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Yang, who created buzz with freedom dividend, ends 2020 bid
Democrat Andrew Yang, an entrepreneur who created buzz for his presidential campaign by talking about his love of math and championing a universal basic income that would give every American adult $1,...
Feb 13, 2020
Passengers finally begin leaving cruise ship in Cambodia
SIHANOUKVILLE, Cambodia - Hundreds of cruise ship passengers long stranded at sea by virus fears cheered as they finally disembarked Friday and were welcomed to Cambodia by the nation's authoritarian ...
Feb 13, 2020
"No, I don't drink all this," From Liquor bottles to lamps
PRINCE GEORGE-Booze bottles to candles and now even lamps. That is what one local is creating in hopes to raise money for two charities near and dear to his heart.Shawn Rice began creating candles out...
Feb 13, 2020 Candles and Lamps created made from liquor bottles by Shawn Rice.
A timeline on rail disruptions by anti-pipeline protesters across Canada
RCMP began enforcing an injunction last week that prevents interference with construction of a $6.6-billion natural gas pipeline in northern British Columbia. Here is a timeline of rail disruptions by...
Feb 13, 2020
B.C. MLA states activist groups now targeting "other groups who are uninformed"
PRINCE GEORGE - Despite the growing opposition to Coastal GasLink's pipeline, there are some who believe those opposed are simply professional protesters with no real vested interest in the outcome. C...
Feb 13, 2020 Courtesy: The Canadian Press
Unifor picket lines reach Prince George as Co-op labour dispute continues
PRINCE GEORGE - Pickets have been drawn at the Tidewater refinery in Prince George as the labour dispute continues between Co-op and Unifor. The dispute has now reached 70 days.Now a mediator has been...
Feb 13, 2020
Comedian launches bid to become leader of Quebec's struggling Parti Quebecois
MONTREAL - A well-known comedian launched his campaign for the leadership of the Parti Quebecois on Thursday by joking that he has been called a "clown in a party of clowns." Guy Nantel is w...
Feb 13, 2020
Travel restrictions during outbreak needless and illegal, global law experts say
OTTAWA - Global health law experts say dozens of countries - including the United States and Australia - are breaking international law by imposing travel restrictions during the n...
Feb 13, 2020
Judge dismisses lieutenant governor's libel suit against CBS
ALEXANDRIA, Va. - A judge on Tuesday tossed out a libel lawsuit filed by Virginia Lt. Gov. Justin Fairfax against a television network he accused of slanted reporting on sexual assault allegations aga...
Feb 13, 2020
Trudeau misses deadline for disclosing private interests to ethics commissioner
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has run afoul of federal ethics rules yet again - this time missing the deadline for filing a financial disclosure statement with the ethics commissioner. Every ...
Feb 13, 2020