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Bakery welcomes National Donut Day
PRINCE GEORGE - For many people, the first Friday in June may just come and go like every other weekday. For others, it's the holiest holiday as they celebrate the delicious pastry the donut on Nation...
Jun 05, 2020

Playgrounds, park washrooms and fenced dog parks re-open
PRINCE GEORGE-Playgrounds, park washrooms, and fenced dog parks are re-opening.The City of Prince George made the announcement this morning. School District 57 along with the City are re-opening their...
Jun 05, 2020

Trump moves to allow commercial fishing in conservation area
BANGOR, Maine - President Donald Trump took action Friday to allow commercial fishing at a marine conservation area off the New England coast. "We are reopening the Northeast Canyons to commercial fis...
Jun 05, 2020

N.B. police shooting of Indigenous woman leads to questions on 'wellness checks'
FREDERICTON - A 26-year-old Indigenous woman from British Columbia who was fatally shot by police in northwestern New Brunswick was remembered Friday as a caring person as questions were raised about ...
Jun 05, 2020

McLeod Lake Indian Band holding election
MCLEOD LAKE - Members of the McLeod Lake Indian Band are invited to cast their ballots today for their General Election.The polls will be open until 8 p.m. tonight. Chief Harley Chingee is running for...
Jun 05, 2020

Racial unrest achingly familiar for Jenkins, other Canadian black athletes
TORONTO - As a black baseball player in 1960s America, Fergie Jenkins was often banned from the hotels of his white teammates. There were cities in which he couldn't dine alon...
Jun 05, 2020

DC paints huge Black Lives Matter mural near White House
WASHINGTON - City workers and volunteers painted the words Black Lives Matter in enormous bright yellow letters on the street leading to the White House, a highly visible sign of the District of Colum...
Jun 05, 2020

Twitter disables Trump campaign's George Floyd video tribute
Twitter has blocked a Trump campaign video tribute to George Floyd over a copyright claim, in a move that adds to tensions between the social media platform and the U.S. president, one of its most wid...
Jun 05, 2020

Pride crosswalk defaced amid Pride month
DAWSON CREEK-RCMP are searching for more information on a Chevrolet pick-up truck, after surveillance footage showed it defacing a Pride sidewalk.Dawson Creek RCMP say that on Tuesday, June 2, at arou...
Jun 05, 2020

NCAA hits Oklahoma St with post-season ban in corruption case
An NCAA infractions committee panel announced Friday that former Oklahoma State assistant men's basketball coach Lamont Evans violated ethical-conduct rules by accepting up to $22,000 in bribes from f...
Jun 05, 2020