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Cougars mourning loss of Gary Samis
PRINCE GEORGE - The Prince George Cougars are mourning the loss of a respected staff member.Gary Samis, known as "The Commish" among friends and co-workers, was the Cougars Corporate Sales Manager the...
May 16, 2019 Photo courtesy Prince George Cougars
Clement Gascon, high court justice who went missing, had panic attack
OTTAWA - Supreme Court Justice Clement Gascon says he suffered a panic attack last week before he briefly went missing Wednesday night. Gascon, who has already announced plans to r...
May 16, 2019
Category 2 open burning to be allowed in Northwest Fire Centre's jurisdiction
Northern BC-As of noon on Friday, May 17 category two burning will once again be allowed throughout the Northwest Fire Centre's jurisdiction after fire ratings dropped due to recent rainfall and coole...
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Tilray revenue soars nearly 200 per cent, net loss grows in first quarter
NANAIMO, B.C. - Tilray Inc. expects Canada's cannabis supply could become balanced within the next two years, while the cannabis producer ramps up its production and manufacturing footprint in the cou...
May 16, 2019
Accused in death of Winnipeg woman found in barrel controlled 5 women: Crown
WINNIPEG - A Crown prosecutor says a man on trial for first-degree murder maintained control over multiple women he lived with through surveillance, drugs and abuse. Perez Cleveland, 46, has pleaded n...
May 16, 2019
Just for Laughs founder asks appeal court to toss class action lawsuit
MONTREAL - Just for Laughs founder Gilbert Rozon's lawyer asked Quebec's highest court Thursday to throw out a $10-million class action lawsuit claiming that the comedy impresario abused at ...
May 16, 2019
Haechan meets Haechan: K-pop star honoured with zoo namesake
LOS ANGELES - Fans of the K-pop group NCT 127 donated money in January to name a baby pudu at the Los Angeles Zoo after one of its members, Haechan (HECH'-ehn). This week, the human Haechan got to mee...
May 16, 2019
Indigenous teen's treatment while disclosing abuse indicative of 'pattern'
OTTAWA - B.C.'s former child representative Mary Ellen Turpel-Lafond says the "heinous" treatment of an Indigenous teenager during a 2012 RCMP interrogation reflects a pattern she has seen o...
May 16, 2019
Toronto FC's Jozy Altidore says competition is fierce with tennis star fiancee
TORONTO - Put a star soccer striker and world-ranked tennis player together and what have you got? One competitive couple, when it comes to Toronto FC's Jozy Altidore and world No. 8 Sloane Steph...
May 16, 2019
NATO researchers consult federal government on foreign election meddling
OTTAWA - A leading NATO researcher says Canadian voters have a duty to think critically about the news they consume as foreign-interference threats loom over the coming federal election. Jan...
May 16, 2019