Roundup
Summer is on the way in Prince George! Make sure to get out and enjoy some great events during the month of June.Get your tickets to be entertained by Just for Laughs veteran Derek Edwards for 90 minu...
Jun 4, 2019
Canfor closes Vavenby sawmill, lays off 178 workers
VAVENBY, B.C. - Canfor has announced the closure of its mill in Vavenby. Employees received the news Monday afternoon.United Steelworkers Local 1-417 President Marty Gibbons confirms that 178 people w...
Jun 4, 2019 Gunold | Dreamstime.com
Barenboim's tenure at Berlin's Staatsoper extended to 2027
BERLIN - Conductor Daniel Barenboim is getting a five-year contract extension as general music director of Berlin's Staatsoper, which would keep him at the opera house until 2027. Klaus Lederer, Berli...
Jun 4, 2019
Powell says Fed stands ready to respond to trade conflicts
WASHINGTON - Chairman Jerome Powell said Tuesday that the Federal Reserve is prepared to respond to the Trump administration's trade conflicts to protect the U.S. economic expansion if it decides that...
Jun 4, 2019
Purcell opera performed in cemetery catacombs
NEW YORK - "When I am laid in earth," the heroine sings just before she dies at the end of Henry Purcell's "Dido and Aeneas." Rarely will the aria be heard in a more fittingly sepulchral setting than ...
Jun 4, 2019
Italy's Salvini warns of government crisis
ROME - Italy's deputy prime minister Matteo Salvini is warning that a government crisis will be unavoidable if his League party cannot start working constructively with the 5-Star Movement, its coalit...
Jun 4, 2019
Missouri subpoenas abortion clinic doctors amid legal battle
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. - A St. Louis judge on Tuesday is set to weigh whether physicians from the state's only abortion clinic can be forced to testify amid a legal fight over the facility's license. The...
Jun 4, 2019
Trump administration puts new restrictions on Cuba travel
WASHINGTON - The Trump administration on Tuesday imposed major new travel restrictions on visits to Cuba by U.S. citizens, including a ban on many forms of educational and recreational travel. The Tre...
Jun 4, 2019