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City launches poverty reduction survey
PRINCE GEORGE - The City of Prince George is seeking public input that will inform actions aimed at reducing poverty and increasing understanding of how poverty affects the whole community. "There are...
Feb 11, 2021

Ottawa to define "prior consent" through dialogue with First Nations: Lametti
OTTAWA - Justice Minister David Lametti says Ottawa can build a shared understanding of free, prior and informed consent with Indigenous Peoples into a new law to implement the United Nations Declarat...
Feb 11, 2021

Rioters acted on Trump's 'orders,' Democrats say in trial
WASHINGTON - House Democrats prosecuting Donald Trump's impeachment said Thursday the Capitol invaders believed they were acting on "the president's orders" and reflected his violent rhetoric when the...
Feb 11, 2021

Epstein warden now running new prison despite ongoing probe
WASHINGTON - The warden who ran the beleaguered federal jail when disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein killed himself has been put in charge of another prison despite an ongoing federal investigation a...
Feb 11, 2021

Study: Smaller cars may be why crashes injure women more
CHARLOTTE, N.C. - The smaller, lighter vehicles that women more often drive, and the types of crashes they get into, may explain why they are much more likely to suffer a serious injury in a collision...
Feb 11, 2021

GOP attacks Dems' $1.9T COVID-19 relief bill from all angles
WASHINGTON - Republicans are attacking the Democrats' $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief package as too costly, economically damaging and overtly partisan, an all-angles attempt to derail new President Joe...
Feb 11, 2021

New trial in ex-football hero's killing can't be for murder
NEW ORLEANS - The new trial for the man convicted of manslaughter in the 2016 shooting death of a former NFL player following a traffic dispute cannot include a murder charge, a Louisiana judge has ru...
Feb 11, 2021

Biden hopes infrastructure can bridge partisan divide
WASHINGTON - President Joe Biden is hoping that launching an effort to build roads and bridges can help to unite Democrats and Republicans in a time of sharp partisan divisions. Biden met with lawmake...
Feb 11, 2021

Canadian snowboarder Eliot Grondin wins bronze at world championship
IDRE FJLL, Sweden - Canada's Eliot Grondin has captured a bronze medal at the world snowboard cross championship. The 19-year-old from Sainte-Marie, Que., finished behind winner Lucas Eguibar of Spain...
Feb 11, 2021

Record year for overdose deaths in B.C.
VICTORIA - 2020 was the worst year in terms of lives lost due to drug overdoses in B.C.The BC Coroners Service says 1,716 people died due to illicit drugs last year, a 74 per cent increase over 2019. ...
Feb 11, 2021