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Iraqi blocs select new PM-designate after weeks of jockeying
BAGHDAD - Former communications minister Mohammed Allawi was named prime minister-designate by rival Iraqi factions Saturday after weeks of political deadlock. The choice comes as the country weathers...
Feb 01, 2020

New talks planned over disputed gas pipeline in northern British Columbia
VANCOUVER - Leaders of a First Nation in northern British Columbia who say they'll never consent to a natural gas pipeline through their traditional territory have agreed to seven days of me...
Feb 01, 2020

New talks planned over disputed gas pipeline in northern British Columbia
VANCOUVER - Leaders of a First Nation in northern British Columbia who say they'll never consent to a natural gas pipeline through their traditional territory have agreed to seven days of me...
Feb 01, 2020

Liberals' changes to summer-jobs program caused confusion, documents show
OTTAWA - A massive spike in incomplete applications for the federal government's signature summer-jobs program last year has officials revising the forms and guides that explain how to get the money. ...
Feb 01, 2020

Pathologist describes fatal gunshot wounds at Desmond inquiry in Nova Scotia
GUYSBOROUGH, N.S. - An Afghanistan war veteran shot his wife, daughter and mother from about one metre away before firing a bullet into his own forehead, a pathologist testifi...
Feb 01, 2020

Canadian defeat U.A.E to finish 13th at ICC U-19 Cricket World Cup
POTCHEFSTROOM, South Africa - Harmjeet Singh Bedi and Udaybir Walia put on an 86-run seventh-wicket partnership Saturday as Canada finished the ICC Under-19 Cricket World Cup on a high note, defeating...
Feb 01, 2020

Kings lose heartbreaker to Vipers
VERNON - A trying season continues for the Prince George Spruce Kings ending January with a 2-1 defeat at the hands of the Vernon Vipers.Despite being outshot each period, the Kings actually got the j...
Feb 01, 2020 Courtesy Prince George Spruce Kings

Cougars explode for four in final frame, close January on winning note
PRINCE GEORGE - The Prince George Cougars (14-25-3-4) earned a convincing 5-1 home win Friday night over the struggling Tri-City Americans.It was pretty much all Cats from start to finish Friday, domi...
Feb 01, 2020 Courtesy Prince George Cougars

Whirlwind continues for Christine Sinclair in wake of world goal-scoring record
EDINBURG, Texas - The whirlwind continued for Christine Sinclair a day after becoming the world's all-time leading goal-scorer. In the wake of notching goals No. 184 and 185 in an 11-0 romp over St. K...
Feb 01, 2020

Liverpool's lead grows to 22 points in the Premier League
Liverpool's commanding lead in the English Premier League grew to a scarcely believable 22 points with a 4-0 win over Southampton on Saturday. It's surely a matter of when, not if, Liverpool collects ...
Feb 01, 2020