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Liberals drop candidate in Montreal riding over comments described as anti-Semitic
OTTAWA - The Liberal Party of Canada has dropped a Montreal-area candidate over past statements he made that were described as anti-Semitic by a Jewish advocacy group. Hassan Guillet will no...
Aug 30, 2019
Wildfire season is all but done
PRINCE GEORGE - With a wetter than normal summer, the BC Wildfire Service says the risk of a forest fire has all but gone up in smoke. Fire information Officer Forrest Tower says there are no bans in ...
Aug 30, 2019
MSNBC's O'Donnell retracts Trump story
NEW YORK - MSNBC's Lawrence O'Donnell on Wednesday retracted his story about supposed Russian ties to President Donald Trump's finances and apologized for reporting it - just as Trump's lawyer demande...
Aug 30, 2019
Chetwynd General suspends ER services for 12 hours
CHETWYND-Northern Health is informing the public of a 12 hour diversion due to a lack of registered nursing staff.Northern Health made a facebook post saying that Chetwynd General Hospital would have ...
Aug 30, 2019
Federer ends slow starts, rolls into fourth round at US Open
NEW YORK - Roger Federer didn't change much, outside of where his team was sitting. He certainly wasn't going to overreact to a couple of poor starts after all these years and do anything different wi...
Aug 30, 2019
Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand ends once-promising presidential bid
WASHINGTON - Democrat Kirsten Gillibrand dropped out of the presidential race Wednesday, abruptly ending a campaign that once looked poised to ride strong #MeToo credentials to formidability but inste...
Aug 30, 2019
Freeland says she brought up case of imprisoned Canadian, with Cuban foreign minister
MONTREAL - Canada's Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland said Friday she raised the case of Benjamin Tomlin, a Canadian citizen imprisoned in Cuba, during a meeting with her Cuban counterpart ea...
Aug 30, 2019
Record-breaking year for Wheelin' Warriors
PRINCE GEORGE - $207,000 and counting. That's how much the Wheelin' Warriors of the North raised during this weekend's Ride to Conquer Cancer. All the money raised will go directly to the BC Cancer Ag...
Aug 30, 2019
Labour Day, what is it?
PRINCE GEORGE- Another long weekend is on the horizon and with people making plans to head to the lake or catch up on household chores, the reason behind the extra day might be forgotten.What is Labou...
Aug 30, 2019 Carmichael's Men’s Wear on 3rd Avenue promoting union made products for Labour Day, September 2, 1958. Courtesy of The Exploration Place.
NHL informs union it won't terminate labour deal
Citing what it called momentum from a sustained period of labour peace, the NHL said Friday it has informed the NHL Players' Association it will not use its option to terminate the existing collective...
Aug 30, 2019