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Crews douse small downtown fire
PRINCE GEORGE - Prince George Fire Rescue were called out to a small fire this morning.It broke out at around 11 a.m. at the homeless encampment at 5th Avenue and Ottawa Street.A small shelter was des...
Nov 12, 2021
Atmospheric river brings rain and snow to southern B.C.
VANCOUVER - The latest in a series of weather events is predicted to lash parts of British Columbia. Environment Canada has issued special weather statements for parts of the south coast and southern ...
Nov 12, 2021
After rugby wins over U.S., Canadian women step up in class against No. 1 England
After winning a pair of matches against the sixth-ranked U.S., No. 3 Canada steps up in class Sunday when it meets top-ranked England in a women's rugby test match in London. The Canadians downed the ...
Nov 12, 2021
Ottawa to allow return of Canadian who spent years in Syrian prison camps: Justice
OTTAWA - The lawyer for a Canadian woman who spent two years in Syrian prison camps says he's trying to help get her home from Iraq after Ottawa agreed to give her an emergency travel document. Lawyer...
Nov 12, 2021
N.S. court rules law allowing 'dry celling' of prisoners discriminates against women
TRURO, N.S. - A portion of a federal law that kept a New Brunswick woman in a form of solitary confinement for 16 days on suspicion she had concealed drugs inside her vagina has been ruled unconstitut...
Nov 12, 2021
Trade with Medicine Hat brings defenceman to Cougars
PRINCE GEORGE - The Prince George Cougars acquired 2003-born defenceman Aidan Brook from the Medicine Hat Tigers, in exchange for a sixth-round selection in the 2021 WHL Prospects Draft, the team anno...
Nov 12, 2021
Canada, U.S. say end fossil fuel subsides as COP26 draft called 'weasel words'
OTTAWA - Canada's environment minister says he thinks fossil fuel subsidies should be eliminated as United Nations negotiators wrestle over a final text in the closing hours of the Glasgow climate tal...
Nov 12, 2021
Supreme Court of Canada affirms 'starting-point' approach to criminal sentencing
OTTAWA - The Supreme Court of Canada says it is appropriate for appeal courts to set starting-point benchmarks for sentencing offenders in criminal cases. The high court ruling came today in the cases...
Nov 12, 2021
Supreme Court of Canada affirms 'starting-point' approach to criminal sentencing
OTTAWA - The Supreme Court of Canada says it is appropriate for appeal courts to set starting-point benchmarks for sentencing offenders in criminal cases. The high court ruling came today in the cases...
Nov 12, 2021
Senate Democrats pick Scutari as leader after Sweeney's loss
TRENTON, N.J. (AP) - Democrats in the New Jersey Senate picked state Sen. Nicholas Scutari on Friday to be their new leader after current President Steve Sweeney lost reelection to a Republican newcom...
Nov 12, 2021