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Don’t regulate us like radio, music streamer Spotify tells CRTC
OTTAWA - Music streamer Spotify says Canada's federal broadcast regulator shouldn't impose rules meant for radio on streaming services. Appearing before a CRTC hearing today, company representatives c...
Jun 20, 2025

PWHL's Victoire sign Downie-Landry and Flaherty, lose Grant-Mentis to Seattle
MONTREAL - The Montreal Victoire signed forward Jade Downie-Landry and defender Maggie Flaherty on Friday ahead of the upcoming Professional Women's Hockey League draft. Downie-Landry joins Montreal o...
Jun 20, 2025

Judge says he will order Columbia University protester Mahmoud Khalil freed from detention
NEW YORK (AP) - A federal judge says he'll order Palestinian activist Mahmoud Khalil released from immigration detention. Judge Michael Farbiarz made the ruling from the bench in federal court in New ...
Jun 20, 2025

Parking open house set for June 25
PRINCE GEORGE - If you have concerns regarding parking in Prince George circle June 25 on your calendar.That's the day the City is inviting residents to a 'Parking Modernization Study' open house at t...
Jun 20, 2025

VIA Rail and Unifor reach tentative agreement, strike averted
MONTREAL - Via Rail has reached a tentative deal with the union representing 2,400 workers across the country. The deal averts a walkout involving members of Unifor, who had voted for a strike mandate...
Jun 20, 2025

LeSage, Rumball part of a sizable Canadian contingent in Major League Rugby playoffs
Ben LeSage normally looks forward to running into fellow Canadian Lucas Rumball. But not Saturday when LeSage's New England Free Jacks host Rumball's Chicago Hounds in Major League Rugby's Eastern Con...
Jun 20, 2025

CSIS says it took steps against dozens of employees over misconduct last year
OTTAWA - Canada's spy service says it closed 34 misconduct cases last year and concluded the allegations were founded in 33 of the cases. In its latest annual report, the Canadian Security Intelligenc...
Jun 20, 2025

Bail hearing in July for Montreal mom charged with abandoning three-year-old daughter
SALABERRY-DE-VALLEYFIELD - The mother who allegedly abandoned her three-year-old daughter in rural Ontario for four days is scheduled to have a bail hearing early next month. Lawyers in Quebec court s...
Jun 20, 2025

National Indigenous Peoples Day celebrations set for Saturday
PRINCE GEORGE - Lheidli T'enneh Memorial Park will be the place to be Saturday for National Indigenous Peoples Day celebrations.The celebrations will recognize the history, heritage, and diversity of ...
Jun 20, 2025

Conservatives set January dates for convention, review of Poilievre's leadership
OTTAWA - Members of the Conservative party will hold a national convention in late January, where they'll vote on Pierre Poilievre's leadership. The party's national council has scheduled the conventi...
Jun 20, 2025