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PG schools impress at track zones
The North-Central zone track meet was held at Masich Place Stadium this week. It featured roughly 260 student athletes at about 20 schools, ranging from 100 Mile House to Fort Nelson, and Burns Lake t...
May 17, 2019
Utility, regulatory failures led to biggest US gas leak
LOS ANGELES - A blowout at a Los Angeles natural gas well in 2015 that led to the largest-known release of methane in U.S. history was the result of a corroded pipe casing, safety failures by a utilit...
May 17, 2019
Texas officer fired after shooting black man in traffic stop
ARLINGTON, Texas - A Texas police officer has been fired after he was charged with criminally negligent homicide in the fatal shooting of a black man during a traffic stop last year. In a statement Fr...
May 17, 2019
Koepka shatters 36-hole record and builds 7-shot lead at PGA
FARMINGDALE, N.Y. - What felt like a battle for Brooks Koepka looked like a runaway Friday in the PGA Championship. Koepka backed up his record-tying 63 with a round that put him in a league of his ow...
May 17, 2019
5 things you need to know: Friday, May 17
MLA Shirley Bond introduces bill to bring more AEDs to the city:MLA Shirley Bond introduced her first private members bill-The Defibrillator Public Access Act.Over 40,000 Canadians go into cardiac arr...
May 17, 2019
Quesnel Endorses Safer Quesnel program
QUESNEL - The opioid crisis is not just a Big City issue. In fact, the City of Quesnel has seen a spike in criminal activity, especially in the downtown. "Like most communities that are dealing with h...
May 17, 2019 Downtown Quesnel
Ottawa set to award contract to build two ferries to Quebec's Davie shipyard
MONTREAL - Quebec's Davie shipyard is in line to receive a contract for the construction of two East Coast ferries, the federal government announced Friday. Ottawa will issue an Advance Contract Award...
May 17, 2019
Jackson plays for record 14th team, Blue Jays lose to Giants
SAN FRANCISCO - Edwin Jackson thinks his new place in baseball history has as much to do with his reputation as it does his repertoire. Nearly 16 years after Jackson made his big league debut, both ar...
May 17, 2019
Prince George prepares for a possible evacuation
PRINCE GEORGE - The CN Centre looked a bit like a war room, with a 900 square foot map at ice level and 80 participants from a dozen organizations on hand. They were hashing out a scenario: It is July...
May 17, 2019 Wildfire Training
Kim Kardashian West reveals Psalm as new baby's name
NEW YORK - To messages of support and puzzlement, Kim Kardashian West has, seemingly, revealed her newborn's name: Psalm West. The beauty mogul, reality star, law student and wife of Kanye West took t...
May 17, 2019