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Homeless for six years and now giving back to the community
PRINCE GEORGE-A Prince George woman took to the streets this morning (Friday, Aug.30th) to give out care packages to those living in homelessness, something she says she never thought she'd have the c...
Aug 30, 2019 Lydia Thomas took to the streets of Prince George Friday morning to give-out care kits to those living in homelessness.
Dennis Fentie, former Yukon premier, dies at the age of 68
WHITEHORSE - Dennis Fentie, who served as Yukon premier for nine years, died Friday at the age of 68. Fentie served as the territory's seventh premier from 2002 to 2011 as leader o...
Aug 30, 2019
Alfred Jackson, half-brother of late rock star Prince, dies
MINNEAPOLIS - A half-brother of the late rock superstar Prince has died, leaving five Prince siblings to share in the musician's fortune. An attorney for Alfred Jackson, Asa Weston, said Friday that t...
Aug 30, 2019
Minnesota man charged with crashing van into bus shelter
MINNEAPOLIS - A prosecutor has filed charges against an 83-year-old man who crashed his van into a Minneapolis bus shelter and injured five people. George Reeves Jensen of Champlin is charged with cri...
Aug 30, 2019
Condemned Tennessee inmate will be spared execution
NASHVILLE - A Tennessee inmate is leaving death row eight months before what would have been his execution date, after a judge approved an agreement Friday to convert his death sentence to life in pri...
Aug 30, 2019
Placido Domingo concert opening sports complex in Hungary
SZEGED, Hungary - Placido Domingo received a warm reception Wednesday at a concert in Hungary to inaugurate a new soccer stadium for a Catholic diocese, the second of the opera star's European engagem...
Aug 30, 2019
NHLers keeping an eye on RFA stalemates with training camps approaching
Mark Giordano can't recall an off-season like this one. It wasn't that the captain of the Calgary Flames became just the fourth player to win the Norris Trophy as the NHL's top defenceman at...
Aug 30, 2019
United missing Rooney for match pivotal meeting with Impact on Montreal
MONTREAL - The Montreal Impact are heading into a pivotal Eastern-Conference match with one major factor on their side - they won't have to face Wayne Rooney. Due to a suspension, the former Engl...
Aug 30, 2019
Attempted murder suspect arrested in Williams Lake
WILLIAMS LAKE - Police have announced they have arrested a man wanted for two counts of kidnapping along with two counts of attempted murder.In a statement, RCMP say they arrested 23-year-old Michael ...
Aug 30, 2019
Draisaitl on Puljujarvi: 'It seems like he doesn't want to be on our team'
TORONTO - Leon Draisaitl hopes Jesse Puljujarvi has a change of heart. If he doesn't and snubs a potential return to the Edmonton Oilers' fold, that's also fine. "You want guys to pan out and you want...
Aug 30, 2019