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Missing Supreme Court Justice Clement Gascon found safe: Ottawa police
OTTAWA - The Ottawa Police Service says Supreme Court of Canada Justice Clement Gascon has been found safe and sound. Gascon was reported missing earlier Wednesday and police said his family was conce...
May 10, 2019
Denver is 1st US city to decriminalize 'magic mushrooms'
DENVER - Voters narrowly made Denver the first U.S. city to decriminalize psilocybin, the psychoactive ingredient in "magic mushrooms." Decriminalization led by a slim 51%, according to preliminary fi...
May 10, 2019
Correction: School Safety-Florida story
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. - In a story May 8 about a school safety bill signed by Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, The Associated Press reported that the bill takes effect immediately. While nearly all of the recom...
May 10, 2019
Fox Sports, Stars Group to offer sports betting in deal
ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. - A major U.S. sports network is getting into the sports betting game. Fox Sports says it is buying just under 5% of The Stars Group, the parent company of PokerStars, for about $2...
May 10, 2019
Tennis & Pickleball Club Needs Your Help
PRINCE GEORGE - The local Tennis and Pickleball Club needs help. It wants to convert some of the tennis courts behind the Price George Golf and Curling club into six regulation pickleball courts. But ...
May 10, 2019 Tennis courts
The Latest: Auto association: Tariffs will hurt US exports
WASHINGTON - The Latest on the tariffs standoff between the United States and China (all times local): 4:45 p.m. The Association of Global Automakers warns that the Trump administration's decision to ...
May 10, 2019
Risky politics? Trump wields his tariffs as a weapon at home
NEW YORK - His trade war already raging worldwide, President Donald Trump on Friday brandished his aggressive actions as a political weapon at home, too, casting himself as a fighter for American work...
May 10, 2019
Utah event celebrates Transcontinental Railroad anniversary
PROMONTORY, Utah - Music, bells and cannon fire rang out Friday at a remote spot in the Utah desert where the final spikes of the Transcontinental Railroad were hammered 150 years ago, uniting a natio...
May 10, 2019
Growing demand for people with a Liberal Arts background, study says
PRINCE GEORGE- In a technically advancing world, it may be assumed there's mostly a demand for people with technical skills. According to a recent RBC study, that may not be the case. The study found ...
May 10, 2019 Kim Hayhurst, Hey K Marketing Creative Director
B.C. Speaker apologizes for speech that says Hells Angels, Mafia 'successful'
VICTORIA - The Speaker of British Columbia's legislature says a speech he gave this week about leadership went sideways and he is apologizing for offending people. Darryl Plecas says the point he...
May 10, 2019