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PG School Board approves catchment changes
PRINCE GEORGE - It's official. Graduating students from Spruceland and Edgewood Elementary schools will be moved from the Duchess Park to DP Todd secondary school catchment boundary starting next Sept...
Oct 30, 2019
Utility says power lines may have started 2 California fires
SAN FRANCISCO - Pacific Gas & Electric Co. said Monday its power lines may have started two wildfires over the weekend in the San Francisco Bay Area. The fires described in PG&E reports to sta...
Oct 30, 2019
Texas man guilty of stalking, threatening Taylor Swift
NASHVILLE - A 27-year-old Austin, Texas, man has pleaded guilty to stalking and sending threatening letters and emails to pop star Taylor Swift's former record label. Federal prosecutors in Nashville,...
Oct 30, 2019
Singh lays out NDP's first steps in Parliament, vows hard work in Quebec
OTTAWA - NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh says his party's first act when Parliament returns will be to introduce a private member's bill to create a universal pharmacare system. The New Democrats campaigned ...
Oct 30, 2019
Canada has shown 'uneven progress' on gender equality, says new report
OTTAWA - Canada will be years past celebrating its tricentennial before the country can close the economic gap between men and women if things keep improving at the glacial pace they are now, a n...
Oct 30, 2019
Fiat Chrysler eyes Peugeot merger, seeking strength in size
MILAN - Fiat Chrysler Automobiles said Wednesday it is in talks with French rival PSA Peugeot in its second bid this year to reshape the global auto industry at a time of heightened uncertainty for th...
Oct 30, 2019
Canadian women's hockey team to play U.S. in Moncton, Victoria and Vancouver
CALGARY - The Canadian women's hockey team will host the United States in Moncton, N.B., Victoria and Vancouver this winter. The Rivalry Series between the two countries has been expanded from it...
Oct 30, 2019
Alberta budget weakens environmental, climate monitoring: Opposition
EDMONTON - As Alberta prepares to release details on its new climate plan, critics are wondering about funding cuts to environmental monitoring and greenhouse gas management already spelled out in las...
Oct 30, 2019
Someone in Stikine is $20 million richer
VANCOUVER-$20 Million, that is what was won in the Stikine region of BC Tuesday (Oct.29th) night.According to BCLC someone matched all seven numbers on a Lotto Max ticket, winning the $20 Million jack...
Oct 30, 2019 Courtesy of BCLC Facebook
Former North Carolina US Sen. Kay Hagan dies at age 66
RALEIGH, N.C. - Former U.S. Sen. Kay Hagan, who stepped away from a banking career to be a stay-at-home mom and then ventured into politics, died Monday after a prolonged illness. She was 66. Hagan di...
Oct 30, 2019