VANCOUVER - Bill Konyk, a legendary Vancouver businessman who fought a human rights battle to maintain his nickname Hunky Bill, has died. He was 88. His youngest son, Mark Konyk, says his da...
Aug 16, 2019
PRINCE GEORGE-A transit service expansion will hit the streets of Prince George this fall, and the new expansion means new transit rates.Fare rates are set to go up on September 1, 2019, with the expa...
Aug 16, 2019 Photo Courtesy Stephen Rees via Flickr
STE-MARTHE-SUR-LE-LAC, Que. - Four months after a dike ruptured and forced 6,000 people from the town of Ste-Marthe-sur-le-Lac, demolition work has begun on flood-stricken homes in the community west ...
Aug 16, 2019
TORONTO - Captain Michael Bradley can appreciate why it may look like desperate times for his Toronto FC squad. Toronto faces the Crew on Saturday in Columbus, where the Reds will be trying for a vita...
Aug 16, 2019
TORONTO - Bo Bichette knows where he stands in his chase for history. The Blue Jays 21-year-old rookie shortstop claims he's not thinking too much about his career-opening on-base streak that reached ...
Aug 16, 2019
EDMONTON - Carbon-tax-fighting governments in Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba say they have no plans to follow Ontario's lead and force gas stations to put anti-carbon tax stickers o...
Aug 16, 2019
OTTAWA - Canadian archeologists are on their way to a remote island near the Arctic Circle for another chance to dig up the secrets held by the Franklin expedition wrecks. Parks Canada and I...
Aug 16, 2019
OTTAWA - Defence Minister Harjit Sajjan has asked Canada's military ombudsman to investigate racism in the Canadian Forces following several high-profile incidents and a report linking service members...
Aug 16, 2019
PRINCE GEORGE-Conservation officers are reminding the public to be diligent when it comes to how they dispose of unwanted fruit, in lieu of a recent hike in bear activity.Conservation officers say tha...
Aug 16, 2019 Apples dumped in Creekside neighbourhood earlier this week. (Photo Courtesy, Dave Branco)
OTTAWA - The former Liberal cabinet minister tasked with looking into whether the roles of justice minister and attorney general should be separated is recommending no structural changes should b...
Aug 16, 2019