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Man sentenced for ramming police cruisers in College Heights
PRINCE GEORGE - A man convicted of ramming police vehicles in College Heights last year has been sentenced in Prince George Provincial Court. Brent Jameson Morgan has been sentenced to two-and-a-half ...
Nov 23, 2023
Road to 2024 Summer Olympics has already begun for surfer Sanoa Dempfle-Olin
Every athlete that qualified for the Olympics at last month's Pan American Games in Santiago, Chile, got a ceremonial ticket to Paris for the 2024 Summer Games. Canadian surfer Sanoa Dempfle-Olin has ...
Nov 23, 2023
Municipalities say $600 billion in infrastructure needed to build 5.8 million homes
OTTAWA - The Federation of Canadian Municipalities says new research it commissioned finds municipalities would need $600 billion in infrastructure funding to help build 5.8 million homes by 2030. Tha...
Nov 23, 2023
French military to contribute 15,000 soldiers to massive security operation for Paris Olympics
PARIS (AP) - France's military is planning to contribute 15,000 soldiers to the massive security operation for next year's Paris Olympics, an army general involved in the preparations said Thursday. T...
Nov 23, 2023
Liberals, Tories argue over carbon pricing in update to Ukraine trade agreement
OTTAWA - Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre says his party didn't vote against having a free-trade agreement with Ukraine, but is instead rejecting a bill that promotes carbon pricing. The House of ...
Nov 23, 2023
Malichita cantaloupes likely cause of salmonella outbreak in five provinces: PHAC
OTTAWA - The Public Health Agency of Canada says Malichita brand cantaloupes have likely caused a salmonella outbreak acrossfive provinces. It says as of Wednesday, there have been 26 confirmed cases ...
Nov 23, 2023
French military to contribute 15,000 soldiers to massive security operation for Paris Olympics
PARIS (AP) - France's military is planning to contribute 15,000 soldiers to the massive security operation for next year's Paris Olympics, an army general involved in the preparations said Thursday. T...
Nov 23, 2023
Defence chief, minister to meet House committee about military capacity
OTTAWA - The defence minister and Canada's top soldier are set to speak to a House of Commons committee later today about the rising number of domestic military operations and the challenges that pose...
Nov 23, 2023
Canada's Olivier Aubin-Mercier goes after second straight PFL lightweight crown
It's been a year since Olivier (The Canadian Gangster) Aubin-Mercier won the PFL lightweight title and the US$1 million that goes with it. On Friday, the 34-year-old from Montreal looks to do it all a...
Nov 23, 2023
Blackhawks' Taylor Hall is expected to miss the rest of the season with a right knee injury
CHICAGO (AP) - Blackhawks forward Taylor Hall will have right knee surgery, likely sidelining the 2018 NHL MVP for the rest of the season. The team placed Hall and forward Andreas Athanasiou on injure...
Nov 23, 2023